Top 8: Get the scoop on the best of shop-bought ice creams this summer

For this week’s Top 8 supermarket shopping expedition, I enlisted the help of the seven- and 12-year-olds to choose from the shelves. They and their three-year-old brother, along with an eight-year-old cousin, were happy to taste them all.

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In Iceland, where my son and his family live, ice cream shops often have long queues in winter, when the days are short and cold.

Why should we confine ourselves to hot days? They are adventurous there with flavours such as liquorice, and Bragarefur, where your three choices of sweets and fruits (berries are popular) will be blended to order with vanilla soft serve.