If you asked someone “give me something that tastes medical” then this drink is likely the sort of thing you’d get! Before I talk about the flavour though, let’s talk about the ingredients. This is called Shilajit energy and it contains Shilajit extract which is some sort of naturally occurring resin found in the Himalayas in the crack of the rocks, made from decomposed plant material. There are many supposed but not proven health benefits which I’ll leave you to Google. The drink also contains saffron, although that spice is so delicately flavoured that it’s probably only being used as a natural colouring. Finally let’s talk about Zamzam Water. I had to search for information about this because I’d never heard of it before, but apparently the Zamzam well is a holy well in Mecca. So somebody has actually visited Mecca, bottled up some of the holy water from that ancient well, taken it back to America and included it in an energy drink, albeit only at a dilution of 0.01%. Let’s move on to the flavour – it’s medical. As in you can sort of taste it’s fruity, but it’s like the flavour is there to mask whatever other ingredients are supposed to be doing you good. I really didn’t like this drink and couldn’t finish it, sorry guys! It’s like it had an underlying taste of plastic and it wasn’t good at all. Full marks for originality, but 1/5 for taste… no other energy drink has gone to the effort of collecting unusual ingredients from both the Himalayas and Saudi Arabia.
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| Caffeine: | 42mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Saffron, Shilijat, USA, ZamZam Water |
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| Calories: | 42.25kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | Local Shop | ||
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Yup, berries. It’s the usual deal with an energy shot – you take a decent gulp and then a deep breath as the bitter flavour kicks in. It was on the sweeter side of things, but still pretty synthetic tasting. So far I’d say the blue raspberry one tasted nicer.
This is basically WKD Blue, hopefully without the alcohol though. If you’re after a flavour description then WKD Blue is the closest I can think of. It’s slightly sharp and refreshing, not like your normal blue raspberry, definitely a lot more like WKD than anything else!
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| Caffeine: | 21.5mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 1kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Iceland | ||
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Look, I know, it sounds horrible… vanilla and berries together in an energy drink like some sort of fizzy ice cream concoction, but hear me out on this. It turns out that this 2024 Winter edition of Red Bull is actually one of their best tasting drinks in a long time! It’s subtly flavoured, very sweet but not sharp or tart at all. The vanilla works really well to smooth out the gentle berry flavour. Whilst it isn’t particularly refreshing, it’s a nice smooth and fruity energy drink!
I’m wondering if this ‘ultra berry’ flavour replaces the ‘berry boost’ variety? It’s been so long since I tried berry boost that I can’t remember quite what it was like. I described it in my review as ‘like a mixture of strawberry and raspberry’, so perhaps Ultra Berry is a very different flavour. It’s more like a mixed berry, but on the sweet and summery side – I got blackcurrant in there, maybe some cherry and raspberry too.
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| Caffeine: | 26mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 6kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Aldi | ||
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A bit disappointing really, it’s just a boring mixed berry drink. I don’t know why I’m surprised at being disappointed with it seeing as it does clearly state “mixed berry” on the can. I think because it was on sale for £1 per can making this potentially a premium priced drink even at that reduced level I was expecting a bit more from it. It has higher than average caffeine content and a ton of informative nutritional information plastered across the can, but it just didn’t taste as unique as I’d hoped.
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| Caffeine: | 40mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
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It’s a nice looking can, matt silver with a nice simple design. But, it’s a quite bitter and strong flavoured drink that’s like a strong mixed berry squash.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: BCAA, Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
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I don’t care how many MMA stars are plastered on the can to intimidate me into liking this… I didn’t! This is a red berry flavoured drink, and has an extremely odd combination of being both very sweet whilst also dry and tart at the same time. A few sips of this had me wanting to scare my tongue clean, I’ve no idea how they managed that. Perhaps it’s the wolfberry extract, I’m not sure. This drink includes the now obligatory sugar-free-ness (which is a bonus in my opinion), BCAAs, B vitamins, and caffeine from green coffee beans. It’s also really caffeine-potent at 61mg/100ml in the 330ml can so keep that in mind! I only paid 20p for the can, so that should also be taken into consideration here I guess! Still, full marks for originality.
Normally when I see a flavoured water style energy drink I expect quite a watered down experience with not much flavour. Maybe it was because it was the hottest day so far of 2022 when I tried this, but I found it to be a perfect balance of flavour, sweetness and refreshingness (is that a word??).
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| Caffeine: | 12.7mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 1kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
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