Blue Spark Mixed Fruit Sugar Free

January 11th, 2014

Really good! Nice and fruity, cheap, and low calorie too. I highly recommend this drink for something different to the usual array of supermarket own brands. It’s not too fizzy, not too sweet, not too bitter – just right. Go get a can right now…

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 4kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Asda Blue Charge Mixed Fruit

January 8th, 2014

Take a packet of Starburst. Munch the whole lot, taking special care to get extra juicy flavour out of the blackcurrent ones. Now savour the aftertaste of all those sweets mixed together because that’s what this Mixed Fruit flavoured drink tastes like. It only seems to come in a large 1 litre bottle for some reason… maybe I’m just not looking hard enough. The taste is okay though and it’s pretty unique so far as supermarket own brand drinks go.

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(4.6/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 46kCal/100ml
Size: 1000ml
Sold By: Asda
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Asda Blue Charge Diet Summer Fruits

January 4th, 2014

Asda are really trying hard with their energy drinks… but not quite hitting the spot. They’re going for variety of range over quality and it shows. Fancy a berry flavoured drink? They have one! Tropical? yup! Diet? Most of them! This is a berry drink, and it is sugar free (at least, I haven’t found a non-diet version yet). It’s very strong in flavour – like it is almost 50% cordial! Overall though it’s only average so it gets average scores.

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 3kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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Bad Dog

January 1st, 2014

I expected a Red Bull clone, but it certainly ain’t that! It’s very sweet and tastes like the aftertaste you get when you’ve stuffed your face with Haribo. It’s pretty good and up with my favourites now, and it was only €0.30 per can.

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(3.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
Calories: 47kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Madrid, Spain
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Auchan Energy Drink

December 28th, 2013

Bottled by Refresco France for the Auchan chain of supermarkets, this is a clone. It’s bitter and not that nice to be honest – and the fact I could only find it in a litre bottle made the consumption of it even worse. After the first 500ml, I got used to the taste, but you shouldn’t need to do that with a drink! It’s also pretty light on the caffeine front with only 21mg/100ml. Avoid…

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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 21mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 1000ml
Sold By: Auchan, Val d'Europe
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Amp Energy Traction

December 25th, 2013

Wow, I do like grape flavoured energy drinks because they’re really quite different. This isn’t the best rendition, but it’s nice for a change. Very sweet, very sickly, and packs a whole punch of wake-up-ness.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 33.3mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45.8kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Americandy, Cardiff
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Amp Energy Overdrive

December 21st, 2013

Have you ever tried Mountain Dew Code Red? It’s essentially the same nice smooth flavour, but powered up with extra caffeine and taurine to give it the full on Energy Drink credentials. It’s nice but not refreshing, and as I paid £4.50 for the can I’m a little bit disappointed… that isn’t to say I wouldn’t try the other flavours in the Amp Energy range.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 33.3mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45.8kCal/100ml
Size: 480ml
Sold By: Americandy, Cardiff
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Amp Energy Elevate

December 18th, 2013

Synthetically berry. This tastes of America… it’s one of two very synthetic flavours I associate with energy drinks from the USA, the other being grape. I like the taste but it’s nothing original any more and can be found in the Rip It and Crunk ranges. If you’ve never tried one of those equivalents then give this one a go.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 33.3mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45.8kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Americandy, Cardiff
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Aliada Energy Drink

December 11th, 2013

Surprisingly not another Red Bull clone! I’m not sure if it’s a supermarket own brand or not, but it is very low in caffeine. It tastes quite sweet and fruity – Not much of a kick but still tasty.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 15mg/100ml Tags:
Calories: 46.7kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Madrid, Spain
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