Here's another one, this energy drink is called Venom. I have a thought on this, again with the naming schema, why would anyone want to ingest venom? The list of energy drinks that I review is a small one. Yesterday while buying one of each at the grocery store, I noticed that a few of the other energy drinks have high fructose corn syrup in them. How is placing things that are considered unhealthy, into an energy drink, considered a good idea??? So, no NOS or anything else.
Venom, is Black Mamba flavor, which is the name of one of the most poisonous snakes in the world. The mortality rate of one who gets bit with the venom is 100%, so I guess I shouldn't have taken that first sip of this drink.........
However, like so many other companies, I am willing to bet that the average person who drinks Black Mamba flavored Venom energy drink, has no idea that if you get venom from a Black Mamba, you die. I'm sure there are a bunch of rednecks sitting around a fire somewhere saying "yeah, black mambas are super deadly and we want to be like them so lets drink this up."
So, what does it taste like? I have to say that it is tastier than a Monster, has about as much sugar as a regular Monster, has more calories than a regular Monster and has something different: extra vitamins. With a regular Monster, per can, you get 200% of your B3, B6 and B12 along with 200% of your daily Riboflavin. With Venom:Black Mamba, you get 210% of each of the above mentioned. Is it enough to switch? Probably not. The one thing to look out for in energy drinks, besides high fructose corn syrup is corn syrup and sugar. People don't understand that sugar, by itself is actually relatively harmless. People have eaten sugar in sweets and so forth, in moderation for thousands of years. What is bad, is when you start making mutant sugars like corn syrup, which is a more concentrated sugar and high fructose corn syrup, which is a plant sugar that your body doesn't recognize mixed with corn syrup. All of these three will give you energy, but the real sugar one, is the least likely to cause the worst damage to your body. Overall though, the Venom: Black Mamba tastes like some ninja dropped a strawberry Jolly Rancher into my regular Monster energy drink. The fruitiness is unexpected and does taste good. I would be interested in seeing if they are able to pull the same flavoring off using their sugar-free brand.
I'd give this drink a 3 out of 5 and would buy it again if I needed a buzz....
Venom, is Black Mamba flavor, which is the name of one of the most poisonous snakes in the world. The mortality rate of one who gets bit with the venom is 100%, so I guess I shouldn't have taken that first sip of this drink.........
However, like so many other companies, I am willing to bet that the average person who drinks Black Mamba flavored Venom energy drink, has no idea that if you get venom from a Black Mamba, you die. I'm sure there are a bunch of rednecks sitting around a fire somewhere saying "yeah, black mambas are super deadly and we want to be like them so lets drink this up."
So, what does it taste like? I have to say that it is tastier than a Monster, has about as much sugar as a regular Monster, has more calories than a regular Monster and has something different: extra vitamins. With a regular Monster, per can, you get 200% of your B3, B6 and B12 along with 200% of your daily Riboflavin. With Venom:Black Mamba, you get 210% of each of the above mentioned. Is it enough to switch? Probably not. The one thing to look out for in energy drinks, besides high fructose corn syrup is corn syrup and sugar. People don't understand that sugar, by itself is actually relatively harmless. People have eaten sugar in sweets and so forth, in moderation for thousands of years. What is bad, is when you start making mutant sugars like corn syrup, which is a more concentrated sugar and high fructose corn syrup, which is a plant sugar that your body doesn't recognize mixed with corn syrup. All of these three will give you energy, but the real sugar one, is the least likely to cause the worst damage to your body. Overall though, the Venom: Black Mamba tastes like some ninja dropped a strawberry Jolly Rancher into my regular Monster energy drink. The fruitiness is unexpected and does taste good. I would be interested in seeing if they are able to pull the same flavoring off using their sugar-free brand.
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