Posts Tagged ‘V’

Citrus Smart Energy Drink

March 24, 2009Matt No Comments »

Spring Valley Smart Energy drinks are fairly new in the energy drink market with three flavours so far. Citrus, blueberry and blood orange with chili.
I’ve decided to give all of them a try, from their names, citrus doesn’t seem too unusual, blueberry is a bit of an unusual one, but blood orange with chili is [...]

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Rock Energy Drink

December 1, 2008Matt No Comments »

I came across these Rock Energy Drinks at Kmart recently. Since I won’t buy from Kmart anymore withouat a really good reason (a story for another time), I had a look at Coles where I found them in a pack of 4 for $4.00. I realise buying from Coles isn’t much different to Kmart since [...]

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V Berry Energy Drink

April 8, 2008Matt 2 Comments »

V Berry is in my opinion the nicest variation of the V energy drinks. It does however come at a cost, it has a lower caffeine quantity. It is probably also the healthiest of the V range as it actually has some fruit juice in it (thus the reduced caffeine quantities in order to fit [...]

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V Sugar Free Energy Drink

March 28, 2008Matt 6 Comments »

So you’ve got your normal V, then theres your sugar free variety, aptly called “V Sugar Free”.
This variety of V actually tastes very much like the regular stuff. Like any sugar free variant, it does taste somewhat worse than the original, but it’s not much worse.
They are currently $2.20 a can at Coles and are [...]

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V Energy Drink

March 27, 2008Matt 2 Comments »

V is manufactured by Frucor Beverages in New Zealand and is one of the first energy drinks in a can to appear on the market in Australia (on their website, V acknowledge Red Bull as being the first) and it seems to have remained one of the most popular.
I refer to V a lot in [...]

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Coles Zu Sublime Energy Drink

March 23, 2008Matt 9 Comments »

As with many other products that Coles do their own brand of, Coles have brought out their own energy drink, “Coles Zu Energy”. It is available in two flavours, today I will be reviewing the Sublime flavour. If you are looking for the Ballistic flavour, have a look at my “Coles Zu Ballistic Energy Drink” [...]

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Heart Damage?

November 4, 2007Matt No Comments »

From Wikipedia
So, I have been looking into this whole V Energy Drink causing heart damage when consumed in excessive quantities. Thus far, the only thing I have been able to find relating at all to it is the fact that it has caffeine and taurine in it.
According to what I have found, the research is [...]

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