What's the Best Vanilla Ice Cream at the Supermarket?

Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Julia Collin Davison to a tasting of vanilla ice cream.

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[Publiclighthouse]

Most brands use syrups and gums & thickeners in their ice cream. I appreciate the Haagen-Daz for their minimalist ingredients.

[frenchvanilla]

I have tried so many vanilla ice creams and Haagen Daz is hands down the best pure fresh vanilla flavor. 🍦

[adamhodgins]

Every time I see one of these episodes I can’t figure out if the audience is real or weird stock footage. They always have an infomercial vibe.

[nunyabiz]

I've never had anything better than Blue Bell vanilla.

[somebodypeculiar]

Too bad they don't include Costco's Kirkland brand. They only have one flavor, vanilla. It comes in a two-pack - two actual half-gallons, not those shrunken containers everyone else seems to have gone to. I like it very much. The ingredients list:
Fresh Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Pasteurized Egg Yolks, Vanilla Extract, Carob Bean Gum and Guar Gum.
I googled the winner, Turkey Hill. Ingredients: Milk, Cream, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Nonfat Milk, Whey, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum, Mono & Diglycerides, Carrageenan, Annatto Color.

[KyleSchwanz]

Blue Bell Homestyle Vanilla is by far the best!! Biased since I’m from Texas, but I’ve had and enjoyed a lot, and nothing compares to Blue Bells taste and texture.

[ariez]

Nothing i tasted ever comes close to hagaan daaz vanilla bean. (Not the regular vanilla one, but the vanilla bean).

[dwaynebuggs]

As an Ice Cream Lover, my all time favorite is Blue Bell Homemade Ice Cream made in Texas. The BEST!!!

[bleumarin]

my favourite is the vanilla bean from Haagen dasz, nothing beats it

[vashtibristol]

Bluebell homemade vanilla is the only vanilla ice cream I care to eat as a stand-alone.

[lynnie]

I LOVE love Costco's own brand Kirkland Vanilla ice Cream. I think it has 3 ingredients, milk, cream and sugar. Its dense, creamy, not too sweet, and delicious. Best ever.

[zergsolo]

Blue Bell has been shut down too many times for Listeria. Good enough to die for.

[MrChadder]

This test was severely missing Tillamook. And corn syrup in other brands, no thanks!

[dubyag]

im a blue bell convert, holy cow, it is so rich and thick it has to sit for 30 min to soften cause its so dense. And if you let it melt all the way down? Perfect milk shake honestly!

[lindapierce]

Kemp's vanilla frozen yogurt is great. No sugar added version for diabetics is also very good

[scottbrasuell]

Bluebell homemade vanilla the way!! Vanilla bean rocks as well.

[PridePinball]

Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla is now my favorite, but back in the day, Borden's vanilla was the best. I wish they still made ice cream. Heck. I wish we still had milk men.

[amerylavail]

Don’t care how good it is I would never bye Ben and Jerry’s. Blue Bell is the my favorite.

[geezer]

I moved from Texas to Wyoming in 2001.
The worst part was leaving Blue Bell behind.
But thank God Wyoming finally saw the light.
I can now get all the Blue Bell ice cream I desire.

[mabledavis]

Blue bell is my favorite. I think it taste the best from all the other ice cream brands.