Ice-cream reviews

 

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Select up to 5 items below. Then click the compare button CompareClear	Price ($)	Overall score	Flavour score (%)	Texture score (%)	Energy (kJ per 100g)	Total fat (per 100g)	Saturated fat (per 100g)	Sugars (per 100g)
Coles Classic Vanilla Creamy (A)	0.31	75	75	78	952	10.9	7.6	26.2
Weis' Vanilla Bean	0.8	74	74	80	983	13.2	10.1	23.4
Blue Ribbon Extra Creamy (A)	0.33	72	70	75	858	10.6	7.5	19
Connoisseur Gourmet Ice Cream Classic Vanilla	0.9	70	68	75	1030	14.7	9.5	19.5
Homer Hudson Vanilla Nirvana	1.55	70	70	75	1110	17.4	11.1	20.4
IGA Rich and Creamy Vanilla (A)	0.26	70	70	70	882	12.1	7.9	20.1
Peters Light and Creamy French Vanilla	0.37	69	67	71	655	2.7	1.6	20.3
Bulla Creamy Classics Premium Quality	0.36	62	63	68	859	11.4	7.6	20
Peters Original Vanilla	0.28	62	61	67	750	6.4	3.9	21.7
Bulla Light 98% Fat Free Vanilla	0.31	61	63	65	515	1.6	1	17.1
Coles Finest Madagascan Vanilla Bean	1.4	61	62	64	1080	18.4	12.2	14.7
Black & Gold Vanilla Flavoured Ice Cream	0.16	60	57	65	831	10.8	7.3	20.1
Cadbury Creamy Vanilla	0.34	60	62	63	862	11.4	7.6	19.9
Coles 97% Fat Free (A)	0.26	60	61	59	694	3	2	20.9
New Zealand Natural Classic Vanilla	1	60	59	64	945	13	8.8	20.7
Peters Light and Creamy Classic Vanilla	0.37	60	56	68	655	2.7	1.6	20.3
Bulla Light Creamy Classics Premium Reduced Fat	0.3	59	60	59	690	5.6	3.6	19.4
Golden North Traditional Country Ice Cream	0.24	59	61	62	831	10.8	7.3	20.1
Milfina (ALDI) Vanilla Ice Cream	0.11	59	62	60	844	10.4	6.8	14.3
Bulla Real Dairy Ice Cream	0.31	58	58	57	819	10.2	6.6	22.1
Blue Ribbon Light Vanilla (A)	0.33	56	55	61	682	2.7	2	20.6
Peters No Sugar Added Classic Vanilla 97% Fat Free	0.5	55	55	62	515	2.7	1.6	9.5
Cadbury Light Vanilla	0.34	53	54	60	661	2.5	1.7	25.8
Coles Reduced Fat Vanilla Ice Cream (A)	0.21	53	53	57	738	6.6	4.6	21.3
Weight Watchers French Vanilla 99% Fat Free	1.1	50	52	54	575	1	0.7	23
Coles Smart Buy Vanilla (Ice Confection)	0.11	48	47	60	869	10.3	5.5	17.2
Milfina (Aldi) Vanilla Reduced Fat	0.11	48	48	53	762	6.8	4.8	24.7
Coles Vanilla Ice Cream	0.21	47	48	48	822	10.5	7.4	20
Sanitarium So Good Vanilla Bliss 97% Fat Free (Soy)	0.55	46	44	57	630	2.9	0.7	16.2
Milfina (Aldi) Vanilla Ice Cream Light (B)	0.11	44	48	49	662	2.5	1.8	17.3
Sara Lee French Vanilla	0.84	44	45	59	688	10.7	7.2	14.6
Woolworths Home Brand Vanilla Ice Cream	0.11	39	34	53	849	10.5	6.4	16.1
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How we analyse

Taste test CHOICE asked 60 members to take part in an in-house taste test. This group was split into two sessions, each of which tasted 11 samples of ice-cream. The remaining samples were tasted by CHOICE staff. We selected vanilla-flavoured ice-creams available from supermarkets, and presented a scoop to each taster in a plastic container with no brand identification. Tasters were asked to consider the taste, flavour and overall acceptability of each ice-cream using a scale of 1-7 (very poor to excellent) and whether or not they would buy it.

Nutritional analysis We record the energy, total fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium of each ice-cream, taken from the nutritional information panel on the packaging.

Using the table 

Nutrients Based on information provided on the label.
Traffic light criteria are based on the latest nutrition recommendations and dietary guidelines established by government health experts in Australia and internationally.
Sodium All ice-creams are under 100mg/100g for sodium and get the green light.
Price per 100mL is based on prices paid in Sydney supermarkets on 13 December 2010.

Table notes

(A) Contains gelatine as a stabiliser.
(B) There were only 29 responses for this sample, so figures here are not as directly comparable with others.

What's happened to Homebrand?

Woolworths Home Brand Vanilla ice-cream ranked highest in our test of private label and premium brands, with tasters praising its creamy taste and smooth texture. This time, however, it came last. Woolworths told CHOICE that although there had not been a formulation change, a batch had reached the shelves that didn’t meet Woolworth’s quality standards, which we may have used in this test.

We asked a handful of staff to taste the ice-cream from the tested batch as well as a new one; all said the ice-cream from the new batch tasted noticeably better. We can only conclude that better quality control should be practised, and any batch that’s not up to standard in the test kitchen should not be rolled out onto the shelves for consumers.