Desserts Roundup
We analyzed 1998 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 27)

Gelato
Ingredients: Milk, sugar†, peanuts, cream, egg and egg yolk, dextrose†, coconut oil, chocolate, cocoa (processed with alkali), cocoa butter, skim milk, salt, carob bean gum, soy lecithin, natural flavor, cocoa, vanilla extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Gelato
Ingredients: Milk, sugar+, cream, chocolate, dextrose+, cocoa butter, milk fat, carob bean gum, soy lecithin, vanilla extract, chocolate processed with alkali, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic unsweetened apple sauce, unsweetened apple
Ingredients: Organic apple puree.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ice Cream Chocolate Cookie Sandwich
Ingredients: Ice cream: milk, cream, cane sugar, non-fat dry milk, tapioca maltodextrin, natural vanilla flavor, stabilizer (locust bean gum, guar gum, cane sugar), sunflower lecithin. chocolate cookie: wheat flour, cane sugar, water, cocoa (processed with alkali), palm oil, non-gmo soybean oil, tocopherol (vitamin e) added as an antioxidant, natural flavors, baking soda, sunflower lecithin, salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Honey
Ingredients: GRADE A PASTEURIZED _MILK_, CREAM, NONFAT _MILK_, HONEY, LIVE AN ACTIVE CULTURES: S. THERMOPHILUS, L. BULGARICUS, L. ACIDOPHILUS, BIFIDUS AND L. CASEI, CULTURED AFTER PASTEURIZATION.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Applesauce
Ingredients: Apples, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, ascorbic acid (vitamin c).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients: Ice cream (cream, milk, buttermilk, whey, sugar, corn syrup, skim milk, contains 2% or less of natural flavors, carob bean gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, annatto extract for color). wafers (wheat flour, sugar, caramel color, dextrose, palm oil, corn flour, contains 2% or less of corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, food starch-modified, salt, soy lecithin, mono and diglycerides, baking soda).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Great value, natural unsweetened applesauce
Ingredients: apples, water, ascorbic acid (vitamin c).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sliced Peaches Yellow Cling Peaches in Water, Artificially Sweetened
Ingredients: Peaches, water, sucralose.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek yogurt style
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk, cream, cane sugar, brown cane sugar, natural flavor, honey, pectin. contains live and active cultures (s. thermophilus, b. lactis, l. acidophilus, l. casei, l. rhamnosus, lactobacillus lactis, l. bulgaricus)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek black cherry 24oz
Ingredients: Cultured pasteurized grade a milk, cream, cane sugar, brown cane sugar, honey, vegetable juice color, pectin, natural flavor, cherry juice concentrate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fat-Boy Jr., Mini Ice Cream Sandwich, Premium Vanilla
Ingredients: Milk, bodean sb129 wafer (bleached wheat flour, sugar, caramel color, dextrose, palm oil, corn flour, corn syrup, cocoa, modified corn starch, baking soda, salt, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin), sugar, butter, corn syrup solids, non-fat dry milk, stabilizer (microcrysalline cellulose, cellulose gum, mono & diglycerides, polysorbate 80, carrageenan), vanilla extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Frozen Dairy Dessert
Ingredients: Nonfat milk, strawberry swirl [water, sugar, corn syrup, skim milk, strawberries, dextrose, beet juice (for color), citric acid, malic acid, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar), natural flavor, pectin, ascorbic acid, annatto (for color)], corn syrup, cheesecake pieces with graham crust [cream cheese (pasteurized milk, cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum), sugar, eggs, graham crumb (wheat flour, whole wheat/graham flour, sugar, canola oil, molasses, honey, salt, sodium bicarbonate), cornstarch, palm oil, natural flavor, sweetened lemon zest (lemon peel, sugar, lemon oil), vegetable gum (guar)], fructose, cheesecake base [corn syrup, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), dried cane syrup, water, natural flavor, salt, pectin], coconut oil, less than 2% of: whey, cream, vegetable gums (guar, carob bean), mono and diglycerides, natural flavor, salt, sugar, annatto (for color).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Breyers, gelato indulgences, gelato, raspberry cheesecake
Ingredients: milk, sugar, cream, corn syrup, dextrose, contains 2% or less of each of the following: cream cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, cream, salt, enzymes), whey, raspberry puree concentrate, water, wheat flour, brown sugar, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar), natural flavor, mono and diglycerides, honey, butter (cream, salt), pasteurized eggs, whole wheat/graham flour, beet juice concentrate (for color), canola oil, citric acid, salt, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, carrageenan, molasses, ascorbic acid, annatto (for color), vitamin a palmitate,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Breyers lactose free chocolate ice cream
Ingredients: Skim milk, sugar, corn syrup, cream dutched cocoa (processed with alkali), whey, less than 2% of: vegetable gums (carob bean, guar, tara), mono and diglycerides, salt, lactase enzyme, vitamin a palmitate, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Breyers Reeses pt
Ingredients: Milk, corn syrup, fudge swirl [corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, sugar, cocoa, modified food starch (tapioca), natural flavor, salt, lactic acid, potassium sorbate (preservative)], sugar, reese's peanut butter cup pieces {milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, nonfat milk, milk fat, lactose, soy lecithin, pgpr (emulsifier)], peanuts, sugar, dextrose, salt, tbhq and citric acid (to maintain freshness)}, reese's peanut butter swirl [peanuts, sugar, peanut oil, dextrose, salt, tbhq (preservative)], cream, less than 2% of: whey, caramel (for color), mono and diglycerides, vegetable gums (guar, carob bean, tara), carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Breyerscookiesandcreamfrozendairydessert
Ingredients: milk, sugar, corn syrup, cream, wheat flour, contains 2% or less of each of the following: palm and palm kernel oil, whey, dutched cocoa (processed with alkali), vegetable gums (carob bean, guar, tara), mono and diglycerides, natural flavor, salt, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, molasses, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Ingredients: Milk, sugar, corn syrup, cream, pecans, less than 2% of: whey, salt, cottonseed oil, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar, tara), mono and diglycerides, butter (cream, salt), natural flavor, lactase enzyme, annatto (for color), vitamin a palmitate, carrageenan.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Frozen Dairy Dessert, Vanilla Fudge Twirl
Ingredients: Milk, sugar, corn syrup, cream, contains 2% or less of each of the following: whey, dutched cocoa (processed with alkali), vegetable gums (carob bean, guar, tara), mono and diglycerides, natural flavors, salt, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Ice cream vanilla chocolate strawberry
Ingredients: milk, cream, sugar, strawberries, whey, dutched cocoa (processed with alkali), vegetable gums (tara, carob bean), natural flavor,
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Breyers Extra Creamy Chocolate Frozen Dairy Dessert
Ingredients: Milk, sugar, corn syrup, cream, dutched cocoa (processed with alkali), less than 2% of: whey, vegetable gums (carob bean, guar, tara), mono and diglycerides, vitamin a palmitate, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Mini Ice Cream Bars
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 and diglycerides, carrageenan, soybean oil, modified tapioca starch, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate (used to protect quality), carob bean gum, natural flavor], chocolatey coating [coconut oil, sugar, cocoa, soy lecithin, vanilla extract], cream, 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

Giant King Cone
Ingredients: Nonfat milk, chocolate flavored coating [sugar, coconut oil, palm oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), soy lecithin, vanilla extract], cream, cone [bleached wheat flour, sugar, molasses, less than 2% of: vegetable shortening (soybean oil, palm oil, and soy lecithin), salt, caramel color], sugar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, roasted peanuts, whey, less than 2% of: cocoa (processed with alkali), propylene glycol monoesters, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, polysorbate 80, vitamin a palmitate, caramel color, water.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Salted caramel core ice cream
Ingredients: Cream, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), water, brown sugar, sugar, milk, wheat flour, egg yolks, corn syrup, eggs, butter (cream, salt), butteroil, pectin, sea salt, soybean oil, vanilla extract, guar gum, soy lecithin, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), baking soda, salt, carrageenan, lactase.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Peanut butter cup ice cream
Ingredients: Cream, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), water, peanuts, sugar, coconut oil, egg yolks, partially defatted peanut flour, peanut oil, milk, cocoa (processed with alkali), salt, guar gum, cocoa, natural flavor, soy lecithin, vanilla extract, carrageenan.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Ben & Jerry's Milk and cookies pt
Ingredients: Cream, skim milk, liquid sugar (sugar, water), water, sugar, wheat flour, canola oil, egg yolks, brown sugar, butter (cream, salt), cocoa (processed with alkali), cocoa, coconut oil, chocolate liquor, soybean oil, eggs, salt, natural flavors, vanilla extract, tapioca starch, guar gum, honey, baking soda, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla beans, carrageenan.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Vanilla ice cream
Ingredients: Skim milk, sugar, cream, corn syrup, pasteurized egg yolk, vanilla extract, stabilizer (cellulose gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, guar gum, salt, sugar), annatto color.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Carb Smart Fudge Bars
Ingredients: Skim milk, maltitol syrup, maltodextrin (corn), cream, dutched cocoa (processed with alkali). contains 2% or less of each of the following: whey, mono and diglycerides, vegetable gums (guar, carob bean, tara), acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, salt, sucralose (splenda brand), natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides
