Strictly speaking of soft serve at fast food restaurants? The only one I can think of that is, or was, considered to be real ice cream is Sonic. But I think that might have changed when they overhauled their menu sometime around 2023. Lots of complaints that the consistency of the ice cream changed. I found a nutrition guide from 2018 that had the term “real ice cream” plastered all over it, but the nutrition guide from 2025 doesn’t say “ice cream” anywhere.
McDonald’s, Burger King, A&W all have low-fat soft serve.
Culver’s and Freddy’s have frozen custard.
Braum’s serves real ice cream, but it’s not soft serve. (Their soft serve is classified as frozen yogurt.)
Strictly speaking of soft serve at fast food restaurants? The only one I can think of that is, or was, considered to be real ice cream is Sonic. But I think that might have changed when they overhauled their menu sometime around 2023. Lots of complaints that the consistency of the ice cream changed. I found a nutrition guide from 2018 that had the term “real ice cream” plastered all over it, but the nutrition guide from 2025 doesn’t say “ice cream” anywhere.
McDonald’s, Burger King, A&W all have low-fat soft serve.
Culver’s and Freddy’s have frozen custard.
Braum’s serves real ice cream, but it’s not soft serve. (Their soft serve is classified as frozen yogurt.)