I used to be a senior in highschool again in 1984 when Slice soda first got here out, and boy, it was a revelation. When Slice confirmed up, the soda pop world was dominated by colas, with a number of outliers like Orange Crush or A&W Root Beer, and out of the blue, right here was a brand new contender. (Talking of the Nineteen Eighties, right here’s the best way to cook dinner like an ’80s mother for every week, and listed here are retro ’80s recipes nonetheless price making an attempt.)

The drink first got here out in lemon-lime taste, however earlier than we ’80s youngsters knew it, there was an entire orchard stuffed with fruit flavors, together with mandarin orange, apple and pineapple. And though I can discover no on-line proof that it ever existed, I’ll go to my grave swearing that they had a pear taste.

Sadly, Slice saved altering its flavors and its look, and ultimately simply type of slipped away, vanishing like different Nineteen Eighties favorites comparable to Forenza sweaters and The Info of Life TV present. However now, it’s coming again!

Who introduced Slice again?

Slice was initially a Pepsi product, however in 2024, juice producer Suja Life purchased the model. And like many a Nineteen Eighties child who cleaned up as they grew older and wiser, the brand new Slice is extra centered on well being and wellness.

The brand new Slice web site brags that the revived drink is “again and higher than the Nineteen Eighties drink we as soon as had been.”

Whereas new Slice will nonetheless be a “spunky, full-flavor soda,” its web site says the up to date model boasts fewer than 5 grams of sugar and 45 energy per can, is of course sweetened, and accommodates no high-fructose corn syrup and no synthetic flavors. It’s non-GMO, gluten-free, vegan and kosher. Its vibrant colours come from fruit and greens, not synthetic dyes.

The positioning additionally studies that Slice accommodates prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics to help digestion and intestine well being.

But it’s nonetheless a carbonated, bubbly drink with quite a lot of flavors, together with orange, lemon lime, grapefruit spritz, ginger ale, basic cola, strawberry and grape. And the can nonetheless has that flashy Nineteen Eighties neon type.

The place to Discover Slice Soda

As of January, the brand new Slice is reporting on social media that it is best to be capable to discover it in grocery shops, together with HEB, Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions, Safeway and extra. Totally different shops might provide totally different flavors. The strawberry, for instance, is unique to SuperTarget, and the orange and lemon lime additionally embrace Costco of their retailer record.

Now, if we might solely deliver again Forenza sweaters and The Info of Life. You’re taking the great, you are taking the dangerous.