Hansen's (worthless) Diet (drink cant compete with) Red (bull)

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Hansen has put out another barely promoted energy drink- in their never ending quest to monopolize the shelves at the grocery store. This worthless drink is not worth the money, and certainly not worth a whole lot of space for review. This is a cheap quick one-off for the company behind Lost, Monster, Joker Mad, Rumba, Hansens Pro Energy and about a thousand other energy drinks. It will suffice to say that this is a half assed attempt to take on Red Bull by association, and does not provide extra energy, flavor or originality - not even taking the logical step to make this drink red. The Diet is the keyword here - and for not even being a budget drink  ( cost regular energy drink price in stores) this one is destined to sit on the dusty shelves of the grocery store until it finally stops being manufactured.

Taste:6
I expected that because this drink is directly going after Red Bull, for this to taste like the diet version. However this tasted slightly more berry, and while not poor, not particularly flavorful either. The drink is lightly carbonated, and is supposed to be a raspberry flavor, but instead is sour and artificial tasting.

Buzz:2
What is the point of releasing an energy drink with only 53mg of caffeine? I can understand if you are a caffeinated tea or another drink where the energy is not top priority - but this is an energy drink in a 8oz can, directly trying to compete with Red Bull. Without even providing a usual amount of caffeine there really is no point.l There is the other enery drink mix ingredients in here, the B vitamins annd l-carnitine, grape skin extract, Vitamin C, glucuronolactone, and inositol, but without the caffeine it will be a poor energy drink and a worthless clone.
Packaging:2
Badly printed labels that were all smudged in processing, not listing a website, and not bothering to list the weak caffeine content , not to mention poor naming and horrible font choices put this squarely in the scrap pile - not even a drink can worth collecting. Really, Hansen could have given this another couple hours of design work.
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Website: 0
Not around anymore - or could not be found

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