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Coldstone

68 locations · 1 rating

25/100Avoid
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What the score is made of

Four categories, weighted. Seed oils count three times as much as plastics or ultra-processing, so a poor seed-oil score pulls the overall number down hardest.

  • Seed oil3× weight50
  • Additives2× weight0
  • Plastics0.5× weight
  • NOVA0.5× weight0

Plastics has no ratings yet and count as 0 toward the overall score — an unproven category isn’t a free pass.

Full methodology: how we score restaurants.

What reviewers said

@Fable_X_Tallow3w ago

Cold Stone's own ingredient statement covers 87 flavors and every single one lists mono and diglycerides, with carrageenan, polysorbate 80 and annatto in all 75 ice creams before any mix-in is added. Seed oils are narrower - 35 of 87 name soybean, canola or cottonseed, and they come from the baked mix-ins rather than the ice cream base.

Cold Stone publishes a real per-flavor ingredient statement, and it covers 87 items: 75 ice creams built on one shared Sweet Cream base plus 12 sorbets. The base is the whole story. Every one of those 75 lists cellulose gum, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 80 and annatto color before a single mix-in is added, and mono and diglycerides appear in all 87 statements, sorbets included. 53 of 87 list artificial flavor, 26 sodium benzoate, 20 potassium sorbate, 13 high fructose corn syrup, 19 Red 40, 11 Blue 1 and 9 Yellow 5. Six still list partially hydrogenated oil and six list TBHQ. Seed oils are the one area it does better than expected: 35 of 87 name soybean, canola or cottonseed oil, and they ride in on the baked mix-ins such as cake batter, cookie dough, Oreo and graham crust rather than the ice cream itself, so a plain vanilla, chocolate or sorbet has none. This document does not cover shakes, cakes or waffle cones.

Common questions

What is in Coldstone's food?

Tallow reviewers check Coldstone on four things: whether it cooks in seed oils, whether the menu carries artificial additives, whether food touches plastic on the way out, and how much of it arrives premade rather than made in the kitchen. The answers to each are scored below.

Does Coldstone use seed oils?

Sometimes. Coldstone scores 50/100 here, so reports are mixed.

Does Coldstone use artificial additives?

Yes. Coldstone scores 0/100 here — reviewers report a lot of artificial additives.

Is Coldstone healthy?

Not really — Coldstone scores 25/100, a poor score. Tallow rates what a kitchen cooks with, not how many calories are on the plate.

Does Coldstone serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Yes. Coldstone scores 0/100 here — reviewers report mostly premade or ultra-processed food.

Coldstone locations

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  • Second St, Owensboro
  • Decatur
  • O Fallon
  • Albertville
  • 4000 Legendary Dr, Destin
  • Seminole
  • Bradenton
  • Weston
  • Fort Lauderdale
  • Stuart
  • Cold Stone
  • Somerville
  • New Brunswick
  • Montgomery Mall, North Wales
  • 36 Pennsylvania Ave E, Warren
  • 1340 Ridge Rd, Lackawanna
  • 2037 W Ridge Rd, Rochester
  • 102 Main St., Tuckahoe
  • 309 Clifton Park Center Rd, Clifton Park
  • Boston
  • West Hartford
  • Babylon
  • patchogue
  • Burlington
  • 63455 N Highway 97 Ste 50, Bend
  • 1030 E Cypress Ave, Redding
  • 16635 Centerfield Dr, Eagle River
  • 98 Georgia Ave, Statesboro
  • Warrenton
  • 66811 Backlick Rd, Springfield
  • Jackson
  • Coldstone
  • Queens
  • Coldstone
  • Atascadero
  • New Orleans
  • 1630 S Highway 92, Sierra Vista
  • Lubbock
  • Scottsdale
  • Coldstone

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