Ice Cream in Australia that’s Gluten Free

Summer is here in Australia and if you’re like me you’re searching for the next gluten free ice cream to cool you down.

If you haven’t already seen my complete guide to gluten free icy poles and ice creams (on a stick) in Australia check it out! This post is all about ice cream tubs.

While there are plenty of Aussie brands making gluten free ice cream for us there are also a few flavours in other brands that are also GF! Have a scroll through this list and I bet you’ll see an ice cream tub you didn’t know about. After all, who has the time to stand in the freezer section with all the doors open reading labels?

Well, I did that for you! 🥶

GLUTEN FREE BY INGREDIENT

For some brands on this list we’re very lucky, they are what I refer to as legit gluten free. Tested for gluten with a nil / not detected result.

However, there are also items on this list are gluten free by ingredient. This means they have no gluten containing ingredients and no may contain warnings. But they are not labelled gluten free and not tested.

It’s up to you what you eat, I’ll note what is what so you’re prepared. For what it’s worth most coeliacs I encounter in Australia are happy to eat gluten free by ingredient products. It opens up a far wider range of options, particularly for ice cream.

GLUCOSE SYRUP AND DEXTROSE FROM WHEAT

Glucose syrup from wheat is gluten free – this is because glucose is a simple sugar while gluten is a complex protein. This is the case for both dextrose and maltodextrin too. You can read more about glucose on the Coeliac Australia website.

Gluten free and dairy free ice cream tubs

I know a lot of folks out there struggle with dairy as well as gluten. So whenever I do a shopping guide I make a section of items that are both GF and DF. Note: the items I list in this section will be legit dairy free – no may contain warning. This means you might see a vegan item in the regular list, but it’ll have an allergen warning for dairy.

If you’re looking for gluten free vegan ice cream I recommend using the search tool in your browser and typing vegan.

Jump to the gluten free dairy free section.

Gluten free ice cream tubs in Australia

I’ve decided to do the list alphabetically (restarting in the dairy free section) so that you can scroll to your favourite brand and see what is available.

Ben and Jerry’s

There’s a few gluten-free by ingredient options available in Australia from Ben and Jerry’s.

• Phish Food. Allergens: Milk, egg, soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• Topped, PB over the Top. Allergens: Milk, egg, peanut, soy.

Tubs of the Topped, PB over the top have popped up (March 2023) with a may contain for wheat – I’m not sure if it’s a once off batch or a regular thing. Be sure to check closely before buying / eating. I’ll keep an eye out – currently the Ben & Jerry’s website does not list wheat as a may contain.

I was pretty sure Triple Caramel Chunk was GF by ingredient but the Woolworths website shows a photo of the ingredients with a may contain for wheat. However, I just went to Woolworths today (24 Jan 2023) and saw it’s totally fine! Photo of ingredients below.

• Caramel Triple Chunk. Allergens: Milk, egg, soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.

• Chocolatey Love A-Fair Allergens: Milk, egg, soy. May contain: Nuts.

Note: There’s a non-dairy version of this flavour and it contains barley so take care to select the correct tub!

Bulla 

Australian company Bulla makes so many gluten free options, especially when it comes to stick ice creams and icy poles.

Update: I found out via a Facebook group in June 2023 that Bulla has updated some of their tubs to say ‘may contain gluten’ now! I’ve wrote to them to seek further information regarding this sudden change and to be honest they were pretty dismissive of gluten free folk.

In case you’ve used this list recently these are the tubs that now have a may contain statement – that I have seen in store. I would recommend checking all tubs you purchase as even in 2024 it’s still hit and miss.

Creamy Classics range – no longer gluten free by ingredient due to may contain warning.

• Choc Chip allergens: milk, soy may contain: egg, peanut, tree nuts and gluten.
• Vanilla 2L. Allergens: milk. May contain: egg, peanut, tree nuts and gluten.
• Mint Choc Chip 2L Allergens: milk, soy. May contain: egg, peanut, tree nuts and gluten.
• Vanilla and boysenberry allergens: milk. May contain: egg, peanut, tree nuts and gluten.
• Neapolitan 2L allergens: milk may contain: egg, peanut, tree nuts and gluten.
• Choc Hazelnut, 2L. Allergens: Milk. May contain: Egg, peanut, tree nuts and gluten.

I quite enjoyed the mint ice cream with chocolate chips. It’s really creamy, minty and the colour is great too so it’s a shame it’s off the cards now.

Big tubs

February 2024 I was doing a bit of checking (you never know when things change) and it seems the once labelled gluten free tubs of Bulla now have a may contain for gluten (and egg).

Oddly the 4L tubs appear to be fine but I’ll be checking this in person ASAP.

• Chocolate & Vanilla Tub 4L allergens: milk may contain: peanut, tree nuts.
• Vanilla choc chip 4L allergens: milk, soy. may contain: peanut, tree nuts.
• Vanilla 2L (used to be labelled GF on the front) allergens: milk may contain: peanut, tree nuts.
• Chocolate 2L (used to be labelled GF on the front) allergens: milk may contain: peanut, tree nuts.

Murray Street

Mid-2022 Bulla released (re-released?) a range called Murray Street. 1 litre tubs of ice cream in decadent premium flavours like chocolate fudge ripple and vanilla bean.

Update: Unfortunately late 2023 there were reports coming through of may contain warnings. My last check Jan 2024 showed that just vanilla, chocolate and boysenberry were fine.

In April 2024 Bulla posted an update that they were removing egg from the ingredients but also add may contain gluten for vanilla, chocolate and boysenberry. There will be some time as old stock is phased out so please check closely when purchasing, some may be suitable but newer stock will not be.

Cheesecake Shop

A new ice cream in Australia for January 2023 and they are even gluten free! I think these are currently a Coles exclusive. They are a bit on the pricy side – $12 for a 500mL tub puts it in the same price category as Ben and Jerry’s.

Amazingly, chocolate mudcake is gluten free. The cake component is predominantly egg and chocolate and includes rice and potato flour.

Allergens: milk, egg, soy. May contain: peanut, almond, hazelnut.

Caramel fudge is technically gluten free. It does list wheat* as an allergen however looking at the ingredients wheat is only listed after glucose, which we know is safe for coeliacs.

Allergens: milk, soy, wheat*. May contain: peanut, almond, hazelnut.

I was most excited about is black forest cheesecake ice cream. Cheesecake ice cream with a sour cherry sauce and dark chocolate flakes. I’ve actually really been wanting a black forest cake but given how boozy it is (and how pregnant I was) I haven’t gotten around to it. I have had it and it’s pretty good – but it’s fairly blended together so texture is all the same.

Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: Peanut, almond, hazelnut.

Coles

The home brand by Coles has a few options, it’s great that these are gluten free by ingredient. It makes me happy that, given how expensive gluten free can be, there are some low-cost options available. The two litre tub is just $4 while the larger four litre tub is $7.50.

• Neapolitan ice cream tub 4L, Allergens: milk. May contain: peanut, tree nuts.
• Vanilla ice cream tub 2L and 4L*, Allergens: milk. May contain: peanut, egg, tree nuts.

*I noticed online that the packaging for the 4L vanilla tub lists wheat as an allergen (glucose syrup in the ingredients) so it’s definitely safe. I’ve checked in person and can confirm photo is just out of date. The recipe has actually changed and no longer lists wheat as an allergen.

In the Coles Irresistible range there are also a few options. I think there are more than the two below, however the Coles website doesn’t have a photo of the ingredients, so I need to check each of these in person. The wheat in both cases is from glucose syrup.

• Rum and raisin ice cream tub, 1L Allergens: Milk, wheat*. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• Honey Caramel & Macadamia Ice Cream Tub, 1L Allergens: Milk, macadamia, wheat*. May contain: Peanut, other tree nuts.

Cremorne Creamery

These tubs appear to be exclusive to Coles but unfortunately it’s a bit tricky finding the ingredients online! Luckily I have spotted these two in person so you’re good to go. It’s also a bargain (compared to other brands) it’s $6.50!

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Ripple. Allergens: Milk, peanut. May contain: Egg, almond, hazelnut, macadamia, soy.
• Boysenberry Swirl. Allergens: Milk. May contain: Egg, almond, hazelnut, peanut, macadamia, soy.

Denada

These guys make a range of sugar free ice cream with many that are also gluten free. Quite a lot of the flavours are legit gluten free, not detected on the nutrition panel.

There’s also two dairy free flavours, so check the dairy free section of this list too!

• Banana Sundae. Allergens: Milk, peanut. May contain: Egg, soy, hazelnut, macadamia, almond.
• Double Choc. Allergens: Milk, almond. May contain: Egg, peanut.
• Vanilla. Allergens: Milk, almond. May contain: Egg, peanut.
• Mint Chip. Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: Egg, almond, peanut.
• Milk Choc Chip. Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: Egg, macadamia, hazelnut, almond, peanut.
• Mango Split. Allergens: Milk, almond. May contain: Egg, macadamia, hazelnut, peanut.
• Caramel Macadamia. Allergens: Milk, almond, macadamia. May contain: Egg, peanut, hazelnut.
• Peanut Butter Choc Bit. Allergens: Milk, peanut. May contain: Egg, soy, hazelnut, macadamia, almond.
• Caramel Choc Flake. Allergens: Milk, soy, almond. May contain: Egg, peanut.
• Peanut Butter. Allergens: Milk, peanut, almond. May contain: Egg.
• Raspberry Ribbon. Allergens: Milk, almond. May contain: Egg, peanut.
• Vegan Raspberry Ribbon. Allergens: Almond. May contain: Egg, soy, milk, macadamia, hazelnut peanut.

Availability varies across the range between Coles, Woolworths and IGAs. Check the Denada website for stockists.

Destination Italy

New for 2024! YAY! I’m always so so happy when a new ice cream comes out, and then I tend to wait patiently until it goes on special 😅. There are four flavours in the new release, I’ve checked all the labels and they are all gluten free by ingredient, woohoo!

These are exclusive to Coles, I think it might actually just be a brand owned by Coles. Note, the lemon is not DF, it contains milk.

• Salted caramel gelato. Allergen: Milk. May contain: Egg, peanut, soy, almond, hazelnut, pistachio, walnut.
• Pistachio and vanilla gelato. Allergen: Milk, soy, pistachio. May contain: Egg, peanut, almond, hazelnut, walnut.
• Chocolate hazelnut gelato. Allergen: Milk, hazelnut. May contain: Egg, peanut, soy, almond, pistachio, walnut.
• Lemon gelato. Allergen: Milk. May contain: Egg, peanut, soy, almond, hazelnut, pistachio, walnut.

Elato

Apologies to any long term readers, this is a late entry! Not sure if the gluten free status changed or I missed it, but it’s ‘new’ for 2024! Elato comes in four flavours, one of them is vegan but there are facility warnings regarding milk so it’s not in the DF section.

Actually while we’re on it, the product claims to be free from soy and nuts. But each product states it’s made in facilities that use milk, eggs, peanuts, soy, tree nuts. What on earth?!

• Triple vanilla. Allergens: Milk, eggs. May contain: Soy, peanut, tree nuts.
• Dark chocolate truffle. Allergens: Nil. May contain: Milk, egg, soy, peanut, tree nuts.
• Fig ripple. Allergens: Milk, eggs. May contain: Soy, peanut, tree nuts.
• Cold brew decaf cafe latte. Allergens: Milk, eggs. May contain: Soy, peanut, tree nuts.

Gelativo

Nil detected on gluten. Gelativo also do a GF/DF range so check the lower part of this article to see their sorbets.

• Coffee gelato. Allergens: milk
• Chocolate gelato. Allergens: milk

Gelista

The Gelista brand is based in South Australia, I’ve spotted their ice cream in IGA and Harris Farms.Oh my this stuff is good. Despite the small size of 500mL they are very heavy tubs. While most ice creams are whipped up with air this gelato is much more dense. More value for money I think!

I’ve tried a few of the flavours and absolutely loved them. I’ve had ricotta and fig, double peppermint chip and the caramel peanut butter.  

Unfortunately their allergen details aren’t online, but I’ll update this when I see them in store. **I had a photo on my phone of the peanut butter flavour ingredients.

• Blood Orange & Dark Chocolate
• Classic Chocolate.
• Espresso Mokitini with Chocolate Ganache
• Lightly Salted Caramel Macadamia
• Peanut Butter with Chocolate and Caramel Swirl. Allergens: Milk, peanut, tree nuts, soy.
• Ricotta, Fig & Honey
• Vanilla Bean

Gelista also do a dairy free range, check it out further down the page.

Golden North

The company Golden North are based in South Australia with their products distributed around the country. I personally haven’t seen many in NSW / Victoria but there is a handy guide on their website for stockists.

Golden North have two listings on this article as they also do a big range of proper dairy free ice creams (not just sorbets either!).

Fun fact, they are also nut free with all their products made in a nut free facility.

Indulge Me range

The range contains gelatin so these are not suitable for vegetarians.

• Salted Caramel Crunch 1L. Allergens: Milk. Note: the crunch is from honeycomb pieces.
• Vanilla Bean 1L. Allergens: Milk.
• Strawberries and Cream 1L. Allergens: Milk.

Simply Indulge range

This range is the bigger 2L, blue tubs. These tubs also contain gelatin, so again not suitable for vegetarians.

• Boysenberry 2L. Allergens: Milk.
• Honey 2L. Allergens: Milk.
• Iced Coffee 2L. Allergens: Milk.
• Rum and Raisin 2L. Allergens: Milk. Contains alcohol.
• Spearmint Sundae 2L. Allergens: Milk, soy.
• Vanilla 2L. Allergens: Milk.
• Vanilla Sundae 2L. Allergens: Milk, soy.

Other GF products in the Golden North range

A few more items including huuuuuge five litre tubs and a diet option that is suitable for those with diabetes. Happily, none of these contain gelatin so they are suitable for vegetarians.

• Diet Plus Vanilla 2L. Allergens: Milk.
• Country Style Vanilla 2L and 5L. Allergens: Milk.
• Country Style Neapolitan 5L. Allergens: Milk. May contain: Soy.
• Simply Better No Added Sugar Vanilla. Allergens: Milk.

Greenback

Plant-based / vegan brand Greenback are a brand in Australia making high-protein ice cream that happens to be gluten free. Looking at the packaging it’s got the gluten free claim but doesn’t have the nil detected. However, they are quite detailed with their allergens and there is no may contain for gluten.

These guys are not on the dairy free list as they do have a may contain for milk. Greenback are exclusive to Coles supermarkets. They also do stick ice creams, so expect an update on my other list, gluten free ice creams and icy poles in Australia.

• Hazelnut Ripple Protein Ice Cream Tub Allergens: Soy, hazelnut, peanut. May contain: Milk, Sesame, Cashew, Pistachio, Pecan, Walnut, Almond & Macadamia
• Choc Peanut Crunch Protein Ice Cream Allergens: Soy, peanut. May contain: Milk, Sesame, Cashew, Pistachio, Pecan, Walnut, Almond, Hazelnut & Macadamia
• Salted Caramel Swirl Protein Ice Cream Allergens: Soy, peanut. May contain: Milk, Sesame, Cashew, Pistachio, Pecan, Walnut, Almond, Hazelnut & Macadamia

Gym Bod

A quick note about Gym Bod ice cream – if you look at the Coles website you’d happily see on the ingredients it lists gluten free flour for the brownie in the chocolate pudding ice cream recipe. However, if you head to the Gym Bod website you’ll see they have a cross contamination warning. It is quite detailed, including that they do allergen clean downs. Have a read, see what you think.

Haagen-dazs

Luxurious real ice cream. I love that Haagen-dazs uses so few ingredients. This is because it’s a pure simple ice cream that’s delicious, but it also makes it super easy to read the ingredients. The following ice cream flavours are gluten free and readily available in all supermarkets across Australia.

• Strawberries & Cream Ice Cream Allergens: Milk, egg.
• Belgian Chocolate Ice Cream Allergens: Milk, egg, soy.
• Vanilla Ice Cream Allergens: Milk, egg.

• Belgian Chocolate & Vanilla Crunch Allergens: Egg, milk, soy
• Mini cups fruit collection. Allergens: Milk, egg.
• Salted caramel Allergens: Milk, egg. May contain: Soy, tree nuts

Admittedly I get a bit worried when I see the word crunch on a product, expecting to find wheaty biscuit pieces inside. Rest assured the crunch in this tub is from pieces of Belgian chocolate. 

There’s also a range of boozy Haagen Dazs that I believe is a Coles exclusive. They are also gluten free! There’s also lime mojito which is dairy free so it’s down in the DF section.

• Pina Colada Ice Cream Allergens: Milk, egg. (contains alcohol)
• Mango and Raspberry Ice Cream Allergens: Milk, egg.

• Macadamia brittle. Allergens: Milk, egg, macadamia. May contain: Tree nuts.

Hershey’s

It always pays to chat to coeliacs and gluten free folks – it’s often how I’m alerted to gluten free products. Of the Hershey’s the chocolate tub is gluten free, the caramel chocolate contains barley. The new strawberry tub is GF too!

• Hershey’s Chocolate Ripple Ice Cream Tub 1L
• Hershey’s Chocolate Strawberry Ripple 1L

Hinterland

The Hinterland range do list wheat as an allergen. However, in all the flavours below this is due to glucose syrup. Hopefully they’ll update their packaging as glucose syrup is highly processed, so it contains no detectable gluten.

• Espresso With Choc Almonds. Allergens: Milk, wheat*, Almond, Macadamia, Hazelnut, Soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• Passionfruit Ripple. Allergens: Milk, wheat*. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• Caramel Macadamia. Allergens: Milk, macadamia, wheat*. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• Vanilla Bean. Allergens: Milk, wheat*. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• Rum and Raisin. Allergens: Milk, wheat*. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts
• Burnt Butter Caramel. Allergens: Milk, wheat*. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.

KAPITI

Aldi stocks Kapiti ice cream, a New Zealand brand with a few different ice cream tubs and sticks. Most of what I’ve seen is gluten free – and there’s one dairy free in the section below.

Aldi ice creams come and go, so if you don’t see these on your next visit don’t lose hope, they’ll likely show up again!

Both of these tubs are tested gluten free on the nutrition panel – woohoo!

• Vanilla Bean ice cream. Allergens: Milk. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• White Chocolate and Raspberry ice cream. Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.

La Creme

Possibly one of my favourite ice creams is the green tea ice cream by La Creme. It’s creamy, rich and has such a good matcha / green tea flavour. The only allergen is milk.

There’s also black sesame, mango, and coconut flavours – I think I’ve also seen durian. I’ll have to come back to this as the La Creme brand is very hard to find online and I’ve just moved so I no longer have a local place to buy these!

Much Moore

This New Zealand brand offers a decent range of ice cream in Australia that is gluten free. While they aren’t labelled gluten free the allergens and may contains are clearly visible on the labels. Their website is also fabulous for clear ingredients and allergens. However they do sell under a number of brands, Premium and Premium Creations are listed below.

They offer a range in family size 2L tubs as well as premium flavoured 1L tubs.

Two litre tubs – Premium

• Hokey pokey (note this contains beef gelatin) allergens: milk *** website says may contain wheat gluten soy
• Boysenberry stracciatella. Allergens: Milk, soy.
• salted caramel allergens: milk *** website says may contain wheat gluten soy

*** The packaging photo on the Woolworths website (and the Much Moore website) just list milk as an allergen, no may contains. I’ve now seen these two packets in person and they indeed have a may contain for wheat. Boysenberry is still fine though!

One litre tubs – Premium Creations

• Passionfruit & White Chocolate Allergens: Milk, soy.
• Vanilla bean Allergens: Milk.

Peters

Legit gluten free! Gluten free labels on the front and nil detected in the nutrition panels, woohoo! It’s great that you can get big tubs of gluten free ice cream in Australia. It’s particularly handy if you’ve got a big family of coeliacs to look after.

• Banana Split Ice Cream 2L Allergens: milk, soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts. CA endorsed
• Neapolitan 2L Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts. CA endorsed
• Vanilla, 2L and 4L Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts. CA endorsed

• Rainbow 2L Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: peanut, tree nuts. CA endorsed
• Triple Delight 2L, Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: peanut, tree nuts. CA endorsed
• Chocopolitan 2L Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: peanut, tree nuts. CA endorsed

Note: despite having a range of tested ice creams there are Peters products that are not coeliac safe. So just make sure you check and stick to this list.

Items that aren’t gluten free include

• Peters No Sugar Added Vanilla Tub 1.2L (may contain gluten)
• Light & Creamy Choc Caramel & Vanilla Swirl Ice Cream 1.8L (may contain gluten, wheat)
• Light & Creamy French Vanilla Ice Cream 1.8L (may contain gluten, wheat)
• Light & Creamy Classic Vanilla Ice Cream 1.8L (may contain gluten, wheat)

Sara Lee

Lucky for us most of the Sara Lee ice cream range are gluten free, including my personal favourite rocky road. In fact, when they recently updated the recipe to make it gluten free, I wrote an entire article about it.

Sara Lee seem to mix it up with flavours and they don’t email me so it gets out of date quickly! They no longer do dulce de leche or mango, but they do have Bailey’s!

• Ultra Chocolate
• French Vanilla
• Strawberries and Cream

• Rocky Road
• Bailey’s
• Hokey Pokey, a new release October 2023

Snackboy

Okay, I had never heard of this brand until researching for this list but here we are. Another plant-based / vegan brand (unfortunately with may contain for milk) making protein-rich ice cream in Australia. The good news, they are legit gluten free, not detected on the nutrition panel.

• Salted caramel (with a caramel core) Allergens: Almond. May contain: Milk, egg, soy, peanut, tree nuts.
• Snackboy Loving Earth Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Dessert Allergens: Hazelnut, cashew, almond. May contain: Milk, egg, soy, peanut, tree nuts.
• Salted caramel with caramel fudge core and Loving Earth white chocolate chunks Allergens: Hazelnut, cashew, almond. May contain: Milk, egg, soy, peanut, tree nuts.

If you’re wondering where to find them, they are exclusive to Coles.

Streets

Viennetta is fine – it says dextrose from wheat but we know that’s okay. Oddly, it’s made in Portugal. Allergens: Milk, sulphites, wheat (dextrose). May contain: Nuts, soy.

Sadly many of the Streets big tubs have may contain listings! Hopefully they’ll get their act together and sort out their allergens so that we can have even more gluten free ice cream options in Australia.

Twisted

Legit gluten free, not detected on the packet! I was debating putting these on the list as they are yoghurt and not ice cream. Buuuut, they look the part in their soft serve style so I’ve included them.

• Minis, four tubs two strawberry and vanilla, two chocolate and vanilla. Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: Nuts
• Minis, coconut/passionfrut and chocolate/white chocolate. Allergens: Milk, soy. May contain: Nuts.

• Chocolate and Cookie frozen yoghurt. Allergens: Milk. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• Raspberry and White Chocolate frozen yoghurt. Allergens: Milk. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.

Weis

Weis get two listings as they do both dairy-based and dairy free products.

• Half & Half Pineapple, Lime & Vanilla Sorbet Ice Cream Allergens: Milk. May contain: Tree nuts.
• Half & Half Mango & Vanilla Icecream Allergens: Milk. May contain: Tree nuts.

Woolworths

These are a late addition to my list (June 2023), I think it was just that my old local store didn’t stock them so I didn’t know about it! Please note, the current listing for vanilla on the Woolworths website has the incorrect ingredients. However the image on the page is up to date and I’ve seen it in store.

• Woolworths Vanilla Ice Cream 2L Allergens: Milk. May contain: Egg, peanut, tree nuts.
• Woolworths Choc-nilla Ice Cream 2L Allergens: Milk. May contain: Egg, peanut, tree nuts.

There’s a few fancy flavours by Woolies that I spotted December 2023. Two flavours are GF by ingredient, if you ignore the glucose syrup (wheat) warning – which we can totally do, it’s safe for coeliacs.

The two flavours are pretty wild, but I’m keen for what is basically PB and J!

• Peanut butter cup raspberry ripple, 473mL. Allergens: *Gluten, *wheat, milk, peanut, soy. May contain: Almond, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnut.
• White chocolate macadamia mango, 473mL. Allergens: *Gluten, *wheat, milk, macadamia, soy. May contain: Peanut, almond, cashew, hazelnut, pecan, pistachio, walnut.

Gluten free, dairy free ice cream tubs in Australia

As mentioned at the start of this article, the ice creams in the dairy free section are legit dairy free. That means no may contain warning. If you are vegan / enjoying a plant-based diet I invite you to scroll the full page as many items listed above do not contain dairy but are not suitable for those with a dairy allergy.

Amazonia

Acai sorbet comes from an Australian owned company, however it is made in Brazil. It’s got a gluten free claim but not tested. Looks good though! Allergens: nil.

Denada

With a huge range of sugar free ice cream style items that happen to be gluten free you’ll be happy to know that Denada makes a few dairy free options as well. These are all vegan too. These vegan flavours seem to be stocked at independent grocers rather than the big two.

• Espresso choc fudge. Allergens: Almond. May contain: Egg, soy, macadamia, hazelnut, peanut.
• Salted Caramel. Allergens: Almond. May contain: Egg, soy, macadamia, hazelnut, peanut.

There’s a raspberry flavour too but it has a may contain for milk, have a look at the start of this list.

Gelativo

Nil detected on gluten, woohoo! And no may contain for dairy. With no allergens at all this range is perfect for everyone (provided they like the flavours!).

• Passionfruit sorbet. Allergens: nil.
• Mango sorbet. Allergens: nil.
• Lemon lime sorbet. Allergens: nil.

Gelista

I haven’t seen them in store lately so I wrote to Gelista to double check (Jan 2023). I’m happy to say they confirmed the the dairy free are truly dairy free – they confirmed no may contain for milk!

Non dairy range

• Chocolate Almond Fudge
• Coconut with Raspberry Swirl
• Peppermint Double Choc
• Dairy Free Vanilla Bean
• Mango with Passionfruit Swirl

Golden North

These guys feature above in the dairy list but here’s the range of dairy free items they offer. None of the dairy free range contain gelatin so they are all suitable for vegans / vegetarians.

Sorbet

• Lemon 1.2L. Allergens: Nil.
• Mango 1.2L. Allergens: Nil.
• Raspberry 1.2L. Allergens: Nil.
• Passionfruit 1.2L. Allergens: Nil.

Simply Better dairy free ice cream

• Vanilla Bean and Organic Coconut 1.2L. Allergens: Nil.
• Chocolate Sundae 1.2L. Allergens: Nil.

Haagen-Dazs

Just one gluten free dairy free option from Haagen Dasz but it sounds so good!

• Lime Mojito Sorbet Allergens: nil. (contains alcohol)

Kapiti

Kapiti are a New Zealand brand that I often see popping up for sale in Aldi. Many of their items I’ve come across are gluten free and while I’ve only tried a few, they were delicious! I’ll add more as I see them at Aldi, but do note they are often only available for a limited time.

• Summer Berries sorbet. Allergens: Soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.

Nature’s Kitchen by Coles

Hooray for more GF / DF options! In February 2024 a Facebook user kindly posted the return of Nature’s Kitchen ice cream tubs. Both are GF by ingredient, and properly dairy free – none of that ‘may contain milk’ nonsense we often see on plant-based products.

• Nature’s Kitchen Vanilla Bean. Allergens: Nil. May contain: Almond, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnut, peanut.
• Nature’s Kitchen Cookies and Creme. Allergens: Nil. May contain: Almond, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnut, peanut.

Pana Organic

Pana Organic Dairy Free Frozen Desserts are great! I’ve only tried a few of the stick ice creams but I’ve loved them. Pana Organic ice cream are gluten free (tested) and endorsed by Coeliac Australia.

• Vanilla Bean Allergens: nil. May contain: Tree nuts
• Double Chocolate
• Salted Mango & Macadamia Allergens: Macadamia. May contain: Other tree nuts

• Hazelnut Chocolate Ripple Allergens: Hazelnuts. May contain: Peanut, sesame, other tree nuts.
• Burnt Fig and Caramel Allergens: nil. May contain: Tree nuts.
• Salted chocolate caramel Allergens: nil. May contain: Tree nuts.

• Mint Chocolate Chip Allergens: Nil. May contain: Tree nuts.
• Maple Peanut Allergens: Peanut. May contain: Tree nuts.
• Salted Caramel. Allergens: Nil. May contain: Tree nuts.

My husband bought me the Maple Peanut for Valentine’s in 2023 after reading my Valentine’s guide (aww!). It was a bit icy with the maple swirl but really tasty! Pana Organic website says it is stocked at independent grocers. So best to check out your local IGA, same for the Salted Caramel.

Plantitude by Woolworths

Yes your eyes are telling you the truth, there’s a gluten free, dairy free cookies and cream ice cream! The cookies are made from chickpea flour and cornflour so they are allergen free!

The Plantitude range are legit gluten free, nil detected.

• Vanilla bean. Allergens: nil. May contain: Peanuts, tree nuts
• Cookies and Creme. Allergens: nil. May contain: Peanuts, tree nuts

So Good

Everyone’s* favourite dairy-free ice cream is back in business! I showed this ice cream list to my mate who needs dairy free and he lamented that So Good is impossible to find these days. The factory had closed in 2022 due to the Lismore floods, so it has been some time getting it back to market.

However you can now find So Good vanilla at independent grocers around the country. Oh and it’s legit gluten free, nil detected. Oct 2023 update: It’s now in Woolworths and chocolate flavour is back too!

• So Good Vanilla Bliss ice cream 1L. Allergens: Soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.
• So Good Chocolate Bliss ice cream 1L. Allergens: Soy. May contain: Peanut, tree nuts.

*my mate, not actually everyone.

Weis

Just the one ‘dairy free’ tub from Weis but rest assured, it’s a good one. I bought this tub in 2022 while on a dairy free stint and it’s quite lovely. The coconut base actually works quite well with the chocolate giving you a kind of lamington vibe and the raspberry is nicely tangy.

• Raspberry and Dark Chocolate. Allergens: Soy. May contain: Tree nuts.

A few days after posting this I spotted another dairy free item by Weis! I realised their dairy free filter doesn’t include their sorbets! Here are their sorbets, which are all legit dairy free.

• Mango sorbet. Allergens: Nil. May contain: Tree nuts.
• Lemon sorbet. Allergens: Nil. May contain: Tree nuts.
• Berry sorbet. Allergens: Nil. May contain: Tree nuts.

That concludes my huuuuuge list of gluten free ice cream tubs you can buy in Australia. Have you seen others that I should add? Let me know in the comments!

In the mean time if you need even more ice cream check out my ice cream and icy pole list!