Popeyes Drinks in Canada

Popeyes serves fountain drinks in three sizes plus bottled juices, water and a few extras. The prices sit close together, from $2.29 to $2.79, so the choice comes down to what you want rather than what it costs.

The sugar content is where the sizes separate. A large fountain drink contains 100 grams of sugar, about 25 teaspoons. A medium contains 66 grams. Both drop to zero if you choose a diet option.

That is the most useful thing on this page. Your drink choice at Popeyes swings a meal by up to 370 calories, and it costs nothing to avoid.

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All Popeyes Drinks

Small Fountain Drink

$2.29

0 – 200

Medium Fountain Drink

$2.49

0 – 240

Large Fountain Drink

$2.79

0 – 370

Bottle Dasani Water

$2.79

0

Minute Maid Apple Juice

$2.79

170

Minute Maid Lemonade

$2.79

220

Minute Maid Orange Juice

$2.79

240


Fuze Iced Tea, Smart Water and Monster Energy are also offered with combos.

Every bottled option is $2.79, the same as a large fountain drink. If volume is what you want for your money, the fountain is the better deal.

Fountain Drink Flavours

Coca-Cola

Diet Coke

Sprite

Coke Zero

Fanta

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Canada Dry

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Barq’s Root Beer

—

Fruitopia

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Lemonade

—

Fuze Iced Tea

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The published calorie figures for fountain drinks assume Coca-Cola. Diet Coke and Coke Zero contain no calories and no sugar, at any size and at the same price.

Sugar Content

This is where the sizes genuinely differ.

Medium

240

66 g

about 16

Large

370

100 g

about 25


For context, the World Health Organization suggests limiting free sugars to around 25 grams a day for adults. A single large fountain drink contains four times that, and a medium contains more than two and a half times it.

The gap between medium and large is only 30 cents in price. In sugar it is 34 grams, and in calories it is 130.

Large Fountain Drink, full figures: 370 calories, 100 g carbohydrates (all sugar), 90 mg sodium, no fat or protein. Coca-Cola’s listed ingredients are carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel colour, phosphoric acid, natural flavours and caffeine.

Juices Are Not the Light Option

A common assumption is that bottled juice is a healthier choice than a soft drink. The numbers do not support it at these sizes.

Medium Fountain Drink (Coca-Cola)

240

Minute Maid Orange Juice

240

Minute Maid Lemonade

220

Small Fountain Drink

200

Minute Maid Apple Juice

170


A bottle of orange juice matches a medium Coca-Cola exactly. Lemonade sits 20 calories behind. Apple juice is the lightest of the three and still close to a small fountain drink.

If calories are the concern, the only genuinely light options are water, Diet Coke and Coke Zero. All three are zero, and the fountain options cost the same as any other drink.

Your Drink Choice in a Combo

Every combo on the Popeyes menu lists calories as a range, and the drink accounts for a meaningful share of it.

Take the 8-piece nuggets combo at 850 to 1,770 calories. The nuggets are a fixed 520. The rest comes from your side and drink.

Water, Diet Coke or Coke Zero

0

Small fountain drink

200

Medium fountain drink

240

Large fountain drink

370


Switching from a large Coca-Cola to a Coke Zero removes 370 calories and 100 g of sugar from your meal at no cost and no change to the food.

For the other half of that range, a large Cajun fries adds 1,350 calories. Between the two, side and drink can swing a combo by more than 1,700 calories.

Full breakdown on our nutrition and calories page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Fountain drinks are $2.29 small, $2.49 medium and $2.79 large. All bottled drinks, including water and the Minute Maid juices, are $2.79. Prices vary by location.

Ten: Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Fanta, Canada Dry, Barq’s Root Beer, Fruitopia, Lemonade and Fuze Iced Tea. Combos also offer Smart Water and Monster Energy.

Up to 370 calories with a regular soft drink, containing 100 g of sugar. Diet Coke and Coke Zero contain none at the same size and price.

 A medium contains 66 g of sugar, roughly 16 teaspoons. A large contains 100 g, roughly 25 teaspoons. The World Health Organization suggests limiting free sugars to about 25 g per day.

 Not by calories. A bottle of Minute Maid orange juice is 240 calories, identical to a medium Coca-Cola. Lemonade is 220 and apple juice is 170. Water and the zero-sugar fountain options are the only calorie-free choices.

Yes. Diet Coke and Coke Zero are available from the fountain in all three sizes, at the same price as regular soft drinks and with no calories or sugar.