There ’s a big orphic concealing in plain mountain within the walls of one of America ’s most belovedfast - food chains . Dairy Queen — purveyor of the legendary Blizzard — does n’t really sell ice ointment .
Wait , what ? Dairy Queen does n’t sell ice pick ? Technically no . Not according to regulationsset by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA ) , anyway .
Those strict FDA guidelines mean Dairy Queen ’s famous frozen treats ca n’t beclassifiedasice ointment . That ’s why the chain habituate the term " soft serve " instead . While this dessert discovery may be a bombshell to you , Dairy Queen has not only recognized , but also cover it throughout its 75 - year story
It has to do with the content ofmilkfat . The FDA say to be see an " ice cream " the Cartesian product must contain " not less than 10 percent milkfat , nor less than 10 percent nonfat Milk River solids . " Dairy Queen ’s indulgent serve , well , just does n’t .
Dairy Queen does a good job of explainingon its websitewhy it does n’t ( ca n’t ? ) employ the term icing cream on its menu : " To be categorized as ice cream , the minimum butterfat mental object must be 10 per centum , and our piano service has only 5 percent butterfat depicted object . " And even though the FDA has commute its definition of what modify as methamphetamine pick over the eld , Dairy Queen ’s soft service formula has always stay the same .
Dairy Queen go on to say that , while their diffuse serve contains only 5 per centum butterfat , that does n’t signify it is 95 percent fat - spare . ( Wishful thinking , right ? ) Regardless of what the chain calls its desserts ( Blizzards , Royal , etc . ) Dairy Queen is legally obligated to label the rooted stuff at bottom as something other than shabu cream , hence soft serve — a name that ’s sprinkled ( paronomasia think ) with its own controversy .
BothCarvelandDQclaim to have invented the condition , but it was formerPrime Minister Margaret Thatcherwho was once believe to be a soft - service pioneer . After her death in 2013 , The New Yorker published an clause explaining how the myth began :
However , The New York Times channelise back at Dairy Queen founder J.F. McCullough and Carvel founder Tom Carvel as therealpioneers , allegedly see their novel frozen treat " at a friend ’s ice emollient shop in Kankakee , Illinois … [ where ] 1,600 mass paid 10 centime for all they could eat of his new treat . " At the very least , this is one enigma that is worth a taste .
