Rockstar Juiced Island Mango Energy Drink Review

Rockstar returns to the world of the wonderful mango, although its can is not something much thought was entered with. Had Target not had a large "sale" sign underneath on the crowded energy drink shelf, my eyes and you readers would have no idea this even existed. The banal white backdrop does the large pitted produce little favors, a disorganized design that demands you locate it and read it over to know what it is.

The flavor is quite the treat, a real gem in the self-cannibalizing and bloated Rockstar lineup. What is "island" about the whole thing is beyond me, but the experience ruminates on the tropical favorite only, with no explicit or exact distractions. Of course, the eight percentage of juice is more apple than mango nectar, but the former adds less flavor, instead injecting a more nuanced sweetness and soft edge to the rather potent acidity. Still, things taste like mango, nothing your tastebuds will mistake for the real deal as the opaque morsels drip down your chin, but it gets the job done. The concentrates work in conjunction with sucralose and ace-k and it is a mostly harmonious hodgepodge of honeys, with little of the nasty artificial bits perverting the aftertaste. Then we get to the effervescence, marketed here as "sparkling," but the carbonation is little more than a gimmick- it is simply very bubbly.

160 milligrams of caffeine is what we have to work with here, and it crafts a most average of kicks. Two and a half hours is all we really get, but the meager presence of true sugar helps reduce the crash. Other ingredients include: B vitamins, taurine, ginseng, and guarana. Overall, Rockstar Juiced Island Mango is better than it has any right being.

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