M-150
July 20th, 2013Calpol for grown-ups! I *think* this is strawberry flavoured, but the label on the bottle is completely in Thai so I’ve no idea. I say completely in Thai – it does have the phrase “Devotion, Courage, Sacrifice” in English, but that doesn’t help much. It’s proper lush, sweet, sticky and moreish. It also gives you a decent buzz too but mostly from sugar – I can tell it’s lacking in caffeine because I was still craving caffeine after drinking this. Oh, and I got quite a sugar-crash.
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| Caffeine: | 10mg/100ml |
Tags: Thailand |
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| Calories: | 33kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 150ml | ||
| Sold By: | Thai Supermarket | ||
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Amp Energy Lightning
July 17th, 2013If you’ve tried Rockstar Recovery then you’ll find Amp Energy Lightning quite similar. It’s obviously tuned a lot more to the American market being sweeter, more syrupy, and stronger in flavour, but it’s a still drink with a lot of energy to give. I like this a lot and it’s my favourite of all the Amp Energy range.
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| Caffeine: | 33.3mg/100ml |
Tags: Guarana, Large Can, Lemon, USA |
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| Calories: | 45.8kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 473ml | ||
| Sold By: | Americandy, Cardiff | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
EQ8 – Orange & Passion Fruit
July 10th, 2013This EQ8 flavour, I assume, is not as healthy as the Cranberry & Apple version. I say this only because it doesn’t have the “1 of your 5 a day” logo stamped on the front of it. However like the other one, it is packed full of fruit juices and doesn’t contained any added sugar. The combination of juices in this drink give it a tropical flavour, and is much sweeter than the other flavour. It has a refreshing taste to it but doesn’t give you much of a caffeine kick.
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| Caffeine: | 1mg/100ml |
Tags: Guarana, Natural, Tropical, UK |
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| Calories: | 42.8kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Morrisons | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
EQ8 – Cranberry & Apple
July 6th, 2013Jumping on the bandwagon of healthy drinks, EQ8 certainly has the credentials for being healthy. It contains no sugar other than that found in the medley of fruit juices it is concocted from, and the caffeine sources are guarana and green tea based too. Sadly the can gives no clue as to the actual caffeine content so I have to assume it is low. But, as energy drinks go, it does pick you up if not as forcefully as the synthetic varieties. Taste-wise, sadly it disappoints. This flavour is quite sour and could have done with added sugar to be honest!
Pit Bull Cherry and Lime
July 3rd, 2013I’m really not convinced on the combination of cherry and lime in this drink. The cherry flavour comes through, but it someone severely soured by the lime making it quite a bitter experience. Having tried the original Pit Bull, I could sense a theme as the underlying taste of the original was evident in this drink too, however I don’think it works as a mixer with other ingredients. Still, there are other Pit Bull cocktails to try and they could turn out to be wonderful so I shall withhold my judgement on this brand until then. Personally, I won’t be trying this again because there are many more nicer tasting drinks out there.
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| Caffeine: | 33.3mg/100ml |
Tags: Cherry, Guarana, Large Can, Lime, UK, USA |
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| Calories: | 45.8kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 473ml | ||
| Sold By: | www.americanfizz.co.uk | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Lucozade Revive – Strawberry and Lime
June 29th, 2013The strawberry and lime combination don’t work for me. The strawberry suffers from the sharpness of the lime, and the lime suffers from the chewy flavour of strawberry. There’s also not enough caffeine in this to be of any use in quenching my caffeine addiction so it’s little more than a thirst quencher. Original in flavour, I’ll give it points for that, but the execution isn’t as nice as the bottle looks. *Note, I’ve estimated the caffeine content as the product contains too little for them to mark it as high and state the actual content.
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| Caffeine: | 2mg/100ml |
Tags: Bottle, Lime, Strawberry, UK |
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| Calories: | 13kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 380ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Dark Dog Light
June 26th, 2013Breaking the tradition of me preferring the taste of sugar-free versions over their full-fat counterparts, Dark Dog Light tastes exactly the same as ordinary boring Dark Dog. It has the same caramelly taste and no chewy artificial sweetener aftertaste either. The only thing it lacks is the sugar rush and crash. This is my last French energy drink for a while due to low stocks… unless anyone wants to post me some more?? 🙂
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| Caffeine: | 25mg/100ml |
Tags: France, Guarana, Low Calorie |
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| Calories: | 5kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Carrefour, France | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Carrefour Taurine Light Force
June 22nd, 2013Is it called Psychik, or is is called Taurine Light Force? I don’t know.. but I do know that this is a very good Red Bull clone. Nice and sweet getting the balance just right especially as this is a supermarket own brand. Sadly though, it’s a supermarket own brand in France so unless you live over that way, you’ll either have to take my word for it or find yourself a French-based contact to send you one.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, France, Low Calorie |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Carrefour, France | ||
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Shapers Orange Stimulation Drink
June 19th, 2013‘Part of the 500 calorie meal deal’ from Boots, apparently. It’s an own-brand offering from the high street store, one of two flavours they have for sale. It’s clearly aimed at the calorie conscious, providing only 16 calories per can, but it does manage to cram in actual real orange juice. That would explain the most natural orange flavour I’ve tasted in an energy drink. It’s sharp, but fortunately watered down to the point of being just about right, and it packs 32mg/100ml of caffeine. On a karmic scale – it probably balances bad-for-you with good-for-you.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Orange, UK |
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| Calories: | 6kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Boots | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
