Slurpee®

The frozen carbonated beverage was first invented in 1959 by a Kansas hamburger stand owner. Using an automobile air conditioner, he created a sophisticated piece of equipment that would freeze a carbonated soft drink and serve it in a sherbet-like form that could be sipped through a straw.

Slurpee® Tips

To get that uniquely Slurpee® consistency, each Slurpee® machine has a compact refrigeration system that mixes syrup, carbon dioxide and water under pressure in a freezing chamber.

Slurpee® is served at -3°C (or 28°F).

7-Eleven began selling Slurpee®, then called Icee, in its stores in the United States in 1965.

The Slurpee® name was created in May 1967 during a brainstorming session of the Stanford Agency, 7-Eleven stores' in-house agency. While drinking the product through a straw, agency director Bob Stanford commented that it made a "slurp" sound coming through the straw.

Slurpee® is available in 12 oz., 16 oz. and 22 oz. in Malaysia.

In Malaysia, a see-through Slurpee® cup was introduced in 2008 to allow customers to layer their favorite Slurpee® flavors and see their creative concoctions.

Since its introduction in 1965, more than 6 billion Slurpee® drinks have been sold, just about enough for every person on the planet to have slurped. That's that is also enough to circle the Earth almost eight times!

Every day more than 11.6 million Slurpee® drinks are consumed around the world.

Enough Slurpee® drinks are sold each year to fill up 12 Olympic-sized swimming pool