Hey everyone CaffeineMan here and today we're going over Venom energy drink.
It's been a very popular requested drink on my channel lately and to tell
you the truth I'd really even wanted to do it for a long time but there have
been other pressing issues that needed to be covered first. But with so much
interest recently, I decided it was time! I've always been a huge fan of venom and
I know a lot of people are a huge fan of the price. Printed right on the can its
only 99 cents! But the question becomes, with a 99 cent price stamp does it
reduce the quality or flavor of the drink? The answer to that question and
more... coming right up!
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*LIGHTNING STRIKE!!!*
Hello again everyone, thank you so much for joining me today. And today we're
going over an energy drink that's definitely not healthy. I mean
after last week's energy drink which was very healthy, I needed to do something a
little bit different, so today we're gonna be talking about Venom energy drink.
I'll give you a brief history of the company that owns it. Discuss some of the
ingredients that you need to know about and then finish off with the taste test.
Their website says that they currently have six flavors. I was only able to get
my hands on four of them and I'll go over those with you today. Timestamps
down below so you can go where you want to go. If you guys wanna stay informed
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I try to post a few times a week, mostly on Twitter and Instagram and sometimes
you'll get little bonuses here and there that I don't feel I can actually make a
full video out of, but it's additional information. For example, I thought the
eight ounce can was gonna be going extinct because, who drinks eight ounce
cans anymore? But according to Red Bull, they want to
bring it back, so they came out with a whole bunch of eight ounce cans.
Besides their regular 8 oz can, they've been doing the flavors such as coconut, tropical
yellow, blue for the blueberry. I even saw the summer breeze but didn't buy it
because I know how you guys feel about it. I wasn't too crazy about it myself.
But I posted a picture on social media and that's what you can expect when you
go there, so feel free to check me out and share me with all your friends. Get
the name out about CaffeineMan. Venom energy drink was released in 2002 and it
did not perform well at all. It came out when Red Bull was the leader of the
market and Monster had just been released that same year, and it was starting
to make a huge impact on the market. But a lot of people were still leery of
energy drinks, so a lot of the smaller companies that came out, didn't succeed.
Venom energy drink was produced by a company called Elements,
which was owned by Snapple at the time. My favorite Venom energy drink was the
one that had 'instant bite.' It had this really awesome cooling sensation when
you drank it and then it had that cold bite to it that was just really
refreshing for that very first sip. I think it was some kind of a mint or
peppermint that gave you that cooling flavor, but it wasn't a mint flavor.
The actual drink was more of a citrus beverage. Personally it was my favorite
energy drink of all time... I mean I'm even bumping out the Coconut
Red Bull for that Venom flavor. It's a shame that it went away. I'm wondering
actually if the flavor would still hold up I just remember it being so delicious.
It would be nice to compare it now to the Coconut Red Bull to see if it still
holds up. Maybe I could contact Venom and ask him if they could make it? I mean,
with all the different flavored energy drinks coming out, maybe it could make a
comeback? I know I'd fully support and do a video on it. I'll send them an email.
Between the decade of 2000 and 2010 the company went through a lot of changes.
Snapple was sold to Cadbury Schweppes in 2000, then Cadbury Schweppes purchased
Dr. Pepper/7up group in 2006. And then in 2008 became Dr Pepper Snapple Group. At
this point, in 2008, Venom energy drink was rebranded and relaunched as a new
energy drink. They started with Black Mamba and Mojave Rattler. Then in 2009 they came out with
Killer Taipan, which is their mango flavor, and Death Adder, which is their fruit punch flavor.
Venom was historically bottled in an aluminum can that was 16.9 ounces but then, in
2012, they downsized their can from 16.9 to 16 ounces, which was the
standard of most of the energy drinks at the time. In 2015, they decided they were
gonna go with pre-priced packaging, something that no other energy drink company was
doing. And they were hoping to increase sales by having the lowest price energy
drink on the market. This also allowed them to keep their pricing competitive,
since convenience stores wouldn't be able to go up on the price, because it
was already on the can. But this also meant that the aluminum can had to go
away and a lot of people were upset about that because it was a really cool
can. It actually had a twist off top so you can actually drink it at your
leisure and not be forced to drink the entire can. So they slap the 99 cent price tag
on it and put it into production. But even though it's pre-priced packaging you can actually find it cheaper at
some places. I actually found these at Job Lot for only 89 cents.
Alright let's talk about some of these ingredients. We'll start with the nasty one first. Sugar!
These 16-ounce cans have 53 grams of sugar , which is a lot! It's also competing to be one of the higher sugar
counts out of most of the energy drinks. The original Monster comes in at 54 grams of sugar,
only being beat out by Amp, Rockstar and No Fear, which are just slightly higher.
There are also a handful of smaller companies such as Blade energy drink and
Demon energy drink, just to name a few, that also have a lot of sugar in them.
As for your regular Venom energy drinks they're coming in around 230 to
240 calories per can. They all have zero total fat; between 300 and 310 milligrams
of sodium; a total carb count of 57, which is 19% of your daily value; and zero protein.
As for your B vitamins, this can has 200% of your daily value of B2, B3, B6 and B12.
Some other ingredients to note is that it does use corn syrup and
even though it has a lot of sugar, it also uses glucose and sucralose. Some of
the healthier ingredients include taurine, l-carnitine, ginseng extract and guarana seed extract.
And the 16 ounce can has 160 milligrams
of caffeine, so it comes in at 10 milligrams per ounce which is on par
with the original Red Bull and Monster. As for the low calorie cans, they come in
with the same amount of B vitamins, 200% each, but they only have 20 calories. Also
the carbohydrates drop dramatically down to 9 grams of carbohydrates and there's
zero sugar. But it does have 8 grams of erythritol. What's erythritol? Well out of all
the energy drinks that I reviewed so far, this is the first one to include
erythritol. Erythritol is an all-natural low calorie sweetener that's supposed to
taste just like sugar, without a lot of calories or any negative side effects.
It's also classified as a sugar alcohol and does not spike blood sugar or
insulin. Basically people don't have the enzymes to break down erythritol so it's
absorbed into the bloodstream and then released from the body, unchanged, through
the urine. So for those that are overweight or have diabetes, erythritol
is an excellent alternative to sugar. For those on the keto diet, erythritol is
classified as one of the top 3 sweeteners to be used. The other two
are stevia and monk fruit. If you want to find out more in-depth information about
stevia feel free to watch my Zevia energy drink review. If you want to find out
more about monk fruit, feel free to watch my Daily Power Shot review. In each one
of those videos I go over in detail those ingredients. And
I was actually surprised that more energy drinks don't use erythritol,
because there are no negative side effects, and because it does taste just
like sugar. But then I looked into a little bit further and found out that
monk fruit and erythritol are fairly more expensive than sucralose. So let's
go ahead and move on with the taste test. I already know what the mango is going to taste
like and for many, many, many years, it was my favorite energy drink. I was upset
when Venom got rid of the one with instant bite, but was super excited in
2008 when I heard they were re-releasing Venom, but they didn't have the one
with instant bite, so I had to try the other ones. And the first one I tried was
the mango and I loved it!!! And as a lot of you may know, I don't really like
carbonation that much and these things are heavily carbonated. From the minimal
amount of research that I did about heavily carbonated beverages, this one
actually ranks at the top of the list for heavily carbonated drinks. Now, there
are a lot of energy drinks out there, so I wasn't able to investigate all of them,
but just say you know, it's heavily carbonated. I'll try not to burp on
camera. If so there's gonna be a lot of editing.
And by popular request...
The mango is yellow. Kind of looks like urine ... and that person is pretty dehydrated though.
Maybe this is why I shouldn't put it in a clear cup. My delivery of the colors is
gonna be horrible. Who talks about urine during a taste test?
CaffeineMan, apparently.
Ah yeah I love this drink! And as you can see from the clear glass, I tend to drink
a decent amount of it too for my taste tests. It's really good. A nice mango
flavor that I really enjoy. Yeah and I gotta say, I am definitely a sucker for
sweetness and because this has 53 grams of sugar, plus glucose and sucralose,
it's very sweet. So when I can find a beverage that is very fruity, with the
mango flavor, as well as decent sweetness I'm always gonna be a huge fan. Now if
you've been watching my videos since the start you'll know that I've been saying,
"Oh, I've been trying to reduce my sugar. I've been trying to reduce my sugar," and
the truth is, I am. But what a lot of you may not know is that I used to be a
sugar fiend! I mean, when I get my Dunkin Donuts iced coffee, I get the caramel
swirl with extra cream, extra extra sugar. It's just how I roll. When I order my
iced tea they say, "sweet or unsweetened?" I am sweetened all the way! So when it came
to sugar in my energy drinks I never really cared and to be honest my sugar intake
was probably upwards of 200 grams a day. Now I knew sugar was bad for you but I
didn't really know how bad it was for you. I figured I usually ate fairly
healthy so I was perfectly fine. It wasn't until I actually started this
channel, only like six or seven months ago ... I forget what the number is. What's
the number? Yeah I'm right into seven months now. And I found out that you're
only supposed to have between, like, 28 and 35 grams a day?
I think it's 28 if you're a woman and 35 if you're a guy my weight. I was
shocked by that number. I'm like 35? That's it? I was, like, over 200! No wonder why
I started getting fat. Obesity in America. I was a perfect example of someone
who tried to eat healthy but has way too high a sugar intake, which is why I decided
to start lowering it. All that sugar and no exercise... man I miss sugar.
Shhhh...Don't tell anybody.
but if you're not worried about your sugar and you like sweet fruity
drinks, I highly recommend the mango Venom, cuz it's totally a personal favorite of
mine and even though I can't drink it it's ranked way up there.
I mean coconut red bull is the top of my list. The Bang flavors and Reign flavors
are very high up there as well, and the only reason why Venom is not at the top
of my list is because I don't get to drink it that often, but I definitely put
it right up there with coconut red bull, and even though coconut red bull has
sugar as well it still has, like, half the amount of sugar than these
drinks. I mean 53 is close to double what im supposed to have in a day. Ah! enough sugar talk!
Let's get on to the fruit punch!
Obviously, a red color.
Wow! That's a really good fruit punch flavor. In some
of my past reviews I've done, a couple of fruit punches. I gotta say this ranks
at the top. It's probably because of the sugar. I mean if you're looking for a
sweet fruit punch, you're gonna have it right here. If I were to relate it to Bang,
the Bang Power Punch is a good fruit punch flavor but that sucralose can't
compare with real sugar. Also I've been thinking about doing a Monster review of
the fruit punch flavors they have. I think it's four or five different
flavors that they have. If you guys are interested in that let me know in the
comments down below. It's been on my list for a little while now but if I have a
lot more comments on it maybe it'll move up my list. Man, my list is so long right
now. You guys wanna know how big my list is? I wasn't gonna say it on camera but I
get so many requests from you guys and I love to get all the requests from
you guys. I just wish I could bring you them faster, but right now I got over 32
items on my list of requests! That's, like, more than half a year material, when I
only do one a week. Not to mention the other product reviews that have caffeine
that I want to get to you. And my informative caffeine videos as well. I've
been slacking on those because I've been trying to get to your request on energy
drinks, but like I said I don't want to become Energy Drink Man, I'm CaffeineMan,
so there are gonna be a few videos coming up that arent energy drinks.
Next up we get the Black Mamba. Oh, I just realized I didn't hold up the other two
cans for you. You guys want to see those up close? I'll you real quick.
That one was the mango one.
That one's the fruit punch.
I mean they got cool-looking graphics on there. It's a cool looking snake. Then the only
difference in the can is the flavor on there and the color.
This is the Black Mamba. Looks the same color as the Mango Venom.
So this one's kind of interesting. I think that since this was the first one that they
released they were trying to go with their own original Venom flavor cuz it
reminds me a little bit like the original Monster without that Monster
flavor that I always refer to in my other Monster videos. So it kind of has,
like, a Venom flavor. It's sort of like Red Bull. With their original each energy
drink has its own unique flavor to it, that makes it stand out from the rest, so
Monster has its flavor. Red Bull has its flavor. And now, Venom has its flavor as
well. It tastes like your regular energy drink with high sugar content and if I had to say what differentiates it
from the other ones is that it may have a hint of cherry or a hint of strawberry to it but
really is just a hint of one of those flavors. So if you're someone who likes
the original Monster, the original Red Bull and all the original kind of energy
drinks, without any added flavors to it, you can pick up a Venom to see how you
feel about it. I'm still gonna stick with the Mango as my favorite. This would
probably be my second favorite because fruit punch isn't at the top of my list.
It's not at the bottom either but it's not my go-to choice, so let's move on to
the low-calorie one. So for the low-calorie one I actually got the
strawberry apple. I wasn't able to find the citrus one, so we'll try this one out.
Similar red color to the fruit punch just not as dark.
oh wow that's actually really good for a low calorie, no sugar drink. Somehow it
still has a really good sugary sweet flavor without that fake artificial
sweetener flavor like sucralose. Not to say I don't like sucralose, but you can
always tell that sucralose flavor. But that's a good indication that erythritol
does taste just like sugar, so I'm a fan erythritol. I don't understand
how it can be more expensive than the other ones. Yet, it's in a 99-cent drink.
Those other companies are just cheap! All about profits.
Good job Venom! Sticking to your guns with 99 cents, putting expensive stuff like
erythritol in it you can't beat it for the price it's really really goo, oh
geez. I really need to start sipping these more because you know you
take two or three mouthfuls and then by the end of the video they're just like
going through my system really fast and then the videos end up being really long
even though I'm talking faster I go off on a tangent sometimes so I'm trying to
stay focused strawberry Apple! Got a good strawberry flavor. It's got a hint of
apple to it. I like the sweetness of it, without the negative effects of having
the sugar, since I already had three sugar ones. I do have some subscribers
that actually have diabetes who watch my video but they also drink sugar free
options and enjoy my videos. I think one of them that actually recommended this
was Robear. I have a really bad memory so I'm hoping I got that right so thanks
Robear for suggesting this to me and thank you everyone else who suggested
these Venom ones as well. I've been wanting to do it for a while I'm glad I
finally got to it I'm glad that I could bring everyone more information about
energy drinks, such as fitness people, gamers and people that even have
diabetes, that aren't really missing out on the energy drinks because they make
ones like this that they can have. Thanks for joining me today. If you guys are
interested in purchasing these I'll include a link down below in case you
can't find them in a store near you and I'm also an Amazon affiliate, I have no
problems mentioning that to you guys, and I'll earn a very small commission,
especially at $0.99 a can, on all purchases used through my Amazon
affiliate link. Every little bit helps and I'm still waiting for the YouTube
Partner Program to accept me. Taking forever.
6 weeks. Sorry I don't mean to complain. Im not being greedy because I love
bringing you guys these videos. My primary concern is to bring you informative
videos, introduce you to the drinks you may not have had and give you the review
that you guys want. And stay tuned next Tuesday, I'm working on a video right now
that you gamers are gonna love. At least I hope you love it and I hope the
healthy energy drink people will like it as well, or watch it just for the heck of
it. Because you know you're gonna probably learn
something from it. In the meantime, you guys have yourself a great day...
...or night.
What am I gonna do with all these drinks? 159 grams of sugar! a hundred and fifty
nine sitting right there. Imagine, I used to actually have more than that in a day.
Sugar.