Tesco Energy Drink
February 9th, 2013A rejuvenated effort by Tesco to enter the own-brand energy drink market. Their previous own-brand, Kick / Kx, was quite a bitter tasting drink. This time, they’ve lost the bitterness, but ended up with something quite bland and watery. It’s perfectly drinkable and pleasant, but is lacking in flavour.
Cougar Double Shot
January 26th, 2013I had very high hopes for this drink after trying the normal Cougar Lifestyle Shot. It is billed as being the same flavour and size, but with double the amount of caffeine and all of the other active ingredients. Let’s start with the good points – it wakes you up better than any other shot you’ll find. Sadly though the extra power comes at the cost of taste, and the extremely nice flavour of the original shot has been lost by the taste of all the extra ingredients.
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| Caffeine: | 333.3mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 0kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
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| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Focus Energy Shot
January 19th, 2013This tastes okay really… still a tad on the bitter side but mostly it tastes like strawberries and sweet fruits of an unknown origin. It packs quite a punch but is also on the expensive side… quite why energy shots cost a lot more than their carbonated more voluminous canned cousins I don’t know. Anyway, touted as ‘fruity’ flavoured, you can certainly buy a lot worse, but it doesn’t make the top half of the list either.
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| Caffeine: | 90mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 6.7kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
| Sold By: | Holland and Barrett | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Quick Energy – Orange
January 12th, 2013Another nasty tasting bitter orange energy shot! It works well because I was at maximum alertness for a good few hours, but I also couldn’t get rid of the taste during that time either.
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| Caffeine: | 297mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Orange, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 8.5kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 59ml | ||
| Sold By: | Holland and Barrett | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Neuro Sonic
January 5th, 2013This is the other Neuro branded drink to contain caffeine alongside Neuro Trim. This one is aimed at improving your mental agility… mostly it just jerks you straight in to awakeness with its above average caffeine content. The odd shaped bottle does nothing to improve its image either, and the flavour is bizarre. It’s acceptable but not amazing, and given the price of the drink I’d say you are mostly paying for the brain boosting claims and lava-lamp shaped bottle. Probably not worth a second go for me.
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| Caffeine: | 35mg/100ml |
Tags: Bottle, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 8.5kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 430ml | ||
| Sold By: | Boots | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Red Rooster Light
December 29th, 2012An impromptue (and my first ever) visit to Farmfoods as I passed it in Bridgend led to the discovery of the light version of Red Rooster. It’s an improvement (as I find the sugar free versions usually are) on the full fat version as far as taste goes, and the can designers have gone with a minimalist silver design which makes it appear cheaper than it tastes. Incidentally, Farmfoods also sell Mountain Dew Energy in cans too which is the first place I’ve seen it outside of a bottle.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Farmfoods | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Asda Blue Charge Orange Twist
December 22nd, 2012Don’t believe the can… orange indeed. There’s probably some orange in there somewhere but it tastes much more like passionfruit than orange. There’s quite a sharp tropical fruit taste that comes through and it wasn’t as nice as I’d hoped… which is especially annoying given that I was expecting it to be orange! It has a decent kick though given it is full of sugar and caffeine, and it’s not a clone – but I do think it’s false advertising!
Neuro Trim
December 15th, 2012This non-carbonated caffeinated drink tastes strange. Not in a bad way I must add, but in an unusual way. It’s very nice but I can’t easily describe the flavour – I’d say it’s slightly fruity, possible citrus of some variety. It’s very smooth and mild in taste but it’s main selling feature is weight loss. The special fibre in the drink apparently swells up once ingested to make you feel full, whilst some other magical compound starts to absorb fat. Honestly, I can’t say I felt full after it because I still managed a burger, hot dog, and fries a couple of hours later. Most importantly though, it tastes good, is low in calories, and wakes you up with a mixture of added caffeine and green tea extract.
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| Caffeine: | 11.6mg/100ml |
Tags: Bottle, Low Calorie, Natural, UK |
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| Calories: | 8.5kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 430ml | ||
| Sold By: | Boots | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Emerge Juiced – Mixed Berry
December 8th, 2012Whenever a product includes blackcurrant, it instantly gets overwhelmed with that particular strong flavour. and sadly this has happened here. It tastes like a watered down Ribena which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. You can detect other flavours in there, and there’s no sense of this tasting like an energy drink either which for some is a bonus. Extra points for something a bit different, especially in such a budget brand of drinks.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, UK |
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| Calories: | 44kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
