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DQ using only cage-free eggs by 2025
January 14, 2021
International Dairy Queen Corporation is on track to meet its cage-free egg commitment in the U.S. and Canada for shell eggs, liquid eggs and DQ proprietary products by 2025, according to a news release.
"In 2016, we made a commitment to animal welfare when we announced our transition to cage-free eggs in the U.S. and Canada by 2025," Steve Min, executive vice president of Research and Development at International Dairy Queen, said in the release. "As we continue to make progress toward our goal, we reduced the number of proprietary ingredients not yet using cage-free eggs by more than 35%. I am pleased to share that now 100% of proprietary ingredients in Blizzard Treats contain cage-free eggs, and we are on track to meet our cage-free egg commitment in 2025 or sooner."
The commitment includes shell and liquid eggs at restaurants that serve breakfast and eggs that used as an ingredient in a variety of DQ proprietary food and treat products. IDQ also said that any new egg or ingredient supplier in its system was required to provide cage-free eggs.
The process of producing eggs in cage-free environments — where hens are not confined to cages and have more freedom of movement —is considered by some a better method of producing eggs than the conventional process that represents the majority of egg production in the U.S. and Canada today.
International Dairy Queen Inc., based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the parent company of American Dairy Queen Corporation and Dairy Queen Canada Inc. Through its subsidiaries, IDQ develops, licenses and services a system of more than 7,000 restaurants in the United States, Canada and more than 20 other countries.
