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Frozen Dessert

Something called "frozen dessert ," whether it's soft-serve or in a carton, has a certain futuristic, Jetsons-esque ring to it, but it's really about federal regulations, Stuckey says. "A product must contain a certain amount of its core ingredient, dairy in this case, to be labeled as ice cream," she says. A product called a "frozen dessert" doesn't meet the minimum requirements for dairy content, and thus ... more 

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Frozen Dessert

Something called "frozen dessert ," whether it's soft-serve or in a carton, has a certain futuristic, Jetsons-esque ring to it, but it's really about federal regulations, Stuckey says. "A product must contain a certain amount of its core ingredient, dairy in this case, to be labeled as ice cream," she says. A product called a "frozen dessert" doesn't meet the minimum requirements for dairy content, and thus can't be called ice cream. So what is it? A little bit of dairy, oil (often soybean), and a whole lot of air, she says. less