> Apparently, it’s a sugar substitute that has similar antifreeze properties as real sugar Does sugar have any "antifreeze properties"? The ways I know to make

> Apparently, it’s a sugar substitute that has similar antifreeze properties as real sugar Does sugar have any "antifreeze properties"? The ways I know to make a sugar drink into a slushie are alcohol or salt (like ice cream.) Sugar and water just makes sweet ice. > I checked ICEE ingredients here in the US, and they don’t seem to contain it. I don't think ICEEs ever did, but I think 7-11-style "Slurpies" always have. It's why Slurpies are creamy and ICEEs are not. > advertise they’re free of artificial sweeteners is probably the right move. I don't think that the glycerol is used for its sweetness at all, but for its lack of saltiness and because it's not alcohol. They're trying to keep the drink from freezing for the sake of the creamy texture, which I have to say is objectively better than without glycerol. It seems that glycerol is having an alcohol-like effect on tiny-livered people. I had most of my best slurpees before I was 8, though. If they got me a little drunk, all the better.