How much sugar is in vegan ice cream

How Much Sugar is in Vegan Ice Cream?

How much sugar is in vegan ice cream? Vegan ice cream. Yes, Vegan ice cream – those types of ice cream that have been made without dairy or other non-vegan ingredients. Vegan ice cream has hugely grown in popularity and availability in recent years. In every grocery store now, you should expect to find vegan ice cream alternatives, most of which are made from coconut, almond, oat, soy, or cashew milk. But exactly how much sugar is in vegan ice cream? Does anybody actually know? To answer this question, I have selected some coconut milk ice creams, almond milk ice creams, and oat milk ice creams and examined the sugar content of a 2/3 cup serving. I just stuck to regular vegan ice creams and not any marked as “sugar-free” (I will deal with these in a separate article).

So, let’s dig in – how much sugar is in vegan ice cream?

How much sugar is in vegan ice cream

How Much Sugar is in Vegan Ice Cream?

As a general rule, vegan ice cream is lower in total sugar than dairy. There tends to be 15g-28g of total sugar in a 2/3 cup serving of vegan ice cream.

Coconut ice cream is one of the lowest-sugar vegan ice creams, followed by oat ice cream, and then almond ice cream. Based on the below vegan ice cream sugar contents, I found an average of 19g of sugar in a 2/3 scoop of vegan ice cream.

My below analysis of the sugar content of vegan ice creams yielded the following average sugar contents for the three main varieties of vegan ice cream (coconut, oat, and almond):


Vegan Ice Cream VarietyTotal Sugar Content Per 2/3 Serving
Coconut ice cream16g
Oat ice cream20g
Almond ice cream22g

How much sugar is in oat ice cream - Oatly oat ice cream

How Much Sugar Is In Oat Ice Cream?

I have actually written a whole post on the sugar content of oat ice cream, which you can read here – How Much Sugar is in Oat Ice Cream?

I have summarized the findings of this post below.

As a general rule, there tends to be 15g-28g of total sugar in a 2/3 cup serving of Oat Ice Cream. The lowest sugar oat ice cream I came across is Planet Oat vanilla ice cream and the highest sugar oat ice cream I came across is Oatly Salted Caramel Ice Cream.

Based on the below numbers the average sugar content of a 2/3 cup serving of oat ice cream is 20g of sugar.


Oat Milk Ice CreamTotal Sugar In 2/3 Cup Serving
1. Oatly Salted Caramel Ice Cream28g
2. Oatly Banana Split Ice Cream 25g
3. Oatly Raspberry Swirl Ice Cream22g
4. Oatly Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream22g
5. Oatly Fudge Brownie Ice Cream22g
6. Planet Oat Mint Fudge Swirl Ice Cream22g
7. So Delicious Oatmilk Chocolate Salted Caramel Ice Cream21g
8. So Delicious Oatmilk Chocolate Hazelnut Brownie Ice Cream 20g
9. Oatly Strawberry Ice Cream20g
10. Oatly Mint Chip Ice Cream20g
11. Planet Oat Coffee Fudge Swirl Ice Cream19g
12. So Delicious Coffee Chip Ice Cream19g
13. So Delicious S’mores Oat Ice Cream19g
14. Planet Oat Blueberry Oat Crumble Ice Cream19g
15. Oatly Vanilla Ice Cream18g
16. Oatly Chocolate Ice Cream18g
17. Planet Oat Cookies & Crème Ice Cream 18g
18. Oatly Coffee Ice Cream18g
19. Planet Oat Chocolate Ice Cream 17g
20. Planet Oat Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream16g
21. Planet Oat Vanilla Ice Cream15g

How much sugar is in coconut milk ice cream - coconut milk ice cream

How Much Sugar Is In Coconut Ice Cream?

I have also previously researched and written a post on the sugar content of coconut milk ice cream, which you can read here – How Much Sugar is in Coconut Milk Ice Cream?

I have summarized the findings below.

As a general rule, most coconut milk ice creams contain 11g-24g of total sugar per 2/3 cup serving. Based on the below numbers the average total sugar content in a 2/3 cup serving of coconut ice cream is 16g.


Coconut Milk Ice CreamTotal Sugar Content Per 2/3 Cup Serving
1. So Delicious Coconutmilk Cookie Dough Ice Cream24g
2. Cosmic Bliss Organic Caramel Chocolate Ice Cream21g
3. NadaMoo! Organic Mint Chip Coconut Ice Cream13g
4. NadaMoo! Cookies & Cream Coconut Ice Cream 13g
5. Cosmic Bliss Organic Madagascan Vanilla Bean Plant Based Ice Cream13g
6. NadaMoo! Organic Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream  11g

In this post, I am focusing on “regular” vegan ice cream and not varieties marked as “low sugar”. If you do want to find out about a coconut milk ice cream that only contains 2g of total sugar per 2/3 cup serving then make sure to check out the following post – How Much Sugar is in Coconut Milk Ice Cream?  

How much sugar is in vegan ice cream - Almond ice cream Open Nature

How Much Sugar Is In Almond Milk Ice Cream?

Finally, let’s look at almond milk ice cream. Below are the total sugar contents for 10 almond milk ice creams. As you can see the sugar contents for a 2/3 cup serving of almond milk ice cream range from 17g-27g.

Based on the below numbers the average sugar in a 2/3 cup of almond milk ice cream is 22g.


Almond Milk Ice CreamTotal Sugar Content Per 2/3 Cup Serving
1. Favorite Day Vanilla Cake & Cookie Dough Ice Cream27g
2. Favorite Day Caramel Brownie Ice Cream26g
3. Favorite Day Strawberry & Fudge Ice Cream24g
4. Favorite Day Mocha Almond Fudge Ice Cream23g
5. Favorite Day Peanut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream23g
6. Favorite Day Vanilla Almond Ice Cream21g
7. Breyers Mint Choc Chip Ice Cream19g
8. Simple Truth Vanilla Ice Cream18g
9. Breyers Cookies & Cream Ice Cream18g
10. Open Nature Frozen Dessert Almondmilk Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream17g

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How Much Sugar is in Vegan Ice Cream? – The Final Bite

How much sugar is in vegan ice cream? What have we learned from the above? Well, let’s start with the most important question – which type of vegan ice cream is the lowest in sugar? Based on the above coconut milk-based ice creams tend to be the lowest in sugar on average. If you are looking for the lowest sugar vegan ice cream option, then NadaMoo! Organic Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream is your best option coming in at 11g of sugar per serving. In fact, other NadaMoo! flavors (Cookies & Cream) and (Mint Chip) also come out low at 13g of sugar per serving. Not bad for ice cream.

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