McDonald's has added a new lemonade to all its menus nationwide in response to new drinks from Chick-fil-A, Wendy's, and Arby's.
The fast-food empire began rolling out its new recipe to all US restaurants earlier this week.
Its new lemonade, created by the chain's beverage experts, features real lemon juice, bits of lemon bulb, and sugar.
Multiple Reddit users have praised the beverage and claimed it's 'way better' than the chain's Minute Made option.
'Every McDonald's I've been to has already changed over to the new lemonade, it's way better than the Minute Made,' a fan wrote.
The drink's grand rollout comes two years after McDonald's began testing it at select locations.
McDonald's lemonade costs between $2.73 and $3.44, on average.
Despite the lemonade addition, McDonald's will keep serving the Minute Made orange juice option to customers.
McDonald's has begun a massive rollout of new lemonade on April 8 following two years of testing
One of the fast-food chain's top competitors is Chick-fil-A, which started serving lemonade in 1977.
The restaurant chain says its beverage is made from real lemon juice, with no preservatives or artificial colors.
It quickly became Chick-fil-A's most ordered drink, and led to the introduction of other beverages like Key Lime Lemonade and Cherry Berry Lemonade.
Fast food chains are competing to produce the most popular variation of the fruity beverage.
Wendy's entered the race with its Dave's Craft Lemonade, which comes in flavors like Blueberry Pomegranate and Pineapple Mango.
Arby's also offers multiple flavors of its signature Market Fresh Lemonade.
Other lemonades with 'real fruit juice' are being offered in chains like Sonic, Panera Bread, and Chipotle.
All restaurants fighting for the reign of best lemonade are also battling it out to offer the cheapest menu items to customers - a competition which has been dubbed the 'value meals wars.'
Chick-fil-A's lemonade is the restaurant chain's most ordered beverage and is the inspiration behind other drinks
McDonald's began rolling out its new lemonade recipe to all US restaurants earlier this week
The new lemonade is not the only health-conscious item McDonald's has tested in the US.
The chain famously tested a meat-free burger named The McPlant at select locations in Texas and California.
The sandwich began its trials at several hundred restaurants in 2021, but was killed off due to poor feedback last year.
Even though it failed, McDonald's is currently testing another meatless burger at restaurants called The McVeggie.
The McVeggie is being tested at several Canadian locations in British Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick.
The sandwich testing will last until April 14, and despite hints of a US expansion, it is unclear if the McVeggie will reach the States.
The fast-food chain is also busy testing its spinoff, which focuses on drinks called CosMc's.
The first CosMc's opened in 2023, and despite recent store shutdowns, McDonald's has shown no signs of axing the concept.
McDonald's continues to be the largest fast-food chain in the US, but its latest quarterly revenue fell flat of expectations.
Chick-fil-A has been having massive revenue increases over the past few years despite being dethroned as America's favorite fast-food restaurant.
Another lemonade-serving chain to keep an eye on is Wendy's, which aims to open 1,000 new stores by the end of 2028.
If the chain reaches its goal, it could potentially take over McDonald's title.