8 Ice Cream Brands That Use the Highest Quality Ingredients

In this case, the fewer ingredients, the better There are dozens of companies out there making  ice cream  these days. A stroll down a groce...

In this case, the fewer ingredients, the better

There are dozens of companies out there making ice cream these days. A stroll down a grocery store's freezer aisle can be a dizzying affair, with it hard to choose which brand to buy, and that's not even to mention the actual flavors themselves.

 While we can't help you choose between Rocky Road or Mint Chocolate Chip—or a classic vanilla or chocolate—we can steer you toward a few brands of ice cream made using genuinely high-quality ingredients. While ice cream is not a health food, per se, when eaten in small quantities, it's a treat many can't live without. 

Here's how to steer clear of low-quality ice creams and only scoop the well-made stuff when you choose to indulge.

Not only will you find some pretty wild flavors from Jeni's, such as Watermelon Taffy, Everything Bagel (yes, really), Butterscotch Popcorn, and Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate Flecks, to name but a few, but you'll also find some very high-quality ingredients. 

Take their Honey Vanilla Bean, which is perhaps the most "basic" flavor they offer (thus a good example of the ice cream base) as an example—it contains milk, cream, cane sugar, nonfat milk, tapioca syrup, honey, fair trade vanilla extract, sea salt, vanilla bean specks.