Guru Good Energy Focus Peach Mango Punch

January 4th, 2025

A tangy and sharp tasting tropical energy drink. Nothing particularly special but it packs a punch in terms of flavour and a decent hit of caffeine too.

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 39mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 14kCal/100ml
Size: 355ml
Sold By: Canada
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Guru Good Energy Original

December 28th, 2024

This was brought back for me from Canada and the can proudly declares its Canadianness in many places! Taste-wise it’s basically what you’d expect from a generic-brand energy drink – sweet, tart and sickly. What I do find very interesting though is the use of grape juice listed in the ingredients. It’s not often you see actual fruit listed in the ingredients of what is usually a “mixed fruit” flavoured drinks so it has got me thinking, is the main fruit used in other generic energy drinks actually grape?? This might be a mystery solved here…

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 39.4mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 32kCal/100ml
Size: 355ml
Sold By: Canada
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Monster Punch: Pipeline Punch

July 29th, 2017

When 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.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 34.5mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 44kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: 7-Eleven, Vancouver
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Beaver Buzz Energy

July 22nd, 2017

Once again, purchased just for the name! It’s a clone, but one with amusing packaging 🙂 Only available in Canada!

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(2.6/5)
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Caffeine: 37mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 50.7kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Safeway, Vancouver
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Monster Energy: Gronk

July 8th, 2017

I have no idea who this Gronk guy is, and the labelling on the can doesn’t do much to help me either… so over to Google and it turns out he’s a footballer of the American variety. I’m guessing there’s some sort of sponsorship tie-in here then… trying the drink out, it’s basically a slightly tweaked regular Monster energy drink, like the one with the green M on the can but probably a little less sweet tasting. It was nice to try, but really not worth the special edition labelling.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 33.8mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 46.5kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: 7 Eleven, Vancouver
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Monster Ultra Black

June 17th, 2017

This cherry flavoured drink is really nice – but it does need to be drunk whilst cool. Once it starts to warm up it becomes a little sickly.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 31mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 2kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Safeway, Vancouver
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Nos

June 10th, 2017

It’s a clone! If I’d purchased this in the UK I’d have expected to find it in a budget shop costing only a few pence, but as I purchased this in Vancouver it cost a fortune! It’s really quite strong and sugary, and sparked me into life very quickly, but given its competition of the bigger brands it just doesn’t compare on taste.

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(2.2/5)
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Caffeine: 33.6mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 40kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: 7 Eleven, Vancouver
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Mountain Dew Kickstart Orange Citrus

June 3rd, 2017

Just a pleasant smooth orange energy drink. Nothing special about it, but it has the expected Mountain Dew feel to it.

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(2.5/5)
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Caffeine: 17.5mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 17kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: 7 Eleven, Vancouver
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Beaver Buzz: Canadian Punch Sugar Free

May 20th, 2017

I have to admit, this drink was purchased mainly for the interesting name… <insert innuendo here>. It’s quite sickly and not refreshing, the fruit punch flavour being very strong.

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(3/5)
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Caffeine: 37.6mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 0kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Safeway, Vancouver
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