Cascabel Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

With Cascabel Sugar Free Energy Drink, I recall my experience of the original Cascabel Energy Drink by Don Humberto. I was not favorably impressed back then, but decided that I would give the sugar free version of the beverage a try. I still appreciate the rattlesnake branding of Cascabel Sugar Free and think that a snake is an under appreciated energy drink mascot (dang, why can't I find Cobra Energy Drink). Rattlesnakes are renowned for the bite and my first experience with Cascabel showed that the flavor sure did bite. I'm hoping the Sugar Free version can step it up.

Cascable Sugar Free Energy Drink has the classic yellow energy drink color. The taste reminds me of those candies made by Willy Wonka, Runts. They were little hard fruit shaped candies that had a distinctive sweet-sour flavor. Cascabel Sugar Free specifically reminds me of the lime ones with a dull sourness. I actually like the sugar free version better than the regular because the sweetness is a little more tame even if it tastes kind of artificial. This isn't your average energy drink flavor, but is worth trying for a change of pace.

Another thing I remembered about Cascabel was the crazy ingredient list. Cascabel Sugar Free has the same list, but trades in the sugar for sucralose as an artificial sweetener and has only 10 calories. That makes the list of ingredients Vitamin C, B Vitamins, 1100 mg taurine, l-carnitine, gingko, caffeine, guarana, green tea, inositol, glucuronolactone, MPS, Oat Beta Glucan, MSM, CoQ-10, siberian ginseng, and sucralose. I felt like the boost was a little above average, but nothing outstanding. I had hoped for more given the ingredient list. I would say this snake will translate into about 4 hours of energy, which is decent for an 8 ounce drink. However, you don't really get a great peak of energy and just have an average rush that seems to last a decent amount of time. It's too bad all those ingredients just aren't working for Cascabel Sugar Free.