Twenty Percent of Vanilla Ice Cream Isn't Vanilla — Or Ice Cream — Food News

Vanilla ice cream doesn't have the best reputation in the frozen dessert world. For starters, it's an insult to call something "vanilla," as the suggestion implies that whatever you're referring to is essentially boring AF. Now we are about to add insult to injury with some cold-hearted facts: Nearly one in five store-bought vanilla ice creams doesn't even contain vanilla, according to U.K. consumer insight organization Which?. Even worse, they don't contain fresh cream or milk either — hallmarks of what actually constitutes ice cream.

At this time, we'd like to take a moment and channel our inner Ina Garten to say that sometimes store-bought is not fine.

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