Desserts Roundup
We analyzed 1998 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 13)

Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
Ingredients: MILK, CREAM, SUGAR, VEGETABLE GUM (TARA), NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Breyers chocolate chip cookie dough frozen dairy dessert
Ingredients: milk, chocolate chip cookie dough {enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], sugar, brown sugar, palm oil, water, soybean oil, powdered sugar (sugar, cornstarch), chocolate liquor, salt, cocoa butter, natural flavor, soy lecithin, baking soda}, corn syrup, sugar, cream, chocolate flavored chips [sugar, coconut oil, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), milkfat, soy lecithin, vanilla extract], contains 2% or less of each of the following: whey, vanilla beans*, natural flavor, natural vanilla flavor*, carob bean gum, mono and diglycerides, carrageenan, annatto (for color), vitamin a palmitate, tara gum, guar gum,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Frozen Dairy Dessert
Ingredients: Milk, peaches, sugar, corn syrup, cream, less than 2% of: whey, vegetable gums (carob bean, tara, guar), mono and diglycerides, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Frozen Dairy Dessert, Cherry Vanilla
Ingredients: Milk, sugar, cherries {cherries, sugar, water, [plum, cherry and black carrot concentrates (for color)], citric acid, natural flavors, guar gum, carrageenan}, corn syrup, cream, contains 2% or less of each of the following: whey, carob bean gum, mono and diglycerides, vanilla beans*, natural flavors, carrageenan, natural vanilla flavor*, vitamin a palmitate, guar gum, tara gum.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

mini CLASSIC
Ingredients: Milk, sugar, cream, cocoa butter, chocolate, milk, less than 2% of: milk fat, monoglycerides, locust bean gum, vanilla extract, soy lecithin, guar gum, pgpr, natural flavor, caramel color.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Magnum caramel Ice Cream Bar 3.38 oz
Ingredients: Milk chocolate coating [sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milk, milkfat, pgpr (emulsifier) and soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanilla extract], milk, caramel sauce [water. sugar. corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, nonfat dry milk, coconut oil, modified corn starch, caramel color, salt, mono & diglycerides, carrageenan, soybean oil, modified tapioca starch, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate (used to protect quality), carob bean gum and natural flavor], cream, chocolatey coating [coconut oil, sugar, cocoa, soy lecithin, vanilla extract], sugar, corn syrup, less than 1% of: whey, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, water, guar gum, natural flavor, carrageenan, caramel and annatto extract (color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

cookies & cream cheesecake core ice cream
Ingredients: Cream, liquid sugar (sugar, water), skim milk, water, sugar, heavy cream, cocoa (processed with alkali), wheat flour, egg yolks, butter (cream, salt), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum), milk protein concentrate, coconut oil, brown sugar, eggs, natural flavor, salt, guar gum, carob bean gum, modified food starch (corn), soy lecithin, xanthan gum, baking soda, vanilla extract, carrageenan.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Half Baked
Ingredients: Cream, liquid sugar (sugar, water), skim milk, water, sugar, wheat flour, brown sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), egg yolks, butter (cream, salt), cocoa powder, eggs, expeller pressed soybean oil, soybean oil, invert cane sugar, chocolate liquor, vanilla extract, salt, egg whites, guar gum, molasses, cocoa butter, natural flavor, carrageenan, soy lecithin, baking soda, malted barley flour.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Ingredients: Cream, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), water, wheat flour, sugar, brown sugar, egg yolks, butter (cream, salt), expeller pressed soybean oil, eggs, coconut oil, chocolate liquor, vanilla extract, cocoa (processed with alkali), cocoa powder, salt, molasses, guar gum, cocoa butter, natural flavor, carrageenan, milk fat, soy lecithin.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

United dairy farmers mint chocolate chip ice cream
Ingredients: Skim milk, sugar, cream, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, butter oil, canola oil, soy lecithin, vanillin, natural flavors), corn syrup, pasteurized egg yolk, natural flavor, stabilizer (cellulose gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, guar gum, salt, sugar), artificial colors (yellow #5, blue #1).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Premium Quality Ice Cream
Ingredients: Skim milk, sugar cream, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, butter oil, canola oil, soy lecithin, vanillin, natural flavor), black raspberry puree [corn syrup, black raspberries, water, modified corn starch, natural flavors, sugar, citric acid, guar gum, red #40, blue #1 (artificial colors)], corn syrup, pasteurized egg yolk, stabilizer (cellulose gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, guar gum, salt, sugar).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Sandwiches
Ingredients: Nonfat milk, sugar, bleached wheat flour, corn syrup, cream, corn syrup solids, whey, palm oil, caramel color, less than 1% of: dextrose, baking soda, cocoa, high fructose corn syrup, modified corn starch, salt, soy lecithin, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, guar gum, natural and artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate, carrageenan.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Dulce de leche caramel topping sweet cajeta saucespread
Ingredients: Goat milk, corn syrup, sugar, sodium bicarbonate and potassium sorbate (preservative).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Lemon Real Italian Ice
Ingredients: Micron filtered water, sugar, corn syrup, citric acid, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavor, guar and xanthan gums.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Greek Yogurt Marionberry
Ingredients: Grade a pasteurized fat free milk, marionberry base (sugar, water, marionberries, corn starch, natural flavor, black currant juice concentrate [color], citric acid, guar gum), live and active yogurt cultures (s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. acidophilus, b. lactis, l. casei, l.rhamnosus, l. lactis).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Rainbow Fat Free Sherbet Cups
Ingredients: Water, sugar, corn syrup, milk, whey, skim milk, contains 2% or less of cherry juice concentrate, lemon and lime juice concentrates, orange juice concentrate, oil of orange, natural and artificial flavors, citrus cells, citric acid, guar gum, cellulose gum, modified cellulose, xanthan gum, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1, red 40.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Mint chocolate chip ice cream
Ingredients: Milk, skim milk, cream, sugar, chocolaty chips (sugar, coconut oil, cocoa processed with alkali, cocoa, milk fat, soy lecithin, vanilla extract, natural flavors), corn syrup, contains 1% or less of carob bean gum, guar gum, mono & diglycerides, carrageenan, cellulose gum, cellulose gel, redistilled oil of peppermint, yellow 5, blue 1.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Ice Cream
Ingredients: Milk, skim milk, cream, sugar, pecans (pecans, cottonseed oil, butter), corn syrup, contains 1% or less of natural flavors, ground vanilla beans, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, annatto for color.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Original red raspberry yogurt
Ingredients: pasteurized grade a reduced fat milk, sugar, raspberries, modified corn starch, kosher gelatin, colored with beet juice concentrate, natural flavor, pectin, yogurt cultures (l, bulgaricus, s, thermophilus, l, acidophilus), vitamin a acetate, vitamin d3,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

European gourmet bakery organic pudding mix vanilla
Ingredients: Organic sugar, organic cornstarch, organic vanilla flavor.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

European gourmet bakery organic pudding mix chocolate
Ingredients: Organic sugar, organic cornstarch, organic cocoa powder, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

La Yogurt Probiotic Cherry
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a lowfat milk, sugar, cherries, modified cornstarch, nonfat milk solids, natural flavors, pectin, locust bean gum, citric acid, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), monocalcium phosphate, red 40, blue 1, vitamin a palmitate and vitamin d3. contains active yogurt with l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, bifidobacterium bb-12 l. acidophilus and l. casei cultures.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Probiotic Lowfat Yogurt, Strawberry, Banana, Original
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a lowfat milk, sugar, strawberries, banana puree concentrate, modified cornstarch, nonfat milk solids, natural flavors, pectin, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate ( to maintain freshness), monocalcium phosphate, red 40, vitamin a palmitate and vitamin d3. contains active yogurt with l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, bifidobacterium bb-12, l. acidophilus and l. casei cultures.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

La Yogurt, Blended Lowfat Yogurt, Mixed Berry
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a lowfat milk, sugar, strawberries, modified cornstarch, blueberries, high fructose corn syrup, nonfat milk solids, blackberries, raspberries, natural flavors, pectin, citric acid, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), calcium chloride, red 40 and blue 1, vitamin a palmitate and vitamin d3. contains active yogurt with l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, bifidobacterium bb-12, l. acidophilus and l. casei cultures.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

La yogurt, probiotic blended lowfat yogurt, vanilla
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a lowfat milk, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, nonfat milk solids, modified cornstarch, fructose, kosher gelatin, natural flavors, citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3 and annatto (color). contains active yogurt with l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, bifidobacterium bb-12, l. acidophilus and l. casei cultures.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Strawberry lowfat yogurt milk chocolate candy cups
Ingredients: Lowfat yogurt: cultured pasteurized grade a lowfat milk, sugar, modified corn starch, water, strawberry puree, contains less than 1% of natural flavors, fruit juice and vegetable juice (for color), pectin, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), citric acid, sodium citrate, vitamin d3. m&m's minis milk chocolate candies: milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, skim milk, cocoa butter, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, salt, artificial and natural flavors), sugar, less than 2%-coloring (includes blue 1 lake, red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 2), corn syrup, dextrin, cornstarch, carnauba wax.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Premium Ice Cream
Ingredients: Milkfat and nonfat milk, sugar, corn syrup, chocolate flavored flakes (sugar, partially hydrogenated coconut oil, cocoa, cocoa processed with alkali, coconut oil, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla extract), high fructose corn syrup, whey, contains less than 2% of mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, guar gum, carrageenan, natural flavor, yellow #5, blue #1.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Light ice cream, strawberry
Ingredients: Non-fat milk, cane sugar, cream, strawberries, buttermilk, tapioca starch, lemon juice concentrate, pectin, guar gum, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Light Ice Cream
Ingredients: Non-fat milk, cream, maltitol syrupã¢â€â , maltodextrinã‚â§, polydextroseã¢â€â , whey protein concentrate, glycerin, propylene glycol monostearate, guar gum, sorbitolã¢â€â , monoglycerides, ground vanilla beans, citric acid, xanthan gum, carrageenan, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Reduced Fat Ice Cream
Ingredients: milkfat and nonfat milk, sweet cream buttermilk, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, whey, maltodextrin, mono , diglycerides, natural and artificial flavors, tapioca starch, guar gum, locust bean gum, annatto (color), carrageenan, sucralose,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
