Vanilla Ice Cream Ranked (3 Different Surveys)

LLobsterbug on 10/01/2025 - 21:42
Last edited 10/01/2025 - 21:58 by 1 other user

Interesting article here:

Paywalled article, use 12ft etc to get past it.

1st Place: Score 4.5/5 - Elato Triple Vanilla
2nd Place: Score 4/5 Norco Cape Byron Ultimate Vanilla, Messina Super Vanilla, Kapiti Vanilla Bean, Coles Vanilla Bean, Haagen-Dazs Vanilla, Bulla Murray Street Vanilla Bean
3rd Place: Score 3.5/5 Connoisseur Classic Vanilla
4th Place: Score 3/5 Indulge Vanilla
5th Place: Score 2.5/5 Sara Lee French Vanilla
6th Place: Score 2/5 Streets Blue Ribbon Classic Vanilla

Here's another survey:

1st Place: Score 8/10 Elato Triple Vanilla
2nd Place: Score 7/10 Van Diemens Land Creamery Vanilla Bean
3rd Place: Score 6.5/10 Connoisseur Classic Vanilla
4th Place: Score 6/10 Haagen-Dazs Vanilla
5th Place: Score 5.5/10 Woolworths Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
6th Place: Score 5/10 Bulla Creamy Classics Vanilla
7th Place: Score 4.5/10 Streets Blue Ribbon Classic Vanilla, 2L
8th Place: Score 2.5/10 Peters Original Vanilla Ice Cream, 2L

Another survey:

1st Place: Score 81% Coles Irresistible Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
2nd Place: Score 80% Kapiti Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
3rd Place: Score 77% Streets Blue Ribbon Classic Vanilla Ice Cream
4th Place: Score 75% Bulla Murray St Ice Creamery Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Connoisseur Classic Vanilla Ice Cream
5th Place: Score 74% Hinterland Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
6th Place: Score 73% Bulla Creamy Classics Vanilla, Bulla Real Dairy Vanilla Ice Cream, Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream
7th Place: Score 72% Much Moore Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
8th Place: Score 71% Streets Blue Ribbon Light Vanilla Ice Cream
9th Place: Score 69% Peters Light & Creamy Classic Vanilla Ice Cream
10th Place: Score 68% Sara Lee Creamy French Vanilla Ice Cream
11th Place: Score 67% Coles Vanilla Ice Cream, Gelato Messina Vanilla Gelato, Peters Light & Creamy French Vanilla Ice Cream, Peters Original Vanilla Ice Cream
12th Place: Score 66% Monarc Silver Scoop Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream
13th Place: Score 65% Golden North Vanilla Ice Cream, Peters No Sugar Added Vanilla Ice Cream
14th Place: Score 59% Maggie Beer Rich Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Food & Grocery Ice Cream

Comments

  • lovesabargain77 on 10/01/2025 - 21:56

    FYI: In Firefox, if you open smh.com.au links in private browsing mode, you won't have the paywall issue

    • RED27APPLE on 10/01/2025 - 22:17

      I must be doing something wrong, but I still hit the paywall going this way.

      • lovesabargain77 on 10/01/2025 - 23:10

        Interesting, I am also using the extension UBlock Origin but I just disabled it and still didn't get the paywall.

  • Gervais fanboy on 10/01/2025 - 21:58

    Woolworths does stock Elato but seemingly it never goes half price.
    Also, unbelievable to see Coles ice cream be ranked so high in one survey.

  • freefall101 on 10/01/2025 - 22:03
    +3

    I love how delicious.com.au, a NewsCorp brand (and NewsCorp generally have a close relationship with Woolworths), didn't review Coles or Aldi house brands.

    BTW, you can find Elato branded ice cream at Woolworths, and Van Diemens Land Creamery ice cream also at Woolworths.

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 10/01/2025 - 22:09

    Riva has the best ice cream, just no way to buy it at the consumer level sadly.

  • nubzy on 10/01/2025 - 22:18

    Norco Cape Byron is very good flavour and texture wise, but I find it overly sweet. Still my first choice for readily available vanilla ice cream.

  • TEER3X on 10/01/2025 - 22:23
    +2

    I like Streets blue ribbon vanilla ice cream, available at Aldi.

    I rate it higher than bulla, the Coles and Woolies branded stuff and even connoisseur.

    Each to their own of course.

    • Gervais fanboy on 10/01/2025 - 22:30
      +2

      The thing about blue ribbon ice creams is that their prime ingredient is always ‘reconstituted milk’
      Connoisseur and Bulla atleast have some actual cream % in them.

    • nubzy on 10/01/2025 - 22:32
      +5

      Contains gelatine, gross. That has no place in ice cream. And actually it is a 'frozen dessert' rather than ice cream: https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/40568/blue…

    • Sammy2000 on 10/01/2025 - 22:58
      +1

      I use to rate it until it they replaced milk with skim milk and increased sugar to make it a "low fat" ice cream.

    • bargaino on 11/01/2025 - 11:44

      When did you last try Streets? it is garbage "ice confection" now.

      I think the only real ice-cream still sold in 2 litre tubs is Bulla. I like Bulla, but so full of air, 2 litres is only 920g.
      The on-litre tubs are nearly as much: 770g for some. 680g for coles brand.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/1g2iz1f/welp_ano…

  • Pelicannn on 10/01/2025 - 22:40
    +1

    Like I’m going to trust any of these surveys. I leave it up to the professionals.

    Cover all 9,000 taste buds, aerate it, warm it, driving up, that top note, that cream, pure vanilla, sweeteners… mmm…

    that’s a 10!

  • Protractor on 10/01/2025 - 23:36
    +1

    A whole lot of chaff to waste time on convincing us about the Emperors new clothes.
    You do you. I can vouch for Streets Vanilla.Or DIY. Most ppl would fail a blind test on the list every time.

  • pegaxs on 10/01/2025 - 23:54
    +8

    And the only thing this tells me is that these types of “reviews” are A: subjective, and B: more like advertising dressed up as reviews.

    • Clear on 11/01/2025 - 10:35
      +3

      Especially Choice. The amount of times they've provided reviews bad mouthing a product in favour of another and then having at the bottom in small text a disclaimer that they never tested what they were shitting on.

      • pegaxs on 11/01/2025 - 16:05

        Or like how publications like Drive can make a "2024 Car of the Year" for a car that no one can buy and it's now 2025 and still none have been delivered.

        Reviews have been watered down to the point that they are not even worth reading and some come with a warning like "for entertainment purposes only".

  • DingoBilly on 11/01/2025 - 09:10
    +3

    Everyone will have their own favourites.

    A lot of these are just going to be paid ads though.

  • bargaino on 11/01/2025 - 11:29
    +1

    Surveys like this are worthless. You already know the difference between icecream and over-aerated "ice confection".
    More discriminating results need a double-blind test, as surveys are affected by factors like price, advertising and packaging. And who pays for the article.

  • Clickbait on 11/01/2025 - 12:22

    Because I am allergic to the supermarkets,
    My partner buys only the red one when it is on sale at <>$6.50.
    I think it was the only one that said "Ice Cream" on the front.
    I'm out of stock at the moment, so can't verify

  • zombrex on 12/01/2025 - 00:06

    The coles vanialla icecream is very good price performance.

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