Ice-creams – Definition, Types & Flavours

Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It is usually made from
dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and
flavours. It is typically sweetened with sugar or sugar substitutes. Typically, flavourings and
colourings are added in addition to stabiliser.

The mixture is stirred to incorporate air spaces and cooled below the freezing point of water to
prevent detectable ice crystals from forming. The result is a smooth, semi-solid foam that is solid
at very low temperatures (< 2 °C or 35 °F). It becomes more malleable as its temperature
increases.

Ice cream may be served in dishes, for eating with a spoon, or in cones, which are licked. Ice
cream may be served with other desserts, such as apple pie. Ice cream is used to prepare other
desserts, including ice cream floats, sundaes, milkshakes, ice cream cakes and even baked items,
such as Baked Alaska.

Table of Contents
Types of Ice Cream
Hard Ice Cream
French Ice Cream
Soft Ice Cream
Light Ice Cream
Reduced Fat Ice Cream
Fat-free Frozen Dairy Dessert
No Sugar Added Ice Cream or Frozen Dairy Dessert
Lactose-free Ice Cream
Gluten-Free Ice Cream
Organic Ice Cream
Italian-style Gelato
List of ice cream flavours

Types of Ice Cream

Ice cream is a sweet, creamy cold treat that has been around for centuries. It has inspired songs,
had Anne of Green Gables (the heroine of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s famed novels) dreaming for
days in anticipation of tasting it for the very first time and is always popular at birthday parties
and family gatherings. But never, have the options been so varied! Today, you can find a world of

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flavours and an ice cream to suit every taste…

Hard Ice Cream

Traditional or regular ice cream made with cream and/or milk, sugar, and may contain
eggs, stabilizers and other flavouring ingredients such as vanilla, chocolate, fruit and many other
add-ins…the options seem endless.

French Ice Cream

Traditional ice cream made with a custard base containing cream and/or milk, egg yolks or whole
eggs, sugar, stabilizers and other flavourings.

Soft Ice Cream

Ice cream made with milk and/or cream, sugar, stabilizers and flavourings that is frozen at a
higher temperature in a special machine that keeps the mixture smooth, creamy and soft while it’s
being frozen. It is stored in the machine as a liquid ice cream mix and frozen as it’s served in a
cone or bowl. This is available at restaurants and specialty ice cream shops.

Light Ice Cream

Traditional ice cream made with milk ingredients, sugar, stabilizers and other flavourings that
contains at least 25% less milk fat than regular hard ice cream.

Reduced Fat Ice Cream

Made with lower fat milk ingredients, sugar, stabilizers and other flavourings. The amount of fat
can vary and is declared on the label.

Fat-free Frozen Dairy Dessert

Made with modified milk ingredients, sugar or artificial or natural sweeteners and stabilizers, this
ice cream contains about 0.1% fat or 0.5 g fat per serving.

No Sugar Added Ice Cream or Frozen Dairy Dessert

Similar to ice cream, generally made with milk ingredients and stabilizers as well as artificial
sweeteners or natural sugar substitutes and other flavourings. These desserts are often lower in

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fat than regular ice cream.

Lactose-free Ice Cream

Ice cream made with added lactase enzyme and therefore contains no detectable lactose making
it more easily digestible for people with lactose intolerance.

Gluten-Free Ice Cream

Since some stabilizers and other ingredients added to ice cream production may contain gluten, it
is important to read the ingredients list to make sure the ice cream is gluten-free. Some brands
include a “gluten-free” logo on the label.

Organic Ice Cream

Any type of ice cream made with organically produced milk and other ingredients.

Italian-style Gelato
A dense ice cream generally made with more milk than cream (making it lower in fat), egg yolks,
sugar or other sweeteners and flavourings. Gelato has a more intense flavour than traditional ice
cream and less air.

List of ice cream flavours

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Bacon ice cream– a modern invention, generally created by adding bacon to egg custard and
freezing the mixture
Bastani Sonnati, a type of Persian ice cream
Beer ice cream
Black walnut ice cream
Blueberry ice cream
Blue Moon – an ice cream flavour with bright blue colouring, available in the Upper Midwest of the
United States
Brown bread ice cream – ice cream with Grape-Nuts breakfast cereal
Butterbeer ice cream – Butterbeer is a fictional drink in the world of Harry Potter. The ice cream is

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sold at LA and Osaka Universal Studios in the Harry Potter-themed areas.

Butter Brickle was the registered trademark of a toffee ice cream flavouring and of a toffee-
centred chocolate-covered candy bar similar to the Heath bar, introduced to the world by
the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska in the 1920s.
Butter Pecan is a smooth vanilla ice cream with a slight buttery flavour, with pecans added;
manufactured by many major ice cream brands.
Charcoal ice cream – This ice cream flavour, which is made by using the key ingredient of
activated charcoal, gives the flavour a black-coloured appearance. It is most notable for being
served with a black cone and is a staple for the ice cream shop Little Damage in Los Angeles as
well as the Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream in New York. The charcoal flavour is paired with other
ingredients such as horchata, almond, and coconut in order to mask the taste of the charcoal.
Although not confirmed by researchers, the activated charcoal is said to offer health benefits such
as detoxification. This ice cream flavour also produces the effect of leaving the person who
consumes it with black lips and teeth.
Cherry ice cream
Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
Chocolate ice cream
Coconut milk ice cream or ice cream combined with coconut flesh. It is a traditional ice cream
in Indonesia known as Es Puter (stirred ice cream).
Coffee ice cream – Popular in the New England area of the US
Coffee and Cookie ice cream
Cookies and Cream
Cookie dough
Cotton Candy
Crab ice cream – a Japanese creation, it is described as having a sweet taste; the island
of Hokkaido, Japan, is known for manufacturing it
Durian ice cream – Durian grows in many areas of southeast Asia. It is often not allowed on public
transport due to its pungent odour. Some find the flesh of the fruit to be a delicacy, while others
despise it.
English toffee ice cream
French vanilla ice cream
Fudge ripple ice cream
Garlic ice cream
Ginger ice cream

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Grape ice cream

Grape nut ice cream
Green tea ice cream
Halva ice cream
Hokey pokey – a flavour of ice cream in New Zealand, consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with
small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee
Jik Jak ice cream – a blend of chocolate ice cream, fudge, malt, cinnamon and almonds
Lemon custard ice cream
Lucuma ice cream – a popular Peruvian ice cream flavour with an orange colour and a sweet nutty
taste.
Mamey ice cream
Mango ice cream
Maple walnut ice cream
Mint chocolate chip – composed of mint ice cream with small chocolate chips; in some cases, the
liqueur crème de menthe is used to provide the mint flavour, but in most cases,
peppermint or spearmint flavouring is used
Moon Mist is a blend of grape, banana and bubblegum flavours popular in Atlantic Canada.
Moose Tracks
Neapolitan ice cream
Oyster ice cream
Peanut Butter ice cream
Peppermint ice cream
Pistachio ice cream – also referred to as pistachio nut ice cream, it is an ice cream flavour made
with pistachio nuts or flavouring
Pralines and cream ice cream
Raspberry Ripple
Rice ice cream
Rocky road – although there are variations from the original flavour, it is traditionally composed
of chocolate ice cream, nuts, and whole or diced marshmallows.
Spumoni
Squid ink ice cream
Stracciatella – a variety of gelato, consisting of milk-based ice cream filled with fine, irregular chips
of chocolate
Strawberry ice cream

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Superman ice cream

Teaberry ice cream – a flavour particular to Pennsylvania, with a flavour similar to wintergreen
Tiger tail ice cream
Tutti-frutti
Vanilla ice cream

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