Is Dairy Queen's ice cream considered 'real' ice cream?

I'm not sure what you mean by "Real." If you mean real as in: containing dairy - yes. If you are referring to a legal definition: In the 1990s DQ Mix was labeled "Ice Milk." because it contains 5% butterfat. read more

All Dairy Queen products are made with either vanilla or chocolate soft serve ice cream, or a combination of the two. The addition of a variety of toppings are added to the basic ice cream recipe to create different treats. read more

Dairy Queen soft-serve ice cream contains a laundry list of synthetic and dangerous ingredients. Among these are ice crystals, high fructose corn syrup, refined salt, stabilizers, emulsifiers, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides and calcium sulfate, a common industrial chemical. read more

Dairy Queen's products are not "dairy free," they just don't meet FDA butterfat standards for categorization as ice cream. read more