Refreezing Ice Cream

[Merlin5]

Hi guys. I bought a 2 litre tub of Tesco soft scoop vanilla ice cream at 2.30pm today and now, two hours later, it's completely defrosted to cream.

I read its dangerous to refreeze ice cream that's completely defrosted so do I bin it?

 

[Merlin5]

Who said that?

I googled 'can I refreeze ice cream' and the top result says,

'It is only safe to refreeze ice cream if it is slightly melted and has been kept cold. If it melted outside the freezer, refreezing it and eating it could be unsafe. When ice cream melts, bacteria such as Listeria can grow. Listeria outbreaks can occur in freezers when ice cream that melted is refrozen.28 Jun 2016'

 

[Merlin5]

Thanks for the info guys. However, I decided to bin it last night. For the sake of £1.80, not worth eating bad texture ice crystal ice cream or the possibility of getting ill. Pity though, I hate wasting food like that. I'll get another one today and I'll make sure it's the last thing I buy before driving straight home!