Lucozade Energy Mango Mandarin (The Brazilian)

August 16th, 2014

Too high in sugar, too low in caffeine, and much too tropical for my liking. It’s sharp and tart in flavour, mostly taking its flavour from pineapple from what I can tell. It’s Lucozade’s World Cup 2014 special edition and apparently “it’s like a carnival in your mouth”. Hmm.

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(1.7/5)
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Caffeine: 12mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 62kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Take Off – Tropical

June 7th, 2014

Horrid horrid horrid horrid. Sharp, sour, nasty. Sorry, but this drink is a prime example of my dislike of tropical flavoured energy drinks. I’d just started to enjoy some of the more recent tropical discoveries which are generally sweeter, but this one is down at the bottom of the pile I’m afraid. It came in a slightly larger can that normal energy drinks, but that just made things worse to be honest.

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(1.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 50kCal/100ml
Size: 330ml
Sold By: BP Petrol Station, Barcelona
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Source Tropical

March 22nd, 2014

Meh… just a bland tropical tasting drink really. It’s inoffensive and that’s about as complimentary as I can be. To be honest, Morrison’s have just included this flavour to complete their band-wagon jumping range.

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(2.2/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Lucozade Sport Mango & Passion Fruit

March 8th, 2014

It’s basically tropical… when you see mango and passion fruit, it means tropical. Still, refreshing, but I prefer non-tropical drinks. It’ll do the job of giving you a boost, but if you like tropical drinks, go for a less watery tasting one, and if you don’t like tropical drinks, don’t get this one of course!

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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 16mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 28kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Tesco
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LSV Juiced Tropical

February 22nd, 2014

Sharp and tangy, perhaps I’m warming to the idea of tropical energy drinks after the unstoppable onslaught of them in recent months. I’d still prefer something less tropical, but it was okay I suppose. Cheap and cheerful but nothing special

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(1.8/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 46kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Lifestyle Stores UK
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No Fear Tropical Storm

February 1st, 2014

No Fear is generally one of my favourite brands of energy drink, not only for the flavour but also for the originality of a re-sealable can. The two newest additions to the range, Blue Storm and Tropical Storm, do not feature this latter unique selling point unfortunately. Whilst I enjoyed Blue Storm, Tropical Storm was sadly nothing special. It’s a sharp and sweet tropical drink which tastes much the same as any other tropical flavoured energy drink. Still, if you like that sort of thing then you get a lot of drink for your money so far as premium brands go.

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(2.8/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 41kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Blue Spark Tropical Sugar Free

January 15th, 2014

Well, it’s alright. That’s as complimentary as I’m getting with this drink. It was a little watery, but not offensive.

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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 4kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Euro Shopper Energy Drink Tropical Orange

November 12th, 2013

For only 39p it’s not too bad. More orangy than tropically I’d say, but still a little on the sharp side for my liking. It’s obviously a budget drink and both the can design and taste reflect that, but if you want something different to the normal energy drink taste then you can’t really go too far wrong with this one.

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(2.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 30kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Premiere Stores
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EQ8 – Orange & Passion Fruit

July 10th, 2013

This EQ8 flavour, I assume, is not as healthy as the Cranberry & Apple version. I say this only because it doesn’t have the “1 of your 5 a day” logo stamped on the front of it. However like the other one, it is packed full of fruit juices and doesn’t contained any added sugar. The combination of juices in this drink give it a tropical flavour, and is much sweeter than the other flavour. It has a refreshing taste to it but doesn’t give you much of a caffeine kick.

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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 42.8kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Morrisons
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