Rockstar First Start: Mixed Berries
March 24th, 2018Well, I suppose it’s ok – but nothing special. It’s like they’ve taken the idea from an own-brand (like Asda/Tesco) and then watered it down somewhat. It tastes to me like a weak mixed berry squash. Just like the Orange and Clementine version, it has a natural source of caffeine and contains fruit juice. It’s still my personal opinion that you shouldn’t start the day with an energy drink – your normal healthy diet should come first, therefore I can’t condone the branding choice here. But… if you had to choose a First Start drink, I’d go for the Orange over this Berries one.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Guarana, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 6kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Rockstar First Start: Orange Clementine
February 3rd, 2018I’m trying to figure out what makes First Start different to other Rock Star energy drinks. It says that it derives its caffeine from natural sources (so that’ll be the guarana then, not so unusual), and that it contains 5% fruit juice. I guess it’s that last point that makes it ‘first start’, like it’s supposed to be your morning fruit juice drink possibly? Bad idea if you’re doing that in any case! Anyway, the drink has a nice sweet orange flavour to it, quite sugary tasting yet low in calories. If we ignore the odd/confusing branding choices, it’s a good old stonking sized can of energy drink.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Clementime, Guarana, Large Can, Low Calorie, Orange, UK |
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| Calories: | 5kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Colossus Zero
January 20th, 2018Pretty much like its full fat brother, Colossus is Lidl’s attempt to mimic Monster’s branding witha giant ripped-style letter X on the front of the can. I mean, it’s even using the same colours as Monster with green for the original version and blue for this low calorie version.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Lidl | ||
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Kong Strong Sugar Free
January 13th, 2018Surprisingly this didn’t actually taste anything like the full fat version, it’s almost like a totally different formula. I found it a bit sickly and maybe with a hint of aniseed too, it’s not often I prefer the non-diet version of a particular brand but in this case normal Kong is better.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Lidl | ||
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Colossus
January 6th, 2018I purchased this from Lidl at the same time as I purchased Kong Strong, and given that the old Lidl energy drink brand was called Mixxed Up I expected them both to taste more or less the same as that and therefore each other. They were quite different though – compared to Kong Strong, this drink is more tart and sour, and quite difficult to drink in such a large quantity. I struggled through it with my teeth and tongue feeling fuzzy and coated afterwards… if you have the choice, don’t choose this one.
Asda Blue Charge Diet Orange and Mango
December 30th, 2017At least the own-brand me-too drink makers are starting to get it right. This one was at least in the ‘ok’ group of drinks. It wasn’t too sweet or sour, but had just the right amount of tang to it.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Mango, Orange, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Asda | ||
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Kong Strong
December 23rd, 2017Not just strong, but KONG STRONG! I assume this drink is branded to take advantage of the recent Kong movie. Taste-wise it was ok, very sweet and pleasant to drink. I have a feeling though that’s it’s just a rebranded version of their Mixxxxxxxxxed Up drink of days gone by.
Aspire Mango Lemonade
December 16th, 2017I drank this one with memories of the other Aspire drinks close to hand… and as I suspected I didn’t enjoy it. It’s really bitter and watery, with no real fruity flavouring or sweetness to it at all. It tastes how you’d expect something really healthy to taste! There’s no tropical or lemon hints there at all, sorry…
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Green Tea, Lemon, Low Calorie, Mango, UK |
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| Calories: | 0.8kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Poundland | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Sunsoul Kaffir Lime and Lemon
December 9th, 2017A nice little lemon-lime energy drink. The selling point of this one is its use of natural fruit juice instead of artificial flavourings. I think it really makes a different because it’s fruity and refreshing… it’s just a shame that fruit juice isn’t low calorie!
