The Vanilla Ice Cream That Uses The Best Ingredients Hands Down

Don't you think a bowl of vanilla ice cream should end every long school or work day? However, obtaining a store-bought variant with high-quality ingredients is difficult.

If you can't get yourself to add olive oil and sea salt to your vanilla ice cream every night, buy a pre-made version that's great. Van Leeuwen's tops Food Republic's list of vanilla ice creams with the best and worst ingredients.

Van Leeuwen's vanilla bean ice cream uses "only good ingredients you can pronounce," according to its website. This simple dessert contains milk, cream, cane sugar, egg yolks, vanilla essence, salt, and real vanilla bean. It has no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, or stabilizers.

Instead of bland vanilla ice cream, Van Leeuwen's boasts a custard-like flavor with caramel and fresh dairy. Tahitian vanilla beans give the frozen treat a fragrant richness. Perfect flavor balance is achieved with just enough salt.

Van Leeuwen's Vanilla Ice Cream Refuses Van Leeuwen's Vanilla Bean Ice Cream uses authentic Tahitian vanilla, but the Brooklyn-based company also sources hazelnuts and pistachios from Italy and coconut cream from Indonesia. What's not in its vanilla ice cream is just as vital.

To give ice cream a custard-like texture without eggs, several brands use sweeteners such high fructose corn syrup and stabilizers like carrageenan. However, too much carrageenan can make the dessert thick and gummy.

To eliminate stabilizers, Van Leeuwen's vanilla ice cream uses more egg yolks, giving it an incomparable texture and taste. You can taste the difference in Breyer's Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream without vanilla beans.

Van Leeuwen's pints cost more than others since they employ natural ingredients. Try another top-rated vanilla ice cream from Food Republic's recommended brands to avoid paying $7 per pint. A pint of Tillamook's Old Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream costs less yet uses superior ingredients.

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