CAFFEINE
CONTENT
50
mg/serving (1 tsp.)
EASE
IN ACQUISITION—10
At
every Wal-Mart I’ve been to thus far.
APPEARANCE/PRESENTATION—8
Full
marks for being handy; point knocked off simply because Mio looks better. Another thought: why the heck are half
of all berry energy products (or otherwise) “berry blast?”
TASTE—8
Flavor
is reasonably pleasant—you’ve got your blueberries, your strawberries, your
raspberries, etc. It’s all a berry
lover could ask for in a drink enhancer.
One word of warning, though; this is not especially forgiving when it
comes to the water:additive ratio—one bit too much water and it’s bland, one
bit to little and it tastes like you’re drinking the concentrate straight out
of the bottle.
KICK
(INTENSITY)—9
Same
story here as either of the other Great Value Energy water enhancers—they
perform about as well as Mio in smaller doses, but as you go up the differences
between the two become exaggerated, and soon you’re using two glasses to get
the same rush from Great Value that you could have gotten from one glass of
Mio. Significant doses:
Two
servings (1 teaspoon) will administer 100 mg of caffeine; which should be
enough to get you through most day-to-day stuff. 7/10
Three
servings (1½ teaspoons) will give you 150 mg of caffeine—and a bit less energy
than the same amount of Mio; think about what you’d get from most Monster
beverages. 8/10
Four
servings (2 teaspoons) will give you 200 mg of caffeine, and through that a
thorough boost that will get you through most standard energy-requiring
situations. 8.5/10
Add
a couple more servings to that and you get into the really high-intensity
territory—and the high water consumption territory, which often leads to you
wandering to bathroom territories.
KICK
(DURATION)—9
Two
servings last three hours, for a 7/10; three servings lasts just shy of three
and a half hours for a decent 8/10; four servings lasts four hours for a 9/10.
THE
SHOT OVERALL—8.67
Overall,
this is a decent product. Still
not as enthused as I was with Mio Energy—Black Cherry, but I’ve got one more
flavor to review. We’ll see where
that leads.
WEBSITE:
walmart.com
KEYWORDS:
Great Value Energy Berry Blast review, Wal-Mart brand water enhancer review,
zero carbs, zero calories, zero sugar, diet
Looks like it's pretty much Mio Energy with some value.
ReplyDeletePretty much; perhaps with a bit less of a kick and not quite as tasty as Mio's cherry product.
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