Sugar content will vary among flavors, but for mint chocolate chip, a pint of Graeter's and a pint of Wegmans each contain the same amount of sugar: 96 grams. (How sweet each one tastes is, of course, subjective.)

I've always liked Graeter's black raspberry chocolate chip; and I've only ever bought it at Wegmans.
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It isn't solely the sugar content that determines sweetness. Add ½ cup of sugar to lemon juice, the sugar / lemon combo will balance the flavors. Add ½ of sugar to a few strawberries, and you'll likely end up with something gaggably sweet.

If you look at Graeter's mint chocolate chip ingredients, you'll see why it is cloyingly sweet:The oil and gums can emphasis sweetness, and there's also the question of why the hell do they put soy oil in ice cream?
Wegman's mint chocolate chip (pint version), which has a more balanced flavor:

Tillamook hands down! Soft yet creamy and has body

Have you visited a store since then? I thought I saw some or all of the stores remained open after the sale. Our closest is in Glenview, but haven't been by there in a while.

Ok, I must have remembered correctly about the Kroger brand then. Couldn't remember if it was that one or Jewel (Albertson's). I'm going to buy it next time and pay more attention. But ultimately they'll probably all be a single brand one day anyway.

I knew I didn't like Graeter's but this seals it for me. Never looked at ingredients since I've only bought it at the Graeters' stores. There are two of them near us, but if I drive 5 minutes further, I can be at Homer's which is delicious -- https://www.homersicecream.com/
If you find yourself in the north suburbs of Chicago, This is the way.

I have not. They don't have any stores near West Loop, where my daughter lives. I used to go to Black Dog Gelato in West Loop when I visit, but that location has closed. I now get ice cream or gelato at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams or Amorino; yeah, I know, those are not grocery store brands.

If you'll note, the soy oil in Graeter's (the parenthesis is doing a lot of the work) is part of the chocolate chip ingredient. As their chip flavors are their raison d'etre, you need to avoid them if you are concerned. For those unfamiliar, their chip flavors have random chunks and lumps of soft-textured chocolate (almost a truffle consistency) rather than an even scattering of hard chocolate pellets or even scattering of flaky chocolate. It would be more like an extrusion of chocolate at the very end of freezing rather than a churning with the chocolate incorporated.

Love the stuff (went to University of Cincinnati----a night out then was Skyline for dinner and Graeters for dessert) and have the locations along I-75 scoped out

Soft textured chocolate = a whole lot of added fats/oils, often to disguise low quality/alkali chocolate. I've done candy / chocolate /truffle making for a lot of years, and I know the tricks some use to disguise low quality products.

The list of ingredients in their "chocolate" chips alone is enough to make me avoid their flavors containing "chocolate" chips, but the guar and carob bean gums just don't belong in decent ice cream at all. They price like ultra premium ice cream, have a taste and texture like discount store off-brand products.

Chacun à son goût.

I tried GreenWise Organic Ice Cream from Publix on a recent trip to Florida. Vanilla and Salted Caramel. I was favorably impressed.

I thought that they used softened chocolate so you don't break a tooth biting into it...chocolate freezes pretty hard.

In 1993 Bryers was acquired by Unilever. It hasn't been the same.

The Turkey Hill All Natural line is as close to the old Bryer's recipes as you can get. IMHO regular Turkey Hill is not as good as the all natural.

Both pre Unilever Bryer's, and Turkey Hill All Natural are Philadelphia style ice creams which means they contain no egg.

When I was at Wegmans I spent a bit of time perusing all the ice cream brands as a result of this thread and there was one brand that I was not familiar so curious if anyone else has had it - Perry's Ice Cream?

I ended up with a tub of Tillamook Coffee Almond Fudge

Bolding mine...don't you mean "scooped out" :)
I've had it once in Cincinnati many years ago and liked it. Either my tastes have changed or something else changes the further away from Cincinnati it is.

This week, Edy's popped up as the BOGO brand, and I was reminded that I'd meant to mention the Edy's/Dryer's/Breyer's confusion during the Breyer's conversation. My understanding is that Edy's and Dreyer's are the same, but the former is sold in markets that are served by Breyer's (i.e. eastern 2/3 of the US).

Cutting to the chase, the reason I picked this strange churro flavor (I can no longer see my images to quote the exact name because FT made them enormous) is because it was honestly the only one sold as "ice cream" that I could stomach (apart from vanilla bean, but I was looking for something a little more interesting). The shelves had also been seriously ravaged; the reason container #1 has a deformed lid is because it was the very last one; two other customers were eyeing it when I pounced). It tastes pretty much exactly as you'd expect (churro in ice cream form), which I have to admit was kind of unique (i.e. my taste buds had a "what on earth is this?" reaction).

In terms of quality, it's not offensive but those guys aren't in danger of winning any awards. The texture was on the soft side and a little crystalline (possibly due to shipping conditions). I'm certainly not complaining, though. It's an interesting diversion from the usual Moose Tracks, Butter Pecan (popular in the south), and Cookies & Cream flavors. And, I still derive pleasure from consuming it (I actually used to be a serious ice cream snob until I realized how much I loved ice cream...every brand under the sun deserves a chance to express itself and feel love...as long as it's able to legally call the product ice cream).


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My grocery ice cream is Hagen Das - Strawberry. Will try other brand mentioned here. Any recommendation for other brand strawberry flavor?