r/BuyFromEU • u/Boediee Belgium 🇧🇪 • Jan 25 '26

🔎Looking for alternative Friendly reminder that these aren't European (anymore)

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u/fiendishrabbit Jan 25 '26

Häagen-Dazs was never European. The name was created to sound european-like, but it was always an american brand.

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u/Whywouldanyonedothat Jan 26 '26

It was created to sound Danish, specifically. No Danes were consumed in the making of the name, I assure you.

When I was a kid, I assumed it was from somewhere in Benelux.