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Ice cream has a legal definition in the US, and it doesn’t require cream as an ingredient. >Ice cream shall contain at least 1.6 pounds of total solids to the
by code_duck 3y ago
Ice cream has a legal definition in the US, and it doesn’t require cream as an ingredient.
>Ice cream shall contain at least 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, weigh not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon, and contain not less than 20 percent total milk solids, constitued of not less than 10 percent milkfat. In no case shall the content of milk solids not fat be less than 6 percent. Whey shall not, by weight, be more than 25 percent of the milk solids not fat.
Whether McDonald’s product meets that standard, I am not sure.
- judge2020 3y agoThey just call it "creamy vanilla soft serve" so they don't have to worry about whether or not it can be called ice cream. https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcflurry-with-oreo-cookies.html https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcflurry-with-ore...
- dylan604 3y agoWhenever I read government definitions of food, I find myself no longer hungry for "food".
- assimpleaspossi 3y agoIn order to meet that standard, cream must be introduced to get that amount of fat and solids. So, no, it doesn't meet that standard. If it did, McD would advertise it as such and they don't. In addition, real ice cream purveryors would be up in arms over it. And they have in the past.