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Hi-Ball Energy Drink (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Soy-Free) PDF Print E-mail

Nika, Well Fed Network - Recently, I had the pleasure of taste testing the Ruby Red Grapefruit flavored Hi-Ball Energy drink. I chilled this clear bubbly drink in the bottle and then poured it over ice. In the name of Science (right!), I drank it and then jumped on the treadmill about 10 minutes later.This soda had several good things going for it:  

  • The grapefruit flavor is very delicate, not overpowering or astringent. I am a great lover of ruby red grapefruit so a stronger flavor would have been fine by me but I appreciate the delicate nature of this drinks’ flavor profile.
  • Even though this drink is spiked with a variety of energy-promoting substances, it didn’t taste like a chemistry experiment.
  • I definitely felt energetic as I did my modest walking workout.

I have tried other energy drinks, especially the sugar-free types, and I never cared for their face-puckering brain-walloping extreme nature. I recently picked up one on my drive to what promised to be an energy-zapping photo shoot and I had a hard time finishing it. By the time I got to the bottom of it’s slim little can, there was a sort of acidic, ascorbic, horrifying sludge that was worse than just about anything I have ever drank.

This Hi Ball grapefruit energy drink is like the polar opposite of that experience.

If you cruise the website for this product, HiBaller.com, you will find information on the ingredients found in the various drinks they produce.They make:  

  • Orange
  • Wild Berry
  • Lemon Lime
  • Grapefruit
  • Club soda
  • Tonic Water

The ingredients you will find in the Ruby Red Grapefruit flavored drink includes:

  • Taurine
  • Caffeine
  • Guarana
  • Ginseng
  • Vitamin-B
  • No sweeteners - no sugar

You will also see a page on various athletes who are spokespeople for this company. I mention this because its a trip reading about these people and then thinking how I am so NOT like them. I have no illusions that this drink will turn me into a global-class olympic skier or skateboarder, but I do think its a good choice for the adult who needs some energy in the short term without the sugar crash that you get after the loathesome energy bars and drinks that are thrust at the public as if they were actually GOOD for the body.

I would not recommend any of these caffeine and herbal amended drinks for kids and young adults. There is time enough later for them to become addicted to caffeine. They should have enough energy to do the kid things they need to do.

Give the Ruby Red Grapefruit Energy drink and the other flavors a try!


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