Ice Cream

48 products ranked by Scout score

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Ice Cream for Bears Honey & Honey Honey Swirl French Ice Cream 91/100
Scout's analysis: Ice Cream for Bears Honey & Honey scores 91/100. Just 5 ingredients — grass-fed milk, cream, raw honey, skim milk, and egg yolk — in a French custard honey-swirl pint.…
Ice Cream for Bears Mint to Bee Mint Chip French Ice Cream 90/100
Scout's analysis: Ice Cream for Bears Mint to Bee scores 90/100. Only 7 whole-food ingredients — grass-fed milk and cream, raw honey as the sole sweetener, skim milk, egg yolk, chocolate…
Ice Cream for Bears Queen & Bean Vanilla Bean French Ice Cream 90/100
Scout's analysis: Ice Cream for Bears Queen & Bean scores 90/100. Seven whole-food ingredients — grass-fed milk and cream, raw honey as the sole sweetener, skim milk, egg yolk, vanilla…

What to skip

Ben & Jerry's Half Baked 4/100
Scout's analysis: Ben & Jerry's Half Baked scores 4/100. 30 ingredients. Four different forms of sugar (liquid sugar, sugar, brown sugar, invert sugar). Two soybean oils. Carrageenan —…
Oreo Frozen Ice Cream Dessert Sandwich 5/100
Scout's analysis: Oreo Frozen Ice Cream Dessert Sandwich scores 5/100. Ultra-processed frozen dessert with 20+ ingredients across multiple forms of sugar — refined sugar (listed twice),…
Oreo Frozen Dairy Dessert 1.5qt 6/100
Scout's analysis: Oreo Frozen Dairy Dessert 1.5qt scores 6/100. Labeled 'frozen dairy dessert' — not even legally ice cream. 20+ ingredients including corn syrup, palm oil,…

Ingredients to watch in ice cream

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 48 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

Sugar in 15 of 48
Cane Sugar in 11 of 48
Natural flavor in 9 of 48
Soy Lecithin in 8 of 48
Corn Syrup in 7 of 48
Organic cane sugar in 6 of 48

What the better ice cream have in common

Cream in 25 of 48
Egg Yolk in 17 of 48
Vanilla Extract in 13 of 48
Milk in 12 of 48
Coconut Oil in 10 of 48

Common questions about ice cream

What scores highest in ice cream on Scout?

Ice Cream for Bears Honey & Honey Honey Swirl French Ice Cream leads Scout's ice cream ranking at 91/100, followed by Ice Cream for Bears Mint to Bee Mint Chip French Ice Cream (90) and Ice Cream for Bears Queen & Bean Vanilla Bean French Ice Cream (90). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in ice cream?

Ben & Jerry's Half Baked scores 4/100, the lowest of the 48 products Scout has analyzed in ice cream; next lowest are Oreo Frozen Ice Cream Dessert Sandwich (5) and Oreo Frozen Dairy Dessert 1.5qt (6). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in ice cream?

Across these 48 products the most common flagged ingredients are Sugar, Cane Sugar, Natural flavor, Soy Lecithin, Corn Syrup, Organic cane sugar. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

How does Scout score ice cream?

Every product in ice cream gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores ice cream

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →