Thirst Buster (Shell Canada)
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Thirst Buster is a frosty, non-alcoholic,
slush Slush, also called slush ice, is a slurry mixture of small ice crystals (e.g., snow) and liquid water. In the natural environment, slush forms when ice or snow melts or during mixed precipitation. This often mixes with dirt and other polluta ...
y beverage available at
Shell Canada Shell Canada Limited (french: Shell Canada Limitée) is the principal Canadian subsidiary of British energy major Shell plc and one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies. Exploration and production of oil, natural gas and sulphur is a maj ...
gas stations. It is available in various flavors. Thirst Busters are made using a mixture of
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, frozen
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, and
carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide ( chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is trans ...
. The ingredients are fed into the Slush Buster Machine at different pressures, blended, then pushed under pressure into a stainless steel chilling tank. The tank contains rotating scraper arms to prevent the mixture from freezing. When the customer opens the tap, the machine's internal pressure pushes the mixture out.


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* Icee *
List of frozen dessert brands This is a list of frozen dessert brands. Frozen dessert is the generic name for desserts made by freezing liquids, semi-solids, and sometimes even solids. They may be based on flavored water ( shave ice, sorbet, snow cones, etc.), fruit purées (su ...
Non-alcoholic drinks Brand name frozen desserts {{Ice-based beverages and desserts