Are you a fan of vanilla ice cream? Though many regard vanilla as the most plain flavor when it comes to ice cream, vanilla itself is still a definite flavor that can be done wrong. When you’re looking for a good carton of ice cream at the grocery store, what sets the good ice cream apart from the bad? Well, America’s Test Kitchen has some answers. For example, you’ll want to make sure you look for “vanilla extract” in the list of ingredients. If it doesn’t have that but instead mentions “natural flavors” or just “vanilla,” then you’re not going to get the best ice cream possible.

When these guys actually did a blind taste test of 4 different popular brands of ice cream, the results were spot on (though they may surprise you). Check it out:

Do you agree? What’s your favorite brand of vanilla ice cream?