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Michelle's avatar

Hi Jessica! My dad has worked for Peter’s and Brownes for over 40 years! He said that mystery orange flavour in trio was Jaffa orange, the green was lime and the white vanilla. Hope that solves your flavour mystery!

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Jessica Barratt's avatar

Hi Michelle, Thank you so much! And thanks also to your Dad for confirming the flavour. It was so interesting to ask people and get so many different responses. It’s nice to know for sure what it was.

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Dougy44's avatar

Great investigative work. My family is now arguing about if the flavours were in 3 separate stripes of mixed into a swirl?

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Jarod Jones's avatar

I'm 60 years old. I clearly remember Trio icecream being around in the 70s when I was a kid. I liked the lime, my sister liked the orange (I thought it was apricot or peach) and Dad ate the left-over vanilla, with all colour carefully removed. We used to get Neapolitan sometimes too but Trio was preferred.

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Jessica Barratt's avatar

Thank you for sharing your memories of Trio, Jarod!

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Jason's avatar

Thank you so much for this post! some of my fondest memories were of the Joker ice cream. Until I found your page I thought it was a pigment of my imagination. That canteen brochure is so nostalgic for me.

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Jessica Barratt's avatar

You're welcome! I'm glad it's evoked nostalgic memories. It was a joy to research and write.

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Marc Glasby's avatar

The fun thing about history is that it isn't always about large important events on the world stage, it can be as simple and humble as a type of ice cream :) I am certainly old enough to have eaten Trio but sadly I have no memory of doing so.

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Diane Johnson's avatar

What a wonder read! Thank you for sharing this tasty mystery trail.

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Jessica Barratt's avatar

Thanks for reading, Diane! It was such a pleasure to delve into the archive and share what I uncovered

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Kara's avatar

Hi, I am hoping someone can help me, my son had an excursion at Brownes Dairy factory in Balcatta today.

Is this where Peters used to be located? I can't find a single picture on the internet, and i vaguely remember seeing the peters logo from Reid hwy, which i thought changed to Brownes.

There's no pictures or info on the internet.

Thanks Kara.

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