Here's the skinny on eight budget-friendly brands of vanilla ice cream -- still the most popular flavor -- including one vegan option and the best overall.

Plain as it is, vanilla is the nation's favorite ice-cream flavor. Our expert tasters tried 19 (including gelatos), separating the yum from the ho-hum. For ice-cream lovers who venture beyond ...

A pint of this vanilla ice cream is physically ... at a reasonable price point, and is more widely available in grocery stores than some other higher quality brands. With fair trade vanilla ...