No.1 Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream

What is it?

Creamy ice cream made with Madagascan vanilla, sold under Waitrose's No.1 range. It comes as a classic scoopable frozen dessert, with milk, cream, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla extract in the mix. Madagascan vanilla usually gives a rounded, floral note rather than a sharp one, and the texture depends on how much air is whipped in during freezing. Compared with everyday supermarket vanilla ice creams, this sits in Waitrose's premium line and stays close to the basic formula. There isn't any biscuit, swirl or fruit folded through, just vanilla and dairy doing the work.