AriZona RX Energy Watermelon
August 22nd, 2026650ml can!?!? That’s huuuuuge! I’ve never seen anything like this size for an energy drink. Luckily, despite its size it is reasonably low in caffeine which brings its caffeine content down to similar levels as a whole 500ml can of Monster. It’s also not carbonated! Mostly this tastes like a fruity tea drink and that’s not my cup of tea… the warning on the can saying “This product is a food, not a drug” is an interesting touch too. It’s billed as a herbal tonic, mostly watermelon in flavour and you can taste the watermelon but it’s soured a bit by the tea.
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| Caffeine: | 19.8mg/100ml |
Tags: Green Tea, Large Can, Still, US, Watermelon |
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| Calories: | 35kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 650ml | ||
| Sold By: | Budgens, Egham | ||
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El Jefe Energy: Sinister Razz
August 15th, 2026I was curious as to what ‘Razz’ might taste like, but it’s clearly blue raspberry – it’s even in a blue can so I don’t know why I thought it would be something else. It’s nice, but it’s not that strong in flavour really, it’s a very mild blue raspberry drink on the tangy side rather than sweet.
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| Caffeine: | 33mg/100ml |
Tags: Blue Raspberry, Large Can, US |
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| Calories: | 45kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 454ml | ||
| Sold By: | Budgens, Egham | ||
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El Jefe Energy: Diablo Punch
August 1st, 2026I am definitely getting a cherry taste from this punch drink. I’m not sure what other fruits are in this punch but cherry is the overwhelming main flavour! Very sweet, not that refreshing, but quite moreish!
Huel Vitamin Drink: Blue Raspberry
July 25th, 2026What an unusual taste! Normally when you try a blue raspberry drink you end up with the ultra artificial freeze-pop flavour that we all know and love. But, this Huel drink has something a bit more cakey about it. And by cake I actually mean the baked sponge cake taste. I’d say this drink is more like a blueberry muffin than blue raspberry, perhaps it’s because of the real raspberry juice in the ingredients? After drinking this I almost felt like I’d eaten a fruity muffin or doughnut, it’s an odd sensation. A nice taste, just odd and unexpected is all!
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Blue Raspberry, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 9kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 330ml | ||
| Sold By: | Budgens, Egham | ||
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Sneak Energy Blizzard Lemonade
July 18th, 2026Sneak has been popping up on my social media feeds for a few years, originally because they made a mix-yourself energy drink powder product. They have expanded into actual cans now and this is the first one of their products of any type that I’ve tried. It’s a nice lemonade, on the sharp side but very moreish and refreshing. I’m now quite keen to try tleirother flavours if I can find them…
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Lemonade, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 2kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Budgens, Egham | ||
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Huel Vitamin Drink: Pineapple & Mango
July 11th, 2026This is about as fruity as an energy drink gets I reckon. From the company that brought you the concept of “Fed up with nice food? Just drink our rebranded gruel instead…” comes their own branded healthy-sounding energy drinks. To be fair to them, it does contain grape, pineapple and mango juice as the second biggest ingredient after water so it isn’t as unhealthy as most energy drinks. This is a tropical flavoured drink though, and not a bad one at all really. If it wasn’t for the high price I would certainly be up for trying this again.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Mango, Pineapple, UK |
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| Calories: | 9kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 330ml | ||
| Sold By: | Budgens, Egham | ||
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El Jefe Energy: Phantom Lemonade
July 4th, 2026This is a very sweet “lemonade”. Yes, I’ve put that in quotes because it’s certainly not like any lemonade we get in the UK. It’s more like the citrus flavour from Mountain Dew White Out, if you’ve ever tried that US import. It’s quite sickly and no that refreshing, but it does taste good!
GTEX Energy Drink Purple Fizz
June 27th, 2026This is the first ever energy drink I’ve seen with “Made in Wales” written on the can! Maybe I was feeling patriotic as I drank it, but it made me want to sing Calon Lân at full volume as I sipped it! The purple fizz flavour of this drink is I believe grape, so this is a nice grape soda basically. It’s also VERY high in calories for some reason so you get quite the sugar-rush from it which is unusual these days to be honest. I enjoyed it if only for the local product origin and grape soda being quite rare in the UK.
Golden Eagle
June 27th, 2026It’s a nice shiny can that’s for sure. Inside it’s VERY sweet though, like almost syrupy and it coats your tongue with sugar! It’s a clone drink and clearly on the sweet rather than sour side of things.
