Slurpee
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| Brand name | Flavors | |
|---|---|---|
| Current Flavors | ||
| Barq's | Crème, Root Beer | |
| Bawls | SnoBawls | |
| Coca-Cola | Cherry Coke, Coca-Cola Classic, Vanilla Coke | |
| Crystal Light | Lemonade, Lemon Lime, Orange Pineapple Ice, Peach Mango, Raspberry Ice, Strawberry Kiwi, Strawberry Banana, Passionfruit | |
| Dr Pepper | Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper Vanilla | |
| Fanta | Banana, Birch Beer, Blue Cherry, Blue Raspberry, Ginger Ale, Grape, Green Lemon Lime, Green Melon, Kiwi Strawberry, Orange, Orange Cream, Pineapple, Purple Berry Cherry, Mandarine Tangerine, Red Licorice, Super Sour Apple, Super Sour Cherry, Super Sour Watermelon, Vanilla, Watermelon, White Cherry, Wild Cherry, Wild Cherry-Reduced Calorie | |
| Hawaiian Punch | Regular, Green Berry Rush | |
| Master Chill | Bruisin Berry, Sour Green | |
| Mello Yello | Mello Yello | |
| Minute Maid | Blue Cherry, Blue Raspberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Grape, Lemonade, Orange, Passionfruit Orange, Peach, Pineapple, Raspberry Lemonade, Strawberry | |
| Mountain Dew | Mountain Dew, Code Red, Livewire (Orange), Pitch Black (grape), Kryptonite Ice (lime-ish) | |
| Pepsi | Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Blue | |
| Sierra Mist | Sierra Mist, Shrekalicious | |
| Sprite Remix | ||
| Twizzler | Twizzler | |
| Tropicana | Blue Raspberry Rush | |
| Other flavors | Piña Colada, Grapermelon, Frawg, Honeycomb,Blue Meanie (Australia). Arctic Burst, Gully Washer, StrawberrWii Banana | |
In 1967, 7-Eleven licensed the frozen carbonated beverage from the ICEE Company, and began selling the product as the Slurpee. 7-Eleven stores, once only found in the United States, are now a worldwide franchise and Slurpees are offered in many, but not all covered countries. Slurpee is a registered trademark of the 7-Eleven corporation.
7-11 currently sources their FCB equipment from supplier FBD and previously from suppliers IMI Cornelius and the Taylor Company.
The Slurpee machine has a dispenser knob for each flavor at the front of a tumbler or freezer, where a patron pours his own Slurpee. Common flavors are frozen Coke and cherry, but new flavors are introduced regularly. Slurpees are particularly popular on hot days; July 11, or 7-11 on a calendar is notable, as in most locations customers are offered one free 7.11 fl oz (210 mL in the USA, 200 mL in Canada) Slurpee. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada holds the record for annual Slurpee consumption, followed by Calgary, Alberta and Detroit, Michigan.
In the summer of 2006 7-Eleven re-designed their cups to appeal more to young adults and teenagers to compete with the rising energy drink market. New signs and translite banners supported the change with lines such as "Mountain Dew Livewire: Shocking, like your report card."
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[edit] Similar drinks
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma metropolitan area 7-Elevens are operated independent of the international franchises and do not sell Slurpees. Instead, they carry a similar product, called the Icy Drink[1].
Similar drinks are sold under different names in other countries.
- Slush Puppie: Australia, Canada, the UK, USA and The Netherlands
- Froster: Canada at Mac's stores and at US CircleK stores
- Sloche: Québec
- Granizado: Spanish-speaking countries.
Additionally, similar products are marketed by competitors such as the "Arctic Rush," (formerly "Mister Misty"), sold by Dairy Queen since 1961.
A Slush Puppie is a non-carbonated mixture of tiny (though bigger than that found in a Slurpee) spherical bits of ice and water. Concentrated flavored syrups are added to the product when it is in its cup.
The 7-Eleven Slurpee Maker is a battery-operated children's toy that freezes carbonated drinks around a core chilled by salt and ice. A spinning dasher keeps the consistency slushy, which turns out a passable Slurpee analog.
[edit] Cultural references
- Slurpees are sometimes referred to in pop culture references. For example, in The Simpsons television series, Apu sells "Squishees," which have been the basis for many sub-plots.
- 7-Eleven once had a Pineapple flavored Slurpee to tie in with "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie."
- In the Veggietales video release "Josh and the Big Wall", the Jericho pea soldiers throw blue raspberry Slurpees in cups, through hoses and through a cement mixer on the marching Israelites from the walltops.
- In November, 2006 A Special Edition "Strawberrwii Banana" Slurpee was sold at participating stores with a contest to win a Wii console [2]
[edit] Dietary information
Slurpees are mostly water ice and are heavily infused with air; there is less food energy in a Slurpee than in the same volume of a soda of the same name.
They are also generally considered kosher "parve", as well as halal. The Diet Pepsi flavor uses sodium caseinate as an anti-freezing agent (sugar is a natural anti-freeze in other flavors) which only gives it the status of kosher dairy. The Piña Colada flavor, however, is not kosher.
