SCI-MX Xplode: Original
October 4th, 2025There’s a new category of energy drinks popping up in shops recently: the pre-workout drinks. These are usually 330ml cans with extra high caffeine content of around 200mg. You’ve got to be careful drinking these – please consume carefully or if you’re particularly sensitive to caffeine then avoid and go for one of the regular energy drinks. This particular drink is from SCI-MX, the sports nutrition brand who mostly make protein supplements and similar products so I guess a pre-workout drink is on-brand. The original flavour I’m trying here is unusual – I was expecting some sort of Red Bull clone but what I actually got was a tangy sour fruit drink, possibly passion fruit? There’s no clue on the can as to the flavour but it’s certainly an interesting choice for the ‘original’ variety. Also in this can is 3g of citrulline malate… and yes, I’m Googling that right now… one second reader. Oh, ok… it’s some sort of pre-workout supplement that delays the on-set of muscle fatigue. So I guess if you’re about to run a marathon then it could be useful – I’m sure if you’re already serious about supplements in your training plan then you’ll already be taking this, so if you are then make sure you’ve considered that this drink already contains one of your doses.
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| Caffeine: | 60mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Passion Fruit, UK |
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| Calories: | 7kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 330ml | ||
| Sold By: | B&M | ||
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Celsius Live Fit Sunset Vibe Mango Passion Fruit
June 7th, 2025As I write this review it’s one of the warmest days of the year so far and a tropical flavoured drink goes down very nicely on a day like today. This drink is not too sickly and nicely sugar-free, but it is quite heavy on the caffeine so packs a decent punch of wake-up-ness.
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| Caffeine: | 56mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Mango, Passion Fruit |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | Morrisons | ||
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Kong Strong Colossus: Orange, Passion Fruit, Guava
October 19th, 2024It’s a tropical energy drink. Badge it up however you like by listing the fruits used but at the end of the day it’s a huge (colossal?) can of tropical energy drink! Not bad, and from the budget supermarket Lidl so a decent price too.
Rubicon Raw Pineapple and Passion Fruit
April 29th, 2023It’s just a really sugary tasting tropical energy drink. Loads of it, gives you quite a fruity rush I guess and it’s not bad tasting, but it really isn’t anything special.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Passion Fruit, Pineapple, UK |
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| Calories: | 21kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
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Xyber Orange
December 25th, 2021How on Earth do you pronounce Xyber? Ex-eye-ber? Zyber? Cyber? Who knows… despite it being ‘orange’ in the name, it’s much more of a tropical drink. Quite refreshing, easy to drink, but quite furry on your teeth by the time you’ve finished it! There was an empty space on the shelf next to this one for another Xyber flavour and if I can track that one down it will be interesting – berries I think…
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Mango, Passion Fruit, UK |
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| Calories: | 20kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | B&M | ||
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Sunsoul Passion Fruit
July 18th, 2020It looks like Sunsoul are taking a different approach with their branding now. Gone from the can design is the random ‘#’ of the variety, this flavour is just a name. the can design also has a lot more colour with a bright pink top half instead of the all-white minimalistic design on the other flavours. The flavour is quite sharp and obviously on the tropical side. I found it quite sickly even though it’s not too overloaded with sugar.
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| Caffeine: | 26mg/100ml |
Tags: Passion Fruit, UK |
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| Calories: | 31.6kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
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Rockstar Baja Juiced – Passion Frutas
May 2nd, 2020Well, you can write it in Spanish if you like, but it’s still a tropical/passion fruit drink. Yes it’s fruity, yes it’s very sweet, but it’s really quite a summery drink and odd to find in the depths of a British Winter. Given the many, many, MANY other tropical style Rockstar drinks I’ve discovered over the years, I’m really not sure what distinguishes this particular one from any of the others… perhaps it’s just a marketing thing?
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Passion Fruit, UK |
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| Calories: | 46kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Premier Stores | ||
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Monster Punch: Pipeline Punch
July 29th, 2017When you open the can you are greeted with the unmistakable ‘tropical’ aroma of this drink. It turns out the taste is not quite as the smell suggests – it’s fruity and slightly sharp, but much smoother than say Monster Ripper.
Burn Passion Punch
October 8th, 2016Not bad at all! It’s really sweet and tropical, but the balance is just right and it’s pleasant to drink. A larger than normal can and packed full of sugar, it’s not one for regular consumption though.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Norway, Passion Fruit |
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| Calories: | 58kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | 7 Eleven, Stavanger | ||
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