Some of the flavours you love the most are chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, cookies and cream, Neapolitan and banana.

But for some ice-cream makers the future is a savoury one.

In Japan's capital, Tokyo, you can buy octopus, shrimp, horseflesh and cow-tongue flavoured ice-creams alongside vegetarian options such as garlic soybean and kelp, which is a kind of sea-weed.

There is even a restaurant in Berkshire where you can order crab or sardines-on-toast flavoured ice-cream.

An ice-cream company in Dorset has come up with a recipe that's set to have you sizzling this summer - chilli flavoured ice cream!

The trend is being investigated by the umbrella company for ice-cream brands Walls and Ben & Jerry's who have spent money researching fast food flavours such as cheese and chilli.