Red Bull – The Lilac Edition Sugar Free (2025) Grapefruit & Blossom
July 14th, 2025It’s not often I’m disappointed with a Red Bull drink, but this time I was 🙁 I’m not saying it was a bad drink at all, it was quite nice and refreshing, but with this being billed as a ‘lilac edition’ I was hoping for something special, especially with the ‘blossom’ flavouring mentioned. Sadly this drink pretty much just tastes like a tropical energy drink – from the grapefruit I assume. Perhaps the blossom needed to be paired with something gentler in flavour, maybe a very light lemon flavouring, in order for it to shine through. Also, why lilac? It’s not purple in colour inside the can. My brain was expecting something more like grape flavouring rather than grapefruit. Anyway – also available in full fat (if I can find that version to compare), this is very low in calories due to it being the sugar-free version.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Blossom, Grapefruit, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | Co-op | ||
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Levi Roots Energy: Caribbean Crush
January 25th, 2025A reasonably decent tropical drink branded with the Dragons’ Den star’s now iconic name! Apart from the branding, there isn’t too much that stands out about the product. It was a good price for a large can and contained real fruit juice too which I guess is a bonus.
Monster Ultra Rosa
March 11th, 2023I don’t know where to place this really. It doesn’t stand out as something special, but I can’t quite figure out the fruits involved either! The can talks about grapefruit, but I’m getting berries, maybe strawberry and other mixed red berries. It’s ok, maybe a bit of a summer drink, but not that refreshing really.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Grapefruit, Large Can, Low Calorie, Rose, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
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Madcan Energy
August 6th, 2022Well it’s supposed to be grapefruit flavoured but to me it tastes like what you get if you mix a cheap clone drink with some tropical energy drink… quite an odd combo, but not necessarily unpleasant!
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Grapefruit, Large Can, UK |
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| Calories: | 22kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
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Combu Radler Grapefruit Lime
February 1st, 2020I have to say, I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one. With the note on the can to say there’s no alcohol, I was puzzled – turns out that the drink is brewed so basically tastes like non-alcoholic beer! I’m not a fan of beer, so I didn’t particularly enjoy it. Also, I couldn’t taste any grapefruit or lime… I’m sure it was in there somewhere but the brewed flavour was overwhelmingly the dominant flavour.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Grapefruit, Lime, Radler, UK |
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| Calories: | 28kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Poundstretcher | ||
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Tornado: Ice
December 5th, 2015Honestly, I had to look up this drink on their web site in order to find out what flavour ‘Ice’ is. It turns out that it’s Grapefruit and Lemon, so it’s no wonder I couldn’t guess the combination. (Note: I’ve realised that the can actually mentions this too, I should have looked more closely!) It’s tangy and fresh, quite nice, but very sweet. The can also has the lift and slide style re-sealable can which is tricky to use.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Grapefruit, Guarana, Large Can, Lemon, UK |
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| Calories: | 49kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | One Stop | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
