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In his unending quest to plagiarise every single thing that stands as good and decent about the internet, Datazoid proudly ventures toward Chefelf's very own Extinct Beverage Museum. Besides, Datazoid is on a different continent. Datazoid has access to beverages Chefelf does not. Datazoid also speaks often in the third person, it seems. Anyhow. Fanfare ahoy!
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Tagline: |
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| "Guarana Energy". It used to be "Vitalise body and mind". Now it isn't. Hm. |
Manufacturer: |
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| Frucor Beverages, New Zealand. |
Website: |
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| www.v-energydrink.com
It's still under construction, but it has some semi-interesting information about the origins of the drink and a bit about the history of energy drinks. |
Magical Contents: |
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| The only real ingredient of note is guarana.
Click here for information on these ingredients. |
Medical Warnings: |
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| "Contains caffeine at levels found in an average cup of coffee, so is not suitable for children, pregnant or lactating women, or persons sensitive to caffeine." |
Volume: |
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| Bottle; 350ml. |
Daily Dosage: |
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| "1.5 bottles max, daily." Which raises the interesting point of how many people will drink half a bottle and toss the remainder. |
Nutritional Info: |
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| Contains virtually four times the energy content of the other drinks reviewed so far. Which is interesting.
Ingredient |
Graph for idiots
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Amount per 100ml |
Energy |
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45.5cal |
Carbohydrates |
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11.2g |
Sugars |
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11.2g |
Chemicals |
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Amount per 100ml |
Caffeine |
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31mg |
Taurine |
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200mg |
Niacin |
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2.9mg |
Vitamin B6 |
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0.46mg |
Pantothenic Acid |
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0.7mg |
Glucuronolactone |
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25mg |
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The Longneck's Back! Frankly, I preferred the other bottles.
To the eye:
It's extremely yellow, quite like Red Eye Gold. Unlike the Red Eye beverages, which I use as a benchmark due to their superiority in most regards (i.e. taste), V retains its carbonation, rather than losing it entirely upon the bottle being opened.
It's yellow and has bubbles that don't escape.
To the nose:
It has a strong berry-like taste with a hint of medicine. It smells quite refreshing. Disturbingly, however, if you leave an open can or bottle of V in your car for a length of time, it emits a smell not dissimilar to superglue.
To the mouth:
It's quite strong. It tastes very much of berries, like some odd foreign fruit drink. There's no real taste evidence of vitamin B, which is a good thing. The berry flavour is obviously used to mask some of the other potential horrors in the drink. It's so strong it can actually make you squint a bit upon first tasting it. Overall, though, the taste is not unpleasant.
And a little while after:
The berry-like masking flavour remains somewhat, presumably continuing to mask the vitamin B taste that's probably lurking beneath it. Due to the strength of the fruitiness and the fact the beverage remains carbonated, belching post-consumption revives the berry-like fruitiness considerably, and is not so pleasant.
Overall:
It tastes strongly of berries. Blackcurrant, perhaps. No real bad tastes present, but the strength can be overwhelming. The stuff tastes quite pleasant mixed with lemonade, though.
One word summary*:
Berries.
* Like I said, plagiarising everything.
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