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When it comes to ice cream, quality can significantly impact your experience. Unfortunately, many brands sacrifice quality ingredients in favor of artificial flavors and unpronounceable components, with some even skipping real cream altogether. If you desire top-notch taste and premium quality, consider these seven brands that highlight real ingredients, fresh cream, and rich flavors.
McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams
For over 70 years, McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams has been serving delightful ice cream crafted from scratch using only a handful of sustainably sourced ingredients. This brand abstains from using fillers or preservatives and partners with local suppliers who ensure their hens are organically-fed and cage-free, and their cows graze year-round.
Cosmic Bliss
Choosing to skip dairy often means you might miss out on treats like ice cream. However, Cosmic Bliss uses coconut milk to create its ice cream, avoiding the unnecessary additives found in many non-dairy options. For those who consume dairy, they also offer a variety made from grass-fed cow’s milk. This range is certified organic, free from GMOs, artificial ingredients, and preservatives.
Van Leeuwen
Van Leeuwen got its start as an ice cream truck in NYC back in 2008. Since then, it’s taken off as a leading brand that uses whole ingredients like cream, milk and real cane sugar. You can find their products in stores like Gelson’s, Walmart, Whole Foods, Bristol Farms and more.
Adirondack Creamery
Adirondack Creamery is a family-owned and operated company that uses pure ingredients like milk, sugar, and yolks for all of its flavors. The milk used is free of artificial growth hormones, artificial ingredients and additives, resulting in a fresh tasting ice cream.
Jeni’s Ice Cream
Jeni’s Ice Cream offers creative flavors made with wholesome ingredients. The founder Jeni literally wrote the book on ice cream titled Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home, which won a James Beard award. Jeni’s is a proud B Corp that’s changing the way ice cream is made while making a positive environmental impact.
Alden’s Organic
Since 2004, Alden’s Organic has been sourcing organic cream and milk from family-owned farms. Their ice cream is made with limited ingredients that does not include high fructose corn syrup, no artificial flavoring, no GMOs, and no artificial colors/sweeteners.
Alec’s Ice Cream
Alec’s Ice Cream is all about serving ice cream with real cream and clean ingredients while practicing regenerative farming by helping remove carbon from the air, restoring biodiversity, creating nutrient-rich top soil & preserves water and improving the lives of animals and farmers. The brand’s goal is to create high-quality ice cream that’s kind for the planet and your body.
Heather Newgen
