Monster Rehab: Tea + Lemonade + Energy
March 17th, 2012This drink surprised me: it didn’t have the usual Monster flavour that I was expecting. Being non-carbonated, it shares more in common with some of the Rockstar drinks instead, but is still very nice. It mostly tasted like still lemonade, but did have a note of tea about it even if it was very faint. There’s nothing else out there on the market quite like this, so full marks for originality, but I am a little disappointed that it didn’t jump out as being a Monster Energy drink from the taste.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Guarana, Large Can, Lemon, Low Calorie, Tea, UK |
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| Calories: | 10kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Lucozade Revive – Lemongrass & Ginger
March 10th, 2012Mmmmm nice. Lemongrass and Ginger flavoured sparkling water according to the label, and it’s like drinking a Chinese takeaway. That’s not as minging as it sounds because the drink is really refreshing and more-ish. At only 50 calories it also fits in to the diet category of drinks too. Sadly though, the wake-up factor is low, with no caffeine content listed on the label leading me to assume it must be very low. The caffeine actually in the product is naturally sourced from coffee beans but wasn’t enough to give me the required hit. Still, a very nice product and well worth a try.
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| Caffeine: | 1mg/100ml |
Tags: Bottle, Ginger, Lemongrass, Low Calorie, Natural, UK |
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| Calories: | 13kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 380ml | ||
| Sold By: | Sodexho | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Rockstar Sugar Free PerfectBerry
March 3rd, 2012The opinion of people surrounding me whilst I drank this was overwhelmingly about the smell. I didn’t notice that, but taste-wise it was highly perfumed! It was quite a synthetic berry flavour and in keeping with Rockstar tradition, very smooth to drink. The can size was smaller than usual at only 355 ml, and the associated caffeine kick was therefore lessened accordingly.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | Asda | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Hell Sugarfree
February 11th, 2012As I expected, an improvement on the regular Hell but sadly still not original. It is a Red Bull clone through and through which is a shame considering the great can design and product image. They could have done so much more.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 2kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Filco | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Blue Bear Light
January 28th, 2012I’m still not sure what it is about sugar-free energy drinks that makes them taste (usually) considerably better than their lard enducing counterparts, but Blue Bear Light follows the same trend. Spar’s own-brand diet energy drink is a nice little Red Bull clone but sadly a tad overpriced in my opinion.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Spar | ||
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Lucozade Alert Plus Shot
January 7th, 2012A very sour lemon tasting shot, but it does wake you up. It’s also sugar free as standard which is unusual given that Lucozade products are normally quite high in sugar and calories. The sugar isn’t missed though because you get the energy hit quickly and it lasts for a few hours making this quite an effective shot.
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| Caffeine: | 200mg/100ml |
Tags: Lemon, Low Calorie, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 3.3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
| Sold By: | Spar | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Rip It Shot – Citrus X
November 12th, 2011Yay! An energy drink brand with lots of different flavours of energy shots instead of the normal boring single flavour in full-fat and sugar-free. Rip It Shots are ALL sugar free, and they’re all based on flavours from the main Rip It line. This flavour sort of tastes like a bitter version of Rip It Citrus X – you can taste the oranges. It’s nice as energy shots go and can be downed without gagging which is good going compared to some energy shots (ahem, Target Urban…)
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| Caffeine: | 166.7mg/100ml |
Tags: Citrus, Low Calorie, Shots, UK, USA |
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| Calories: | 0kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
| Sold By: | www.americanfizz.co.uk | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Target Energy Shot – Urban
November 5th, 2011When I opened the bottle up, I was immediately hit with a nasty smell. It was like someone had farted in the bottle then closed the lid. Then I tasted it and that confirmed my suspicions. I’m pretty sure someone had infused a fart with this drink – it tastes awful. Seriously, go and buy one of these because you need to taste it to believe it! It’s a double strength version of the ‘life’ Target energy shot, and also boasts only 4 calories. Personally I’d have been grateful for an extra few calories just to improve the flavour.
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| Caffeine: | 140mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 6.7kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Source Sugar Free
October 15th, 2011It tastes no different to the full-fat Source (click here for that review). Obviously because it is sugar free, I preferred it, but taste-wise it was exactly the same.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 2kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Morrisons | ||
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