“A beverage syrup prepared with high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, quillaia extract, sodium benzoate (to protect taste), yucca extract and Red 40.”

Slurpee (plural Slurpees) (Canada, US) A slushie; a partially-frozen drink made of small ice crystals flavored with syrup.

Ingredients. Carbonated Water, Sweeteners (968, 955), Bulking Agent (422), Food Acid (330), Flavour, Preservative (211), Colours (102, 110, 133).

The Slurpee® Cup Evolution Since then, Slurpee has become a beloved beverage of millions, a pop culture icon, and 7-Eleven's most well-known proprietary brand. From its beginning, with kooky flavor names like Fulla Bulla, Blue Blunder and AWA AWA Ukulele, Slurpee has been keeping it “cool” for generations.

He asked customers to name the drink, and ICEE won. So, he created the ICEE-making machine. In 1965, 7-Eleven licensed the machine and changed its name from ICEE to Slurpee, because it described the sound drinkers made while sipping it through the straw.

“A mega $3 Slurpee contains more than 20 teaspoons of sugar. That's the same amount of sugar as nearly eight lemonade icy poles, and more than three times the maximum recommended by the World Health Organisation of six teaspoons a dayi.”

It was created back in 1965. It's essentially a hybrid of both a soda fountain and an ice cream freezer in one. Carbon dioxide (CO2) was added to the recipe to make the drink smoother and give it that extra fizzy, fluffy effect that people are still obsessed with today.

Coined by advertising executive Bob Stanford, the "Slurpee" name is derived from the "slurp" sound that the drink makes when it is sucked through a straw. The Slurpee made its official debut in 1966 - in two flavors, Coca-Cola and cherry - and was an instant success.

The name Slurpee was coined by Bob Stanford, a 7-Eleven ad agency director, when he described the sound made while sipping it through a straw. Thanks to inventive advertising aimed at the growing youth market, Slurpees were an instant hit with the Woodstock generation.

“A mega $3 Slurpee contains more than 20 teaspoons of sugar. That's the same amount of sugar as nearly eight lemonade icy poles, and more than three times the maximum recommended by the World Health Organisation of six teaspoons a dayi.”

The Slurpee was invented by accident In 1959, the soda fountain in Omar S. Knedlik's Kansas Dairy Queen franchise was often malfunctioning, so he started storing his soda in the freezer instead.

“A mega $3 Slurpee contains more than 20 teaspoons of sugar. That's the same amount of sugar as nearly eight lemonade icy poles, and more than three times the maximum recommended by the World Health Organisation of six teaspoons a dayi.”

7-Eleven's new Slurpee is a sugar-free drink that blends blueberry and hibiscus flavors using Vitaminwater Zero Sugar Look.

The Slurpee machine itself is "kind of like a soda machine and an ice cream freezer all in one," Warren says. "It adds carbonation while freezing the mixture." Frozen drinks don't necessarily have to be carbonated, but the Slurpee's addition of CO2 "helps make the drink smoother," says Warren.