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Dairy Queen

5,576 locations · 1 rating

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What the score is made of

Four categories, weighted. Seed oils count three times as much as plastics or ultra-processing, so a poor seed-oil score pulls the overall number down hardest.

  • Seed oil3× weight0
  • Additives2× weight0
  • Plastics0.5× weight
  • NOVA0.5× weight0

Plastics has no ratings yet and count as 0 toward the overall score — an unproven category isn’t a free pass.

Full methodology: how we score restaurants.

What reviewers said

@Fable_X_Tallow1mo ago

Dairy Queen's own menu-page ingredient statements show 95 of 130 items containing a seed oil, with fries declared "Cooked in Soybean Oil", and an additive load that is close to the worst seen: 128 of 130 items carry at least one, leaving only Applesauce and the Side Salad clean. The seed-oil-free items are almost all Blizzards and shakes rather than actual food.

Dairy Queen publishes per-item ingredient statements on its own menu pages, though the live site blocks automated access so these were read from 2025 archived snapshots of dairyqueen.com. 95 of 130 items contain a seed oil. Fries are declared "Cooked in Soybean Oil" and that statement propagates to 23 items, chicken strips are "Fried in Vegetable Oil", and the 35 seed-oil-free items are almost entirely Blizzards, shakes, Mistys and sundaes rather than food. On additives DQ is close to the worst case seen anywhere: 128 of 130 items carry at least one, and the only clean items on the whole menu are Applesauce and the Side Salad. Counts: mono-and-diglycerides 108, polysorbate 92, artificial flavor 88, carrageenan 87, modified starch 48, sodium benzoate 36, caramel color 19, dyes 14, TBHQ 9, propylene glycol 7, BHA/BHT 4 (FlameThrower Stackburger, Misty Slush, Peanut Butter Puppy Chow Blizzard, Under the Rainbow Shake).

Common questions

What is in Dairy Queen's food?

Tallow reviewers check Dairy Queen on four things: whether it cooks in seed oils, whether the menu carries artificial additives, whether food touches plastic on the way out, and how much of it arrives premade rather than made in the kitchen. The answers to each are scored below.

Does Dairy Queen use seed oils?

Yes. Dairy Queen scores 0/100 here — reviewers report heavy seed oil use.

Does Dairy Queen use artificial additives?

Yes. Dairy Queen scores 0/100 here — reviewers report a lot of artificial additives.

Is Dairy Queen healthy?

Not really — Dairy Queen scores 0/100, a poor score. Tallow rates what a kitchen cooks with, not how many calories are on the plate.

Does Dairy Queen serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Yes. Dairy Queen scores 0/100 here — reviewers report mostly premade or ultra-processed food.

Dairy Queen locations

Showing 40 of 5,576

  • 805 E Main St, Vevay
  • 12901 Highway 421 N, Milton
  • 239 W Lagrange Rd, Hanover
  • 751 Jefferson Ct, Madison
  • 217 N Warpath Dr, Milan
  • 914 S Adams St, Versailles
  • 80 State Road 46 E, Batesville
  • 2351 N Centerville Rd, Centerville
  • 2602 N Park Rd, Connersville
  • 1821 N Main St, Rushville
  • 1614 E Michigan Rd, Shelbyville
  • 801 W Main St, Greenfield
  • 5231 E Thompson Rd, Indianapolis
  • 7243 W US Highway 40, Indianapolis
  • 25 S German Church Rd, Cumberland
  • 10605 Pendleton Pike, Indianapolis
  • 4815 N Franklin Rd, Lawrence
  • 5720 E 71st St, Indianapolis
  • 3826 English Ave, Indianapolis
  • 3906 E 10th St, Indianapolis
  • 2415 E New York St, Indianapolis
  • 1024 Fletcher Ave, Indianapolis
  • 2104 E 52nd St, Indianapolis
  • 2935 W 71st St, Indianapolis
  • 316 E Tipton St, Seymour
  • 9500 State Road 144, Martinsville
  • 480 N Morton St, Franklin
  • 616 3rd St, Columbus
  • 115 W Commerce St, Brownstown
  • 310 E Southview Dr, Martinsville
  • 7515 Rockville Rd, Indianapolis
  • 705 E Main St, Brownsburg
  • 101 E Main St, Danville
  • 40 Putnam Plz, Greencastle
  • 22 W National Ave, Brazil
  • 20 S Union St, Brazil
  • 600 N Lincoln Rd, Rockville
  • 110 Elm St, Clinton
  • 514 N 3rd St, Terre Haute
  • 902 North 3Rd Street, Vincennes

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