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Last updated: 09 October 2025
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Our expert panel blind tastes and reviews 25 supermarket vanilla ice creams, from brands including Connoisseur, Haagen-Dazs and Peters, to see which frozen treats taste best.

We included ice creams labelled as vanilla ice cream, or were implied to be ice cream with ice cream imagery, that are available nationally through at least one of the major supermarket chains.

We've also partnered with Shop Ethical on this update to show the ratings the Ethical Consumer Group gives to each company.

How we test

Tasting

Our experts tasted the ice cream samples blind (without knowing the brands) in a randomised order, and rated the ice creams on taste, texture appearance and aroma.

Scores

Experts independently judged and scored all ice creams. The CHOICE Expert Rating (our overall score) is made up of 100% taste (40% flavour, 30% texture, 20% appearance, 10% aroma).

We recommend products with a CHOICE Expert Rating of 80% or more.

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    Price

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    Pack price in Sydney stores (not on special).

    enter value/s in increments of 1 between 4.5 and 13.5

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    Price per 100mL

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    Based on the pack price (not on special).

    enter value/s in increments of i between 0.17 and 2.95

    Shop Ethical rating

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    Shop Ethical rates the environmental and social impact of the company (not the product) using independent sources. This rating is not included in our total score. The rating ranks from A (highest) to F (lowest); N/A means there is no rating for that company.

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      • Servings per pack
      • Recommended
      • CHOICE Expert Rating
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      • Energy per 100g (kJ)
      • Protein per 100g (g)
      • Fat per 100g (g)
      • Saturated fat per 100g (g)
      • Sugars per 100g (g)
      • Sodium per 100g (mg)
      • Minimum percentage of milk fat
      • Gluten free
      • Country of origin
      • Ingredients
      • Taste test score
      • Nutrition score
      • Vanilla strength score
      • Balance score
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      • Estimated added sugar per 100g (g)
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