Friday, September 5, 2008

Sugarfree Wild Buzz Energy Drink

There have been some damn bad names in the history of the energy market, but this one might take the cake. Sugar Free Wild Buzz. It sounds like the nickname for an old dog or some military haircut that went haywire. I figured I'd give it a try anyway, I mean they have to get some points for coming up with a name that bad. Not that the can is much better than the name. It looks like they tried to shave costs by not painting the entire can. The logo looks pathetic and to be honest nothing about this can says energy to me or symbolizes buzz. Maybe a ragged font and a yellow and black color theme could have salvaged this thing, but I'm not sure.

The color that comes out of the can is the same as Von Dutch. My instincts are screaming Red Bull clone. And it's not actually a bad one. It's probably a bit too sweet to be great but doesn't make you gag like some of the other clones. It's got the classic gumminess in a decent amount and has a more noticeable grape flavor than normal. For a sugar free drink, this actually betas out Red Bull Sugar Free, but it's too sweet with barely any sourness to offset it to be a good drink.

Energy ingredients are taurine, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, hexametaphosphate, caffeine, glucuronolactone, inositol, and B Vitamins. I'm not sure why the hexametaphosphate is necessary though. That stuff still scares me and I'd tentatively recommend this as a good sugar free Red Bull substitute if it didn't have that.

Due to popular request, I've activated the legend at the right so that you can now see which drinks fall under each category. Just click on the name and you'll see all of the drinks with that property. Enjoy and keep drinking taurine!

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