Full Throttle Sugarfree Energy Review

Full Throttle is one of those drinks that most people have strong feelings about. It's either a love it or hate it drink. For me, I love it. I don't want to pander to the corporate entity that is Coca Cola, but they really did a nice job with the product: nice taste, good can, decent kick. Now I thought it was time to give Full Throttle Sugar Free a try. The can is the same basic 16 oz. can as Full Throttle but with some silver flames at the top and bottom with the words Sugar Free in red. I like the flames, they give the can a little more edge, but the words Sugar Free just look stupid. I just feel like they could have done a little more.

The color of Full Throttle Sugar Free is the same as the original Full Throttle, with an almost AMP like color but a little lighter greenish yellow. The flavor is a strong mix of lime & melon, much like the original. In fact you really can't tell that it's sugar free. This is a really strong entry in the sugar free category and definitely one of the best ones I've tried.

The kick from FT SF was a little weak. I think that's because there's only 1210 mg of taurine. They do an okay job on other ingredients with ginseng, caffeine, B Vitamins carnitine and guarana, but then throw in a bunch of sketchy stuff like acacia, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, sodium saccharin and ester of wood rosin. Not all of those are super sketchy but I think sodium saccharin is one of those artificial sweeteners that has been known to cause cancer in laboratory rats. Sure they gave those rats gobs of it, but with the amount of energy drinks I consumer, I'm going to have to pass on drinking too much. I'll look forward to trying the sugar free version of Full Throttle Fury and hopefully it won't have that stuff in it. I've also heard that Coke is coming out with a new Full Throttle flavor called Blue Demon, so keep your fingers crossed for that one.