Vanilla Ice Cream

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Ice Cream scores 20/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Ice Cream lists 15 ingredients, starting with Milk, Cream, Sugar, Corn Syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 20/100 Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Ice Cream scores worse than most ice cream & frozen desserts we have scored. A higher-scoring option in ice cream & frozen desserts is Straus Family Creamery Organic Strawberry Ice Cream at 100/100.