A summer pleasure par excellence, ice cream appeals to young and old alike. Personally, it's even my favorite treat! The ice cream section is larger than ever and it is certainly the vanilla flavor that takes up the most space. Focus on the best choices!

OUR ANALYSIS

In all, 23 vanilla ice cream choices were analyzed. Each 125 ml (1/2 cup) serving provides:

Coaticook vanilla ice cream This ice cream is among the least rich in sugars and lipids of all the products analyzed. Each 125 ml (1/2 cup) serving provides 126 calories, 6.6 g of fat and 12 g of sugars. Milk is the first ingredient on the list (and not milk ingredients), which we appreciate. It still contains certain additives typical of this type of product: mono and diglycerides, guar gum, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80.

Nestlé Parlor Vanilla Ice Cream With 110 calories, 3.5 g of fat and 13 g of sugar per 125 ml (1/2 cup) serving, this ice cream is one of the options with the lowest sugar and fat content. test bed lipids. However, the ingredient list contains several food additives (e.g. cellulose gum, carrageenan, propylene glycol, etc.). Nestlé Parlor French Vanilla Ice Cream and Nestlé Real Cream Light French Vanilla Ice Cream offer similar nutritional values ​​and ingredients.

Among the worst choices are ice creams made with cream (and not milk). Their list of ingredients is often prettier, but their high fat and sugar content make them less good options.

Bourbon vanilla ice cream from Lambert Each 125 ml (1/2 cup) serving provides 206 calories, 10.6 g of fat, including 7 g of saturated fat, and 19 g of sugar. It is therefore one of the sweetest and most fatty options on the test bench. In addition, the ingredient list contains food additives (e.g. mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, dextrose, guar gum, carrageenan).

Vanilla ice cream from Glacier Bilboquet With 210 calories, 12 g of fat including 7 g of saturated fat and 20 g of sugar per 125 ml (1/2 cup) serving, this ice cream is one of the richest products in sugars and fat from the test bench. The list of ingredients is short with the presence of only a few texturizing agents (eg guar gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum).

Häagen-Dazs Vanilla Bean Ice Cream This ice cream is the sweetest and highest in fat on the test bench. Each 125 ml (1/2 cup) serving provides 290 calories, 18 g of fat, including 11 g of saturated fat, and 26 g of sugars. However, the ingredient list is short and simple, with no food additives. Vanilla ice cream from the same brand offers similar nutritional values ​​and ingredients.

If the following two ice creams have the best nutritional values, the presence of sweeteners disqualifies them from our list. On the other hand, the calorie, fat and sugar contents are considerably lower than all the other varieties studied.

CoolWay Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Each 125 ml (1/2 cup) serving provides 70 calories, 2 g fat and 6 g sugar. This is the least sweet and least lipid-rich ice cream on the test bench. However, the ingredient list contains many food additives (e.g. guar gum, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, etc.) and erythriol (3 g per 125 ml serving), a sugar alcohol . The presence of dextrin explains its fiber content (3 g).

Chapman's No Sugar Added Vanilla Ice Cream This product was among the least sweet (6 g) and lowest fat (6 g) ice creams in the test, but it did contain sweeteners (maltitol, 8, 6 g, and sucralose, 6.6 g) and food additives.

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