Yeah, I realised this recently while travelling in New Zealand, where even the cheapo ice cream that comes in big, 2L tubs tastes amazing. And this is a country where dairy products are typically more expensive than in the UK.
Pretty much any ice cream in the UK that isn't a boutique or super-premium brand just tastes like crap by comparison. Why does a country that makes such good cheese (for example) do such bad ice cream?
I blame the trend of "Low Fat" being mistaken for "Healthy" - it's the fat that gives the smoothness of ice cream, and there was a spate of replacing that with various gums that just... didn't work IMHO.
Pretty much any ice cream in the UK that isn't a boutique or super-premium brand just tastes like crap by comparison. Why does a country that makes such good cheese (for example) do such bad ice cream?