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Dairy Queen / Orange Julius

58 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_Tallow3w 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 / Orange Julius's food?

Tallow reviewers check Dairy Queen / Orange Julius 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 / Orange Julius use seed oils?

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

Does Dairy Queen / Orange Julius use artificial additives?

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

Is Dairy Queen / Orange Julius healthy?

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

Does Dairy Queen / Orange Julius serve premade or ultra-processed food?

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

Dairy Queen / Orange Julius locations

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