What’s the nicest vanilla ice cream?

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I’ve tried carte d’or, too sweet, and Hagen daaz has a weird texture these days.

Another vote for Mackies here. It's very like the fantastic ice cream from the local Italian family run cafe when I was a child.

Personally I did not like Mackies at all. Kelly’s is ok but still lacking something. I am a real ice cream fan, I love trying new places. I make my own at home and mainly make vanilla as I love the little flecks of black in a proper vanilla ice cream. I have a raspberry one in the freezer now.

Another vote for Kelly's

Oh yes reminds me of the ice cream I had as a 70s kid😋😋
Rizzas of Huntly I used to help the Mannie if I saw him delivering to our local newsagent and he'd give me bashed choc Ices for helping.

Joe's. Absolutely no question about it. I'm not sure whether it's available outside South Wales, though, as it was originally a single parlour in Swansea and only did vanilla ice-cream.

Yes I would like something very vanilla-y! Which US brands are good?

Unless you can get Cheshire Farm Ice-cream! Their vanilla is amazing. As are all the other flavours

Mackies has gums and stabilisers. Haagen Dazs vanilla doesn’t, maybe you’ve mixed them up?

I would very highly recommend you check out your local farm shop to see if they do homemade ice cream. Absolutely nothing from the supermarket compares to it and I've had it from a few different farm shops now, all have been lovely.

My father in law at 86 swears by this stuff -

Best ice cream I’ve ever had was what they call ‘soft is’ when we lived in Denmark, they dip it in cocoa powder - totally addictive and suprisingly reasonable too compared to everything else there.

Kelly's though it's clotted not vanilla.

My favourite was Walls Cornish ice cream but I haven't seen it for a few years now, I look each summer for it.

Sainsbury’s Cornish.

Not sure where people have got the idea Haagan Das has lots of extra stuff in it - literally the ingredient list of the vanilla is Fresh Cream (39.2%), Condensed Skimmed Milk, Sugar, Water, Egg Yolk, Natural Vanilla Flavouring. Its also gluten free which might be a bonus for some.

Ingredients of Mackies - Whole Milk (62%), Whipping Cream (19%), Sugar, Milk Solids, Glycerine, Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Stabilisers (Sodium Alginate and Guar Gum). Some people might prefer as its just 'white' ice cream, not vanilla flavoured.

If.you can get hold of it, Brickells.is hands down the best.vanilla,.in my opinion. Kelly's is ok,.but nothing special. I don't rate Mackie's vanilla- it just taste of cold milk

https://www.brickellsicecream.co.uk/collections/all-products?srsltid=AfmBOorljSSwC-omRz7OsCQkPs2ECBxuSPSW5vyZE8pbKqLIDIsoDHE2

Mackies...bloody lovely

I wish I lived anywhere near a farm shop 😂

Duchy Organic for me from Waitrose. Good quality ingredients and no weird gums or emulsifiers in it.

Ooh you've got to make the journey to a big one, even just for the ice cream!

We really don't like Mackies and would suggest Kelly's Cornish Ice Cream

I've got Kelly's Vanilla Bean with Cornish Clotted Cream to try tonight. I'll report back later!

We like red lion farm vanilla, and bluebells vanilla ice-cream (both farm shops- one in Derbyshire the other Staffordshire).... I would agree to get a good ice-cream small dairies seems to be better...
I also find m&s Cornish quite nice (favourite is blackcurrant)....

Kelly's definitely. Mackies is just so meh.