Review Of Streets Blue Ribbon Classic Chocolate Ice Cream 2L
Streets has been churning out ice cream since 1968. While the original recipe has evolved, Australians still can’t get enough of this brand.
I bought a two-litre container of Blue Ribbon Classic Chocolate Ice Cream and got busy eating. Find out whether this tub is worth a spot in your home’s freezer.
Is the ice cream any good?
Streets Blue Ribbon Classic Chocolate is delicious ice cream. The Chocolate flavour is mild and will appeal to most. It’s an excellent option for kids who don’t like food with intense flavours.
The texture is smooth, creamy, and easy to scoop. For the price, it is one of my favourite options for the freezer.
Out of the freezer, this frozen dessert is slow to melt. It’s a good choice for scooping onto a cone. But for the price, it also makes a delicious addition to shakes.
No ice cream is perfect, though. This economy ice cream won’t compete with more expensive brands like Connoisseur and Sara Lee in terms of quality. There are better options if you want a creamier, smoother ice cream with more chocolatey flavour.
The other downside to this tub is the long ingredients list. There are many numbers for such a simple flavour as chocolate. Those looking for a clean ingredients list would be better off heading to the more expensive section of the supermarket freezer.
Overall, Blue Ribbon Chocolate ice cream offers excellent bang for buck. It provides a large pack size for families and large households for less than most premium pints.
Pros
- Excellent ice cream at an affordable price.
- Easy to scoop and slow to melt.
- Cocoa sourced from Rainforest Alliance certified farms.
- Australian made.
Cons
- Has a never-ending ingredients list for such a simple flavour.
- A lot of air is churned into the tub.
Why is Blue Ribbon so cheap?
You may wonder why a sizeable two-litre pack of Blue Ribbon costs less than smaller containers like Connoisseur and Murray Street.
Using cheaper ingredients helps, but a big reason is the amount of air that gets whipped into the ice cream. Premium brands incorporate less air, providing a denser, more indulgent consistency. Cheaper brands add lots of air, which results in a lighter texture.
As you can see from the table below, for every 100ml, you only get 45g of Blue Ribbon ice cream. As a comparison, Haagen-Dazs has 86g.
| Product | Grams per 100ml |
| Haagen-Dazs Belgian Chocolate | 86g |
| Connoisseur Ice Cream Belgian Chocolate 1L | 72g |
| Bulla Murray St Ice Creamery Chocolate Fudge Ripple 1L | 71g |
| Sara Lee Rich Ultra Chocolate | 65g |
| Aldi Indulge Chocolate 1L | 58g |
| Bulla Real Dairy Chocolate | 45g |
| Streets Blue Ribbon Classic Chocolate 2L | 45g |
What other flavours are available in the Blue Ribbon range?
You’ll find the following additional products in Australian stores:
- Blue Ribbon Classic Vanilla.
- Blue Ribbon Light Vanilla.
- Blue Ribbon Classic Neapolitan.
- Blue Ribbon Choc Mint.
- Blue Ribbon Cookies and Cream.
What do other customers think?
I read hundreds of customer reviews to see what they thought. Here is a summary of their feedback:
Blue Ribbon Chocolate Ice Cream received a variety of reviews, mostly positive. Many praised its creamy texture and rich chocolate flavour, describing it as a luxurious treat.
Several customers highlighted the ice cream’s good value for money and its suitability for making shakes.
A much smaller number of reviewers had mixed opinions, mentioning the chocolate flavour was less intense than they would have liked. A few reviewers felt that the ice cream lacked richness, with one reviewer noting an unpleasant aftertaste.
Despite these few negative reviews, the majority consider the product excellent value for money.
What are the best alternatives?
Here are some tasty alternatives if Blue Ribbon isn’t available or you want to try a similar flavour.
Connoisseur Belgian Chocolate 1L: A smoother and denser, better-quality ice cream.
Bulla Murray St Chocolate Fudge Ripple 1L: An excellent product with fresh milk, cream, and free-range egg yolks. It’s perfect for anyone wanting chocolatey sauce included. Murray Street Choc Fudge Review>
Sara Lee Rich Ultra Chocolate 1L: Excellent ice cream with authentic chocolate flavour that’s not too sweet. SL Chocolate Review>
Ingredients
The main dairy ingredients in this tub are reconstituted buttermilk and/or reconstituted skim milk. Milk solids and cream are also added to dial up the creaminess.
Ingredients list: Dairy ingredients [reconstituted buttermilk (milk) and/or reconstituted skim milk, milk solids, cream (milk)], glucose syrup, sugar, cocoa components (3%) (cocoa powder, cocoa mass, cocoa butter), vegetable oils, emulsifiers (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, soy lecithin, sunflower lecithin), stabilisers (guar gum, tara gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan), colours [160b, 100, 162, 160a, 140, malt extract (from barley)], maltodextrin, soluble glucose fibre, pea protein, salt, flavours.
Milk fat
Milk fat plays a vital role in ice cream’s texture and mouthfeel. More of it results in a creamier, smoother textured ice cream associated with superior ice cream.
Blue Ribbon doesn’t disclose how much milk fat is in the tub, but I’d assume it’s similar to Classic Vanilla, which has 6%. That’s similar to most competing economy packs. More expensive brands have much higher milk fat levels. For example, Haagen-Dazs Chocolate has 16% milk fat.
Did you know? Ice cream products sold in Australia with less than 10% milk fat can’t label the front of pack “ice cream”.
Nutrition information
No ice cream is good for you, so eat it in moderation. This tub has 4.9g of saturated fat per 100g and 17.9g of sugar.
Servings per package: 20
Serving size: 45g
Nutrition table
| Quantity Per Serving | Quantity Per 100ml | |
| Energy | 332kJ | 773kJ |
| Protein | 1.5g | 3.6g |
| Fat, Total | 3.1g | 7.1g |
| -Saturated | 2.1g | 4.9g |
| Carbohydrate | 11.8g | 26.3g |
| -Sugars | 8.0g | 17.9g |
| Sodium | 20mg | 65mg |
About the manufacturer
Streets is an iconic Australian ice cream manufacturer that started in the small town of Corrimal, NSW. Edwin Ted Streets founded the business in 1968.
The journey began with Ted selling his prized buttermilk Chocolate ice cream to neighbours. Word quickly spread.
This local venture grew with support from his wife, Daisy, and his brothers. It developed into one of Australia’s most recognised ice cream brands and is now a favourite in Australian households.
Over the years, Streets expanded its range. It now includes flavours like choc mint, Neapolitan, and cookies & cream.
Unilever now owns the company.
