Flyte: Green Mango
January 4th, 2020This is an odd one to describe. The ingredients lists fruit juices from concentrate: grape, passion fruit, lemon and lime. It also lists ‘flavourings’… but, and critically, there is specifically no mango mentioned anywhere specifically. In a green mango flavoured drink. I’d never heard of a green mango before so I had to Google it, and the first result was a Wikipedia entry about a type of Hummingbird of that name. I’m assuming the drink doesn’t contain hummingbird as that might go against its vegan credentials. Anyway, regardless of what it’s called and what it does or doesn’t contain, it’s a tropical flavoured energy drink, and nothing fancier or more complicated than that.
Flyte: Red Berries
December 28th, 2019This drink is branded at the super-premium end of the spectrum. It has a matt-black can design and is pretending it’s some sort of carbon-neutral domestic energy supplier with its “clean energy” tag line. The clean part is actually referring to the natural sources of caffeine and the vegan/non-GMO ingredient list. Taste-wise it’s quite bitter, which was surprising seeing as drinks containing strawberry are usually quite sweet.
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| Caffeine: | 30.3mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Raspberry, Strawberry, UK |
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| Calories: | 12kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Paddington Station | ||
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Reign: Lemon HDZ
December 21st, 2019Considerably better than the melon variant and quite unusual tasting. It was fresh yet synthetic and not a lemon flavour I’ve come across before. It’s got those all important BCAAs in for the body builders (I’m not convinced by this latest trend which you may have realised if you’ve read previous reviews). Very high in caffeine and a large can, so be careful and drink in moderation! After a bit of research, it turns out that Reign is in fact a sister brand for Monster (not a sub-brand)… just a bit of added energy drink trivia for you there.
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| Caffeine: | 40mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Lemon, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
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Reign: Melon Mania
December 14th, 2019Well this is another one of those BCAA containing drinks that’s all the rage at the moment, but it is also quite high in caffeine. The flavour was very synthetic and sweet, and given it was a large can it was also quite sickly to drink despite being low calorie. That said, it wasn’t unpleasant… if you find this brand, go for the lemon flavour – much better.
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| Caffeine: | 40mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Low Calorie, Melon, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
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Rockstar Baja Juiced – El Mango
November 30th, 2019A nice tropical flavoured drink in a massive can – it was quite refreshing and mild too. It’s just a shame it’s so high in calories! It doesn’t score very high on originality though despite calling it El Mango… it’s a tropical drink in everything but name.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Mango, UK |
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| Calories: | 48kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Premier Stores UK | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
4move Active Vitamin Lime
November 23rd, 2019Quite an unusual drink given that it’s not actually billed as an energy drink. It’s a magnesium and vitamin drink with a low caffeine content provided by guarana. The guarana content according to the nutrition label is 0.01% which likely makes the caffeine content lower than that. Now then, magnesium is obviously an essential part of our diet, but I can’t help but think that whacking it in a high sugar drink like this is somewhat counterintuitive though. One of magnesium’s purported benefits is reducing the risk of diabetes, so maybe it should be an essential ingredient in all high sugar drinks – targetted delivery? Just my thoughts anyway. The lime flavour was sweet and natural, very refreshing, and as a soft drink this was a nice treat. As an energy drink (which to be fair, it’s not branded as such) it didn’t provide a kick.
Boost Energy – Cherry Burst
August 3rd, 2019I was a little bit disappointed with this drink. It started off great, a nice and sweet fix cherry flavour that was a bit different to the norm. But, after only a few sips it became quite sickly to drink. That’s a shame really because they really have tried something different, so maybe it’s just not to my taste.
Moose Juice Energy Shot Rainbow Candy
May 25th, 2019This is a flavour first – I’ve never seen a ‘rainbow candy’ drink before, energy or otherwise. As a shot, you do get a very slight bitterness, but it’s tempered a lot by the sweetness. Yes… an energy shot that tastes sweet! I’d really like to try a regular energy drink of this flavour as I’d reckon it’d be quite a treat. This shot also has added BCAAs for the gym-goers.
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| Caffeine: | 333mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Rainbow Candy, Shot, UK |
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| Calories: | 29kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
| Sold By: | B&M Bargains | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Coca-Cola Energy
May 18th, 2019What can I say other than it’s a potent version of Coca Cola? I’m not much of a Coke drinker to be honest, but to me it didn’t taste any different to regular Coke. It’s got a much higher caffeine content, and doesn’t appear to be suffering from a lack of sugar either.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Cola, UK |
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| Calories: | 42kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Asda | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
