Fast food afficionados love to argue about who has the best what.
We can battle about burgers, fight about fries, dish about desserts all day every day. But there seems to be universal consensus in the fast food world AND social media.
McDonald's Sprite just hits different.
People aren't sure if it's a special syrup formula, or some proprietary ratio of carbonation to liquid or if McDonald's employs full time magical pixies or what. All they know for sure is that McDonald's Sprite is unlike anything they're going to get anywhere else and they like it that way.
Apparently someone has even written a song about how much people love it.
The power of this pop has compelled quite the conversation lately.
McDonald\u2019s Sprite can probably fry fish.— NUFF (@NUFF) 1645015817
McDonald's sprite could helphttps://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1495401965378945025\u00a0\u2026— \ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f (@\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f) 1645381071
i dropped my iPhone in McDonalds Sprite and that mf started charging— \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddee \u2730 (@\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddee \u2730) 1645140842
+ McDonald's Spritepic.twitter.com/CN6F3FYG7F— Smiso (@Smiso) 1645378897
i chugged a mcdonald\u2019s sprite and could shoot lighting out of my fingertips for 5 minutes afterward— Dale Sr. (@Dale Sr.) 1645378853
McDonald\u2019s sprite tastes like when your foot is asleep— Nova (@Nova) 1645378056
11:23 am. Just drank McDonald\u2019s sprite - I could walk through a brick wall or fly rn. IYKYK @pigseye89 @thenativeone52 @MuerSA @DaBromDiggity @codyupcraft @jakebrom86— Nordby (@Nordby) 1645377851
We need to really investigate why McDonalds is the only fast food chain that has the spicy Sprite. Idk something is up lol cuz you ain\u2019t getting spicy Sprite anywhere else.— Chris Williamson (@Chris Williamson) 1645032724
When you drink the McDonald\u2019s Spritepic.twitter.com/hax2iBXwhN— Volk (@Volk) 1644971228
I\u2019m not even joking, McDonald\u2019s sprite is so powerful that it gave me my period this week.pic.twitter.com/5TQk2I3PAs— jazz square (@jazz square) 1644995774
McDonald\u2019s sprite would take out a frail Victorian child with one siphttps://twitter.com/nice_two/status/1493663648232976387\u00a0\u2026— Link Lauren (@Link Lauren) 1644998461
McDonald\u2019s Sprite can fry chicharrones— Yolanda Saldivar\u2019s Pen Pal (@Yolanda Saldivar\u2019s Pen Pal) 1645041231
McDonald\u2019s sprite is a energy drink I don\u2019t care what nobody say— Kranium (@Kranium) 1645114734
McDonald's decided the internet was having too much fun without them, so they got in on the game too.
the first time someone dropped their mcdonald's spritepic.twitter.com/NPl11EcEf4— McDonald's (@McDonald's) 1645028923
the sound it made when it hit the groundpic.twitter.com/A0I194Udz9— McDonald's UK (@McDonald's UK) 1645032407
Interestingly, there's some science here, it's not just some mass delusion.
McDonald's has invested millions in making your soft-drink experience exactly what they want it to be.
It starts with the straws themselves, which are wider than at many other fast-food places. That means your taste-buds are exposed to more flavor with each sip - regardless of what you're drinking.
Their fountains also use a filtration system that means the Sprite syrup is mixed with water as pure as possible, so you're getting the flavor as the company intended without the impurities you get elsewhere.
Management has admitted they are absolutely purposeful about the way they are making Sprite and why.
Check out this statement.
"McDonald's uses a higher ratio of syrup concentrate to carbonated water so that you get more of the delicious flavour you want. It also amps that sugar content up, making your body crave it more."
Now if you'll excuse us, we're off to get some Spicy Sprite.
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