If a wafer cone matters most, Cornetto Chocolate contains dark chocolate pieces, but its listing gives no cocoa percentage for those pieces. If a stated 70% cocoa coating matters more, Magnum Intense Dark offers it on a stick rather than a cone; ASDA Dark Choc Ices are another non-cone option without a stated cocoa percentage.
Cornetto Chocolate combines a wafer cone with dark chocolate pieces, according to Sainsbury's. If you are considering Tesco's chocolate-related cones instead, check the individual pack for the chocolate description you want; the Tesco cone listing does not establish a high-cocoa option.
Check which part of the product the percentage describes. Sainsbury's describes Magnum Intense Dark as a stick with a dark chocolate coating made with 70% cocoa; its Cornetto listing gives no cocoa percentage for the cone's dark chocolate pieces.
Read the label on the pack you receive before eating it. Tesco's Cornetto listing includes may-contain warnings for several cereals, soya and nuts; declarations can differ between products.
Decide whether cone format or a stated cocoa percentage is essential, then compare portion counts and check the individual pack.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Pack size | Check the number of portions, volume per portion and total volume. Compare the same measures across packs. | For a budget shop, I want enough portions for the people I am buying for, rather than choosing by pack size alone. |
| Cocoa content | Look for a stated cocoa percentage and identify whether it describes the coating, pieces or another component. A component's share of the product is a different measure. | A dark chocolate description is not enough for me if I specifically want a stated cocoa percentage. |
| Format | Check whether the product is a wafer cone, stick or choc ice. Sainsbury's lists Cornetto Chocolate as a cone and Magnum Intense Dark as a stick; ASDA lists Dark Choc Ices as choc ices. | If I want a wafer cone, a dark-coated stick or choc ice will not meet that requirement. |
| Allergens and storage | Read the supplied pack's ingredients, allergen statements and frozen-storage instructions. ASDA's Dark Choc Ices listing says not to refreeze the product once defrosted. | I need to check the exact pack for relevant allergens and follow its storage instructions after bringing it home. |
Sainsbury's says dark chocolate pieces make up 3% of Cornetto Chocolate, but that is not the cocoa percentage of the pieces. ASDA describes a dark chocolate flavour coating on its choc ices without stating its cocoa percentage.
Look for a percentage that explicitly applies to the chocolate component if cocoa content is your deciding factor.
Magnum Intense Dark is a stick and ASDA Dark Choc Ices are choc ices; neither provides the wafer cone you may be shopping for.
Filter for cones first if the cone matters, and consider other formats only if you are happy to change that requirement.
The listed products differ in both portion count and volume per portion. The same number of items need not provide the same total volume.
Read the count and millilitres per portion together, especially when choosing a pack to share.
A flavour name does not convey the full ingredient and may-contain statements needed to assess a particular product.
Check the label on the pack supplied, including any substitute, before eating it.
Cornetto Chocolate is a wafer-cone option with chocolate and vanilla ice cream and dark chocolate pieces, as described by Sainsbury's.
Magnum Intense Dark is a stick alternative for shoppers prioritising a stated cocoa percentage over cone format.
ASDA Dark Choc Ices offer a dark-chocolate-flavour-coated option in choc-ice form.
Nuii Dark Chocolate & Nordic Berry is a berry-flavoured stick alternative in ASDA's listing.
Tesco's chocolate-related own-label cones provide other cone-format choices to examine.
This Magnum option is for shoppers willing to choose a dark chocolate ice-cream stick instead of a cone.
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Consider this stick if a stated cocoa percentage matters more to you than a wafer cone. Sainsbury's describes the dark chocolate coating on Magnum Intense Dark's three 100 ml sticks as made with 70% cocoa; the product is not a cone.
Its stated details do not establish that. Sainsbury's describes a wafer cone with dark chocolate pieces making up 3% of the product, but gives no cocoa percentage for those pieces.
Magnum Intense Dark is an option if you are willing to choose a stick rather than a cone. Magnum's own UK description and the Sainsbury's listing say its dark chocolate coating is made with 70% cocoa.
No. ASDA describes the coating on Dark Choc Ices as a dark chocolate flavour coating but does not state a cocoa percentage for it. Check for a percentage explicitly attached to the chocolate component if that is essential to your choice.
Read the ingredients, highlighted allergens and may-contain statements on the pack supplied before eating it, including any substitute. Tesco's Cornetto listing, for example, gives may-contain warnings for rye, barley, oat, soya, almond, hazelnut and pistachio.
Follow the instruction on the individual pack. ASDA's Dark Choc Ices listing says not to refreeze them once defrosted, and its Nuii listing gives the same instruction.