![]() ![]() ![]() So when I first tried the sugar free version and realized the original Amp taste was obliterated, it broke my heart. It was the first energy drink I ever fell in love with and still holds a nostalgic value for me. I adore the taste of the original Amp, I really do. Maybe it was because of the tears I cried. Tasteįor some odd reason, my first few sips tasted salty. HAH didn’t say Simon Says! You sucker, here’s the review. Ugh, ok… Simon says don’t raise your hand if you don’t want the Amp Sugar Free review. Commonnnn it’s got a new label and formula! How about this: don’t raise your hand if you want the review. So, show of hands who wants a review of Amp Sugar Free?Hmmm… alright. Review by Josh (blog: Cubicalism & Coffee) AMP Sugar Free If you do happen to fall in one of those two categories, most of the flavors can be found in your local 7-11 for $2-3 dollars per can. Maybe people new to the energy market might get a kick out of this or people who have suckled on the Mountain Dew teat for years but AMP just didn’t get me amped, and that’s the hard truth. So it was a tough call, can a mediocre drink that gave me 1 enjoyable flavor out of 6 be considered any more than mediocre?Ĭan a glorified soda be touted as legitimate competition to the big energy dogs? I tried, but everything painted this drink, in any flavor, as averagely mediocre. would’ve done better just naming this Mountain Dew 2.0 without adding the chemicals that reclassify it as a supplement rather than a beverage (by the FDA’s definition). These ingredients aren’t pointless because of what they are able to do, but because the amounts just aren’t great enough to provide any sort of reaction. ![]() A few of the other (rather pointless) ingredients include, 34mg of Ginseng, 248mg of Guarana, and negligible amount of B vitamins. If you can imagine the market consisting of Soda ( Mountain Dew) and Energy Drinks ( SPIKE) the entire AMP lineup falls disappointingly dead center. Now I don’t know about you, but Double Shots have stopped working on me as a viable means for energy and AMP is starting to seem more and more average. 160 mg of caffeine per can is roughly equivalent to a Starbucks Double Shot. Although not shockingly harder hitting than any mainstream drink such as Monster, it did have enough kick for me to notice, but I had to really look.īeing used to large amounts of caffeine might be a reason for this but in actuality the ingredients just don’t build it up to be that strong. In light of the fact that I felt very little effects from the regular AMP flavors, my description is only relevant for AMP Overdrive. If you’re paying attention you would already know that this was again the AMP Overdrive and I’m starting to welcome the abundance of new drinks on the market. Unfortunately there was only one flavor that stuck out in today’s “heavy hitting” drinks and it just so happened to also be the best tasting. Each flavor is marketed as having slightly different effects (some having L-Theanine for relaxation or D-Ribose for sustained energy). Marketing Ploy or “Miracle”?ĭespite the abundance of flavors to choose from, the part of the review I was most interested in was how the new drinks would compare in effects to the regular flavor. I have never been a strong proponent of regular AMP but even as picky as I am I was still was able to find that the cherry, also known as AMP Overdrive, was surprisingly good as far as artificial cherry goes. The whole lineup might not win the hearts of the major Fiends but I’d be willing to bet that anyone could find at least one flavor that they enjoyed. The new colors (and corresponding flavors) include purple (grape), blue (mixed berry), orange (pretty obvious), and my personal favorite red as cherry. The new cans in the lineup are a welcome change to the all too common green silver and black style of so many other energy drinks nowadays. Let’s see what kind of competition this new AMP family brings to the neighborhood. Regardless, a few years back Mountain Dew took a step in the right direction to appeal to their more die-hard consumers with a new product line with a similar name.Well energy-fiends, it’s been 7 years since that venture began and starting this past January, AMP received not only a new image, but a wide range of updated flavors. The phrase was coined as a common abbreviation for amphetamines, which well, get you amped, go figure huh. Amp it’s a term used often by eccentrics and extremists to describe their excited mood, and for good reason too. ![]()
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