Is Hi-C Gluten Free?

Hi-C is a popular fruit drink company that has juice boxes with tropical, fruit punch, and orange flavors.

From Wikipedia: ‘Hi-C is a fruit juice–flavored drink made by the Minute Maid division of The Coca-Cola Company. It was created by Niles Foster in 1946 and released in 1947. The sole original flavor was orange.’

Images in cover image from Hi-C website and Phillip Pessar.

Let’s find out if this popular drink is free from wheat and gluten ingredients . . .

Is Hi-C Gluten Free?

Yes

Yes, all flavors of Hi-C we could find on the official website contained no wheat/gluten ingredients or listed allergens. We also found this list from glutenfreetraveller, which shows Coca Cola gluten free products. It does not contain all flavors, but we’ve listed the flavors it does show below.

List of Hi-C Products that are Gluten Free:

Hi-C Blazin Blueberry
Hi-C Boppin’ Strawberry
Hi-C Flashin’ Fruit Punch
Hi-C Grabbin’ Grape
Hi-C Orange Lava Burst
Hi-C Poppin’ Lemonade,
Hi-C Smashin’ Wild Berry
Hi-C Kiwi Kraze
Hi-C Torrential Tropical Punch
Hi-C Wild Cherry

Photo: Hi-C website

Hi-C Orange Lavaburst Ingredients

PURE FILTERED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ORANGE, PEAR AND APPLE JUICES FROM CONCENTRATE, LESS THAN 0.5% OF: NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID (PROVIDES TARTNESS), VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), POTASSIUM CITRATE (REGULATES TARTNESS), SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM.