Hi-C Orange Lavaburst

by McDonald’s

1990 – 2017 IT CAME BACK

Hi-C Orange Lavaburst was discontinued in 2017 — but it’s back on shelves today.

The neon-orange fountain drink that powered every McDonald’s birthday party. Its quiet removal in 2017 triggered years of genuine national grief.

🧾 One more thingMcDonald’s brought it back nationwide in 2021 after relentless demand — a rare case of a soda fountain both causing and healing a public wound.

Filed under: Fast Food · the ’90s

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