Spider-Verse Whopper / Red 40 Whopper

September 30,2024

The Spider-Verse Whopper, also known as the Red 40 Whopper or Spider-Man Whopper, is a 2023, limited-edition Burger King meal that promoted the then-upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie. The meal included a burger (Whopper) with red-colored buns that many associated with the Red 40 food dye. Going into 2023, Red 40 memes became prevalent online due to the additive's suggested association with poor health in American fast food and food products (similar to seed oil memes). Therefore, the optics of the red Whopper led to memes about the burger's imagined Red 40-based effects. For instance, many on TikTok made satirical videos about being hospitalized after eating it..
The Spider-Verse Whopper, also known as the Red 40 Whopper or Spider-Man Whopper, is a 2023, limited-edition Burger King meal that promoted the then-upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie. The meal included a burger (Whopper) with red-colored buns that many associated with the Red 40 food dye. Going into 2023, Red 40 memes became prevalent online due to the additive's suggested association with poor health in American fast food and food products (similar to seed oil memes). Therefore, the optics of the red Whopper led to memes about the burger's imagined Red 40-based effects. For instance, many on TikTok made satirical videos about being hospitalized after eating it.