Slush (beverage)

Slush called a semi -frozen soft drink. It consists of a mixture of water, sugar, coloring and flavoring substances. In some cases, the product is carbonated, special recipes also contain alcohol.

Slush is produced in special machines which to cool liquids down to temperatures below zero degrees Celsius, and thereby effect crystallization. Due to the constant movement of the machine in the ice thus formed can not be fully established and there is a semi- frozen mixture, which ( engl. slush or ice slushed ) in the consistency of mud or slush is similar. In the 1950s there were already similar products in the United States, 1959 to the drive-in owner Omar Knedlik have sold in the absence of soda carbonated soft drinks from the freezer, the result of the semi -solid consistency, very valued customer. In cooperation with the machine builders John Mitchell, he then attempted to market this drink principle and the necessary machine widely. This failed, until 1965, a manager of the 7 -Eleven Company happens to be the drink and noticed the machine at the competition. 1967 licensed the 7 -Eleven brand name and began selling the Slurpee, which still exists today. However, the company Slush Puppie claims for itself, after the invention of slush machine by Will Radcliffe on November 12, 1972 at 8:24 clock made ​​the first slush in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States to have. The first sale in the UK for the company dated to the year 1977. The first sale in Germany the company dated to the year 1978. Slush is in the USA and England a widespread drink. Especially in American ice cream parlors, gas stations and fast food chains slushes belong to different varieties of the standard program.

• Soft drink