Dark Dog Light

June 26th, 2013

Breaking 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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(3.4/5)
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Caffeine: 25mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 5kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Carrefour, France
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Carrefour Taurine Light Force

June 22nd, 2013

Is 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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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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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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(2.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 6kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Boots
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Dark Dog

June 15th, 2013

This delicacy, also from France but seen in Spain and Germany too, has a distinctive energy drink taste but is not a Red Bull clone at all. It’s a much more earthy taste, quite caramelized but nice nonetheless. Dark Dog is different and successfully so, but it’s not as sickly and sweet as most energy drinks, or as artificial as Monster.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 52kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Carrefour, France
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Lucozade Revive – Orange with Acai

June 12th, 2013

Better than the cranberry version, but not as good as the lemongrass. It really just tasted like orange Lucozade and not that special at all. I had high hopes for the new range of Lucozades, but to be honest there’s only the one of them which stands out. Go for the lemongrass flavour instead as it’s refreshing and different – if you want an orange Lucozade, get the original orange flavour instead

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(1.7/5)
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Caffeine: 1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 13kCal/100ml
Size: 380ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Hitz The Spot!

June 8th, 2013

Have you ever emptied an entire packed of Skittles in to your mouth? That’s the flavour of Hitz The Spot… it’s a real mix of fruit flavours but not too bad tasting. The strength is pretty good too and as I paid only about 30p this drink turns out to be one of the best value for money products on the site.

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(3.3/5)
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Caffeine: 200mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 6.7kCal/100ml
Size: 60ml
Sold By: B and M
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Lucozade Energy Tropical

June 5th, 2013

I generally hate tropical energy drinks. I hated this one too. It’s not as bad as some, with the usual Lucozade watered down flavour helping considerably! As for the caffeine kick, it doesn’t offer much to be honest, but the elevated sugar levels help you crash in style. Ouch. Sorry Lucozade, I’m just not a big fan.

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(2.3/5)
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Caffeine: 12mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 70kCal/100ml
Size: 380ml
Sold By: Premier Stores, UK
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No Fear: Motherload Apple

June 1st, 2013

Labelled as The Mother Load in a resealable can, this is just another fizzy apple squash tasting drink. It’s not a different as the Rockstar sour apple, but it’s palatable and packs quite a punch in the energy department. Apple is the new tropical – once one manufacturer does it the others follow suite so I expect to see many more apple flavoured energy drinks appear over the next few months.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 49kCal/100ml
Size: 485ml
Sold By: Asda
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Shapers Berry & Apple

May 29th, 2013

It took a fair amount of effort to get hold of this drink – several trips to Boots because each time I went in, this flavour had sold out. The orange flavour was easy to get hold of by comparison. So, I had high expectations that this much be really nice as it’s the most popular. Well, I was disappointed. It’s not to my taste at all. Sharp with a nasty aftertaste. It could do with a load more sugar, but that would remove it from the low calorie category I guess! If you’re getting one of Boots’ Shapers, get the orange one.

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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 6kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Boots
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