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Re:Children under eight should avoid slushies as glycerol le... by redwall_hp on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:18AM (#43344176)
Fast food places often have non-branded ones.

McDonald's doesn't appear to have it:

> Ingredients: Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Caramel Color, Phosphoric Acid, Natural Flavors, Caffeine, Quillaia Extract, Yucca Extract.

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/frozen-coke-small...

Neither does Taco Bell:

> Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, sodium citrate, yucca Mohave extract, sodium benzoate (P), potassium sorbate (P), calcium sodium EDTA (PF), blue 1 (C), red 40 (C).

https://www.tacobell.com/ingredients

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Re:Children under eight should avoid slushies as glycerol le... by trebligdivad on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:23AM (#43344222)
It's in McD's UK strawberry version; https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/product/frozen-strawberry...
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Re:Children under eight should avoid slushies as glycerol le... by fy20 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @07:31PM (#43348821)
I'd guess this is one of the side effects of the 'sugar tax'. A few years ago the UK introduced a tax on sugary drinks, but there is no tax on sugary free drinks.
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