220 calories in a small, the heaviest fountain cup on the menu, typically $2.00 and never over $3.19.
Nothing on the fountain line carries more calories than this one. McDonald's puts a small Hi-C Orange Lavaburst at 220, above Coca-Cola at 200 and Sprite at 190. Readings taken from published US listings in August 2026 put the McDonald's Hi C Orange Lavaburst price between $1.69 and $3.19, typically $2.00, which is the same band every other soft drink in the section sits in.
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What you need
5 itemsHi-C Orange Lavaburst (Small) price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hi-C Orange Lavaburst (Small) | $2.00 | $1.69 – $3.19 | 220 Cal |
If something goes wrong
A fruit drink surely has fewer calories than cola
- Cause
- Orange Lavaburst is a sweetened fruit-flavoured drink rather than juice, and at 220 calories a small it carries 20 more than a small Coca-Cola.
- Fix
- Compare the calorie column instead of the label. Minute Maid Premium Orange Juice is the actual juice in this section, at 190 for a medium, and Diet Coke is the zero option.
My child ordered this with a Happy Meal and it is not on the receipt separately
- Cause
- Drinks bundled into a meal are priced inside the bundle, so the standalone figures on this page describe a cup bought on its own.
- Fix
- Ask what the drink swap does to the total before ordering. Milk and juice are the usual alternatives, at 100 calories for the milk jug against 220 here.
Hi-C has disappeared from the fountain at my restaurant
- Cause
- Fountain line-ups are set restaurant by restaurant, and a valve given over to another flavour takes the drink off the menu at that site.
- Fix
- Check the drinks list in the app for that specific restaurant. Where it is missing, the closest sweetened option is Sweet Tea at 170 or Lemonade at 120.
The price is the same as Coca-Cola even though this is a different brand
- Cause
- Fountain pricing follows the cup. One rate covers the whole line, so the button pressed at the dispenser has no bearing on the bill.
- Fix
- Treat flavour as free and calories as the variable. Between Hi-C at 220 and Sprite at 190 the money is identical across every published listing.
The heaviest cup on the fountain, and it does not taste like it
Orange Lavaburst is the calorie ceiling of the McDonald's fountain. A small holds 220 by the company's own count, which puts it above a small Coca-Cola at 200, a small Sprite at 190 and a small Sweet Tea at 170. Fruit flavouring is doing the work of a disguise here, because nothing about the drink signals that it is the heaviest thing on the line.
Money does not signal it either. Readings in August 2026 ran $1.69 to $3.19 with $2.00 in the middle, which is the same span recorded for Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite and Dr Pepper. Five flavours, one band, to the cent. That is what a fountain looks like when the cup rather than the contents is the unit being sold, and it means the 30 calories between this cup and a Sprite cost nothing either way.
What's in it
A fruit-flavoured sweetened drink, mixed from syrup and carbonated water at the same dispenser as the colas and served over the same ice. Juice is not what this is. Minute Maid Premium Orange Juice sits a few rows down the section table for anyone who wants the real thing, and it costs more. McDonald's publishes the 220-calorie figure and stops there. Sugar, sodium and the allergen list could not be read, because they arrive on the product page through a script that runs in the browser rather than as text in the page.
Is it worth it
Taste is the case for it, and taste is a fair reason. On numbers it is the weakest choice on the line: the same $2.00 buys a Sprite at 190, a Diet Coke at zero or an Unsweetened Iced Tea at zero, and the cup, the ice and the lid are identical in every case. Two of those swaps are worth 220 calories for nothing. For a child's order the comparison worth making is against the 1% Low Fat Milk Jug at 100 calories, which is roughly the same money and carries protein rather than syrup. None of this makes the drink a bad buy at $1.69. It makes it an expensive one at $3.19, where a bottle of DASANI Water costs less and a medium orange juice costs about the same.
Prices above were recorded from published US listings on 19 August 2026, and the calorie figures come from McDonald's.
Hi-C Orange Lavaburst (Small) at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 220, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $2.00
Questions people ask
How much is a Hi-C Orange Lavaburst at McDonald's?
$2.00 is the middle of the August 2026 readings, which ran $1.69 to $3.19 for a small cup. The company publishes no price for it, so the board at the restaurant decides.
How many calories are in a small Hi-C Orange Lavaburst?
220, published by McDonald's. That is the highest count of any small fountain drink on the US menu, ahead of Coca-Cola at 200 and Sprite at 190.
Is Hi-C Orange Lavaburst a fruit juice?
No. It is a fruit-flavoured sweetened drink poured from the fountain. Minute Maid Premium Orange Juice is the juice in this section, at 190 calories for a medium.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. The 220-calorie figure belongs to McDonald's, the prices do not, and each reading carries the date and the market it came from.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
It cannot. Around 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised and set their own boards, and some of them do not carry this flavour at all.