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Yes; sherbert (or when correctly spelled: sherbet) does contain dairy. In the US the legal requirement to be labeled as a sherbet (or sherbert) is that it must contain between 2% and 5% dairy (and or eggs).

Above 5% dairy and it can no longer be called a sherbet, it would be an ice cream (or a Frozen Yogurt if the dairy used were yogurt instead of a cream or milk).

Below 2% and it can no longer be called a sherbet, it would be a sorbet.

Sorbet is basically flavored ice, and is the precursor to both sherbet and ice cream. It may contain up to 2% dairy, but traditionally you would leave out the dairy entirely if your goal is sorbet (especially since you really need to be over 2% to get any reasonable amount of creaminess from adding it, and at that point you are now making sherbet)

Sorbet, sherbet and ice cream are often easily confused. They do all use essentially the same smoothing process; the difference between them is the volume of dairy used. Sorbet and sherbet both traditionally use fruit juice as their primary flavorings (but as with modern ice creams its possible to use almost anything - aside from dairy, which would be change its definition depending on volume)

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