Body Fuel Ultimate Pre-Workout: Cosmic Candy

October 25th, 2025

Another very high caffeine-content pre-workout drink so consume responsibly. “Cosmic Candy” is the flavour of this drink and the can has little wrapped sweets drawn all over it. The problem is candy doesn’t tend to be “candy” flavoured, that’s not a thing! Candy/sweets are normally specific flavours themselves, like lemon or lime or orange or something. This drink is basically mixed fruit flavoured. It’s very nice don’t get me wrong, and I’d love to know the actual flavourings used, but it’s like a mixture between summer fruits and forest fruits I’d guess. An interesting drink…

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(3.8/5)
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Caffeine: 61mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 0kCal/100ml
Size: 330ml
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Celsius Live Fit Cosmic Vibe Fruit Burst

August 9th, 2025

Interesting. I’m not sure what the official legal definition of ‘Cosmic Vibe’ flavouring is, but the can declares it as ‘mixed fruit’, which is basically what every Red Bull clone drink says it is. But this is not a clone. I’d say it’s sort of berry flavoured, more on the cherry side of things with a hint of citrus or pomegranate. There’s an odd bitter aftertaste but it’s not too strong. Mixed fruit is a good definition of what it is, but I wish they actually stated the specific fruits involved! Expensive and not as good as many alternatives, but mostly confusing with each sip.

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(3.8/5)
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Caffeine: 56mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 3kCal/100ml
Size: 355ml
Sold By: Asda
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Vimto Energy Zero

January 13th, 2024

Exactly the same as the regular full fat Vimto Energy only low in calories. Honestly, I couldn’t tell the difference, there was no strange aftertaste or ‘chewyness’ that you get sometimes with the sugar free variants. If you have the choice then you might as well go for this zero version.

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(4.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 4kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Poundland
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Hell Gamer Edition: Coco Split

November 26th, 2022

Coconut. Definitely coconut. The description on the can says that there’s also dragon fruit and tutti-frutti flavouring in there too, and I guess there is a fruity twang to it, but mostly it’s coconut. I don’t find coconut drinks very refreshing personally, but it’s not an offensive flavour! As with the other flavour I tried (Cherry Beam), it’s mostly about the branding on the can, and this particular one is calling itself a PvP flavour. I’m not sure of the relevance of that but, hey, it is what it is!

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(2.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 20kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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Hell Gamer Edition: Cherry Beam

November 19th, 2022

Let’s face it, these cans are designed to stand out with their gaming themed labels and branding. Honestly though, the references are lost on me… I’m not sure if Nova is a character in a game I’ve never heard of, or something else. Give me 1990s’ Doom and a bit of Tomb Raider and I’ll know what I’m doing, but all I can tell you about this drink is that underneath the pretty labels it’s a fizzy synthetic cherry flavoured drink. Not bad, but not special really.

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(2.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 20kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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Monster Juiced Khaotic

May 21st, 2022

The can blurb proclaims that the original Monster with juice was released in 2005. Now I don’t recall that product around that time, and I certainly haven’t ever reviewed it on this site, so unfortunately I have no baseline to compare this new “lightened up flavour” rebooted version against. What I will say is that it’s overwhelmingly orange and zesty. It definitely tastes like a Monster drink, and the ingredients include apple, orange, peach, tangerine, grape and pineapple juice, but to me the flavour is orange. It’s a really nice orange drink too so if this is a lighter version of the original then that was probably a decent drink too!

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 34kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Sainsbury's
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Mutant: Red Dawn

August 17th, 2019

I discovered this range of Mutant drinks in a confectionary import shop in Cardiff. I thought at first it was a Monster rip-off, but it turns out it is actually a genuine Monster brand. The drink has been imported from Vietnam, and there’s very little English on the label so it’s quite difficult to make out any information about it from there. However, remembering when I tried a bottle of Mutant a while back, this spin-off brand is Monster’s attempt to get in on the Mountain Dew market. Where the Gold Strike flavour of Mutant was attempting to copy the Mountain Dew White Out, I thought that obviously Red Dawn must be trying to copy Code Red. But, Code Red was a cherry drink, and I couldn’t detect any cherry flavouring in Red Dawn. I think it’s a lot more similar to Monster Assault – a harsh and slightly bitter-sweet flavour. It certainly wasn’t the smooth Mountain-Dew-like experience that I was expecting. Not as nice as Gold Strike, but drinkable never-the-less.

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 20mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 69kCal/100ml
Size: 330ml
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Relentless Passion Punch

July 2nd, 2016

The can design is one of the boldest on the shelves and certainly doesn’t put you in mind for the flavour it contains. Passion Punch is mostly tropical, but on the sweet and smooth side of your taste buds. As usual, a 500ml can full of sugar is hard going (think fluffy teeth after drinking this!) but it’s not too sickly.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 58kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Co-op
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Big Up Power Fruit Punch

October 11th, 2014

Never underestimate the power to big up yourself. Well, at least that’s what it says on the can. This fruit punch flavoured drink is quite nice actually. Checking out the web site shows that this drink is also available in original and ginger flavours, but I haven’t found them in the shops yet. There marketing also appears to be all about alcohol, with mixer suggestions available for each flavour.

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(3.1/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 52kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Tesco
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