But the honor of producing Taiwan's first real ice cream must go the Polar Bear Company, which brought in an ice-cream making machine from Shanghai when the mainland fell in 1949.
本省最早擁有專門製造冰淇淋機器的則首推「白熊」。曾經營白熊多年的成禧生指出，白熊的成立完全是「趕鴨子上架」﹘﹘不得已的。「白熊」歷史最悠久民國卅八年，上海國際飯店由美國進口一套專製冰淇淋的機器，打算在飯店內自行生產冰淇淋以供西餐部門之用。