Orange Julius® Original | Dairy Queen® Menu (2024)

FAQs

What flavor is the original Orange Julius? ›

An Orange Julius was meant to be made with *fresh* oranges

You've Earned It” is great, nailing the vanilla-orange Creamsicle flavor of the original Orange Julius with a blend of frozen orange concentrate, cream soda, and rum. Now, I love canned concentrate.

Misty® Slush Unflavored Base Water, Sugar, Dextrose, Citric Acid, Salt, and Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Water, Orange Juice: Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice, Contains less than 2% of Orange Julius Flavor Enhancer Modified Whey Solids, Maltodextrin, Egg White Solids, Sugar, Karaya Gum, Natural & Artificial Flavors, ...

In 1987 DQ Dairy Queen bought the rights to the Orange Julius Chains and marketed the drink at their DQ Treat Stores. Now in 2023 Dairy Queen seem to be phasing the drink away from some of its stores.

The Julius Originals preparation method for DQ locations uses the Misty^® slush, and the Julius Originals preparation method for Orange Julius locations (Orange Julius without a DQ component) uses simple syrup. Nutritional information between the two preparation methods may vary significantly.

But years later, and after lots of research, I've discovered that it was egg white powder mixed with dry milk and vanilla flavoring. That's it! That's the "secret ingredient"! But it's not just the secret powder that makes it an Orange Julius - it's also the directions on how to make it.

History of Orange Julius

Julius Freed opened an orange juice stand in 1926 on South Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles. In 1929, the orange juice was developed into a specialty drink by Freed's real estate broker Willard Hamlin.

a Homemade Orange Smoothie: A nutritional comparison between an Orange Julius and a homemade orange smoothie. The mall drink is packed with more sugar than a can of soda, and besides having vitamin C from the orange juice it contains, it's devoid of nutrients. It's a sugar bomb with no protein and no fiber.

The first DQ^® restaurant was located in Joliet, Illinois. It was operated by Sherb Noble and opened for business on June 22, 1940. The first Canadian DQ^® store opened in Estevan, Saskatchewan in 1953.

The Dairy Queen story begins in 1938, two years before the restaurant opened, with the dawn of soft-serve ice cream. The inventors, J.F. McCullough and his son Alex convinced ice cream man Sherb Noble to sell it at his shop in Kankakee, Illinois. It was an immediate hit.

The chain has been in business since the late 1920s. The signature beverage is a mixture of ice, orange juice, sweetener, milk, powdered egg whites and vanilla flavoring.

Did Orange Julius sell hot dogs? ›

The Orange Julius is an American fast food, hot dog and fruit drink beverage restaurant chain. The company began its business operations in Los Angeles, California in 1926. Orange Julius is known for a popular drink named after the restaurant.

Blood oranges may taste differently based on which variety you are sampling. They are less tangy than standard oranges and have more of a floral or tart flavor. Some varieties may taste like orange juice with added raspberry, cranberry, or fruit punch flavors.

Tripleberry^® Julius^® Original

Real Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry blended together with a secret ingredient to Orange Julius^® frothy perfection.

The mall drink is packed with more sugar than a can of soda, and besides having vitamin C from the orange juice it contains, it's devoid of nutrients.

Original Mountain Dew is a citrus-flavored soda. The soft drink is unique because it includes a small amount of orange juice. While some have compared Mountain Dew to lemon-lime soda, it is antithetically different and unique from them and has spawned many imitators from the Original Mountain Dew.