parevine

English

Etymology

Blend of parev +‎ margarine, coined by Dwayne Lipinski (of the New York state Department of Agriculture and Markets) in the late 1960s while drafting regulatory standards for nondairy ice cream, which was at the time marketed most prominently to Jews.[1]

Noun

parevine (uncountable)

  1. Nondairy ice cream.

Usage notes

Some U.S. state codes have specific definitions of this term for labeling purposes.

References

  1. ^ William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Soy Ice Cream and Other Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts (2013), page 302.
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