Orange KMX Energy Drink Review

FINALLY!!! I've found it. KMX was my favorite early energy drink. Before the category proliferated you had a choice of Red Bull, KMX or 180. KMX was always my favorite. Sure the 8 oz. can with the swirly symbol was kind of boring and I had no idea what KMX stood for... I still don't. But the drink tasted good, at least I remembered it tasting good. Sadly KMX disappeared, the powers that be at Coke decided it couldn't compete with Red Bull and dropped it to replace it with Full Throttle. Well I found a lone can of KMX on a shelf and had to get it. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.

When you open KMX the fake orange scent hits you like a tidal wave of Sunkist soda. The color really looks alot like Full Throttle Fury with a dark orange color that seems darker than 180. The flavor is so good. It's like a nice round fake tangerine flavor. It takes the best part of tangerine and mixes it with Vitamin C pills, a little mineraly this and just a hint of mandarin orange sourness. It really is a genius product, so dang good. I like this way better than either Full Throttle or Full Throttle Fury and it sure as heck beats out 180 and Red Bull. I think it might even make my top ten taste list if it wasn't discontinued. There's no gumminess, weird flavors, or over sweetness. This was a prime time energy drink before its time.

KMX did okay on ingredients. It has HFCS, sucrose, yerba mate extract, ginseng, caffeine, choline, B Vitamins, guarana. Sadly there is no taurine. That's a complete let down, though it did give me a boost comparable to Red Bull, but not as heavy as some of the other newer drinks like Monster. That lack of taurine explains why Coke had to do away with it, though couldn't they just have added taurine instead of scrapping it and going with Full Throttle? This drink really was ahead of its time with a good flavor and some solid energy ingredients, if only it had gotten a real chance. What's even sadder is that KMX Blue was even better. I still have really fond memories of KMX Blue. If you find it please let me know, I would freaking love to get my hands on some.