Breyers® Frozen Dairy Dessert Butter Pecan 8 x 16 oz (2024)

FAQs

Why does Breyers say frozen dairy dessert instead of ice cream? ›

One result of these cost-cutting practices has been that many (but not all) of Breyers' products no longer contain enough milk and cream to meet labeling requirements for ice cream, and are now labeled "Frozen Dairy Dessert" in the United States and "Frozen Dessert" in Canada.

Is a frozen dairy dessert healthier than ice cream? If you're comparing nutrition labels, you might notice that some frozen dairy desserts have a lower calorie and fat content than ice cream but have more added ingredients. Be sure to check those ingredients.

Even though these products may look like ice cream, that's where the similarity ends. Real ice cream is made from 100% dairy – milk, and products made from milk (including cream, skim milk powder, and whey powder). Frozen desserts are made with vegetable oils, like palm, kernel, or coconut oil.

The difference between ice cream and a frozen dessert is that ice cream is made from milk/cream (dairy) and frozen desserts are made with vegetable oils. Ice cream has a very long history of being a rich and creamy treat.

Breyers Natural Vanilla Class Action Lawsuit Overview:

A California judge has denied class certification in a lawsuit regarding Unilever's allegedly misleading labeling of Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream as containing vanilla flavor derived exclusively from the vanilla plant.

The taste of both ice cream and frozen desserts is as good as it can get. However, frozen desserts can be taken out of the running to be called ice cream due to too many mix-ins or toppings that change the density of the product.

It has a lot of saturated fat that will only worsen your heart health, and will also lead to high cholesterol levels. Increased levels of bad or LDL cholesterol are responsible for clogging the arteries. Frozen dessert packaging contains 10.2 per cent vegetable oil and vegetable protein product.

Traditional Philadelphia-style ice cream recipes call for a heavy amount of cream, making it the dessert on this list with the highest fat percentage. According to the FDA, ice cream should contain around 14-25% of butterfat.

Ferrero-owned Blue Bunny used to be real Ice Cream but the ingredients have changed so much over the years that it can no longer be legally designated as Ice Cream >> with the exception of Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Blue Bunny is now Frozen Dairy Dessert.

Every one of our flavors begins with four simple ingredients - real cream, milk, eggs, and sugar. And many of our most iconic flavors, like Chocolate, Coffee, Strawberry, and Vanilla, contain just five ingredients. You won't find any artificial colors or flavors here.

Is Baskin Robbins ice cream or frozen dessert? ›

Baskin-Robbins is an American multinational chain of ice cream and cake specialty shops owned by Inspire Brands.

So, a tasty frozen carton such as my mint Oreo can look like ice cream, taste like ice cream, and contain 9.99999% milk fat, but cannot legally be called ice cream. Thus, Breyers chooses "Frozen Dairy Dessert."

While resembling ice cream in appearance, frozen dairy desserts typically include a lower milkfat content, higher levels of overrun (incorporated air), and for those ice cream lovers with dietary restrictions, milk or cream can be replaced with dairy alternatives.

What is the packaging difference between Ice Cream and Frozen Dairy Dessert? These products follow all Legal & Regulatory requirements for packaging, and thus claim Frozen Dairy Dessert on the front of the pack. Additionally, the ingredient list and nutritional information is updated to reflect changes.

Butter pecan and other popular Breyers flavors like cookies & cream, chocolate chip cookie dough and rocky road are now called frozen dairy dessert. The change in name is because Breyers changed the ingredients and legally they can no longer call their product ice cream.

NO, if you want your ice cream to have cream in it, then you should choose one called a dairy ice cream AND check out the ingredients. The creaminess in dairy ice cream comes from its milk fat content, which can come from using fresh milk and cream like we do in our “real dairy ice cream”.