Celiac safety profile
The Ice Cream Cone
Ice Cream Shop · Dessert Shop
1 N Forest Beach Dr, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
What you can eat here
Pulled from Gluto's celiac safety report for this location.
✅ Reported safe options
- Cotton Candy Ice Cream (gluten-free flavor, prepared with fresh scoop and clean utensils per reports)
- Dole Whip (gluten-free; noted as safe in at least one experience)
- Gluten-free flavors in general (explicit mentions of many gluten-free flavors and staff checking flavors against an allergen binder)
⚠️ Risks & cross-contamination
- Not a dedicated gluten-free facility, so there is some inherent risk compared to dedicated gluten-free kitchens.
- Cones are not gluten-free, which removes a common safe offering for some celiac diners.
- While many staff members use an allergen binder and take steps like washing hands, changing scoops, and using fresh containers, there are past reports where staff knowledge varied. Recent evidence, however, emphasizes proactive allergen checks and fresh scooping as standard practice.
- If you have a strict cross-contact protocol, engage staff upfront about your needs and confirm they will use a fresh scoop and back-stock ice cream for your order.
Gluto score breakdown
Each axis is scored 0–100 from research + community signals.