Food

🍦 Ice cream / frozen desserts

💼 Cabin bag

Depends

Solid frozen ice cream: permitted. Melted or soft-serve: classified as gel, subject to 100ml rule. Dry ice for packing: max 2.5kg, must be declared.

✈️ Hold (checked)

Depends

Permitted. Dry ice used for packing: max 2.5kg in checked baggage, must be declared.

💡 Tip: Frozen solid ice cream has no security restrictions. Melted or partially melted ice cream is a liquid/gel subject to the 100ml rule. Buy ice cream airside to guarantee it stays solid — or freeze it solid and pack in checked baggage with dry ice (declared separately).

Common questions

Solid frozen ice cream is technically permitted. However, if it melts before reaching the scanner it becomes a gel subject to the 100ml rule. Security officers use judgement — buying airside is the practical solution.

Use dry ice (CO₂). Max 2.5kg of dry ice is permitted per passenger in checked baggage (declared at check-in). It must be in a ventilated container.

Yes. Any ice cream in liquid or semi-liquid form is treated as a gel and subject to the 100ml rule if brought through security.