Kaboom has a number of good things going for it – mainly the organic-iness of the liquid inside of the can. Outside, the can and the name do not exactly mesh…
When you picture an energy drink named KABOOM, what do you picture? Probably not in a million years would you picture this can. little infinity symbols, techno , yet still fll of little icons professing it’s health. When I think KABOOM, I expect things blowing up! I want a can full of cartoony batman slogans and maybe some explosives popping out the side – a drink I should be afraid of bringing to an airport. But no, it is an ordinary looking cleaned up can with infinity symbols to get across the infinite energy it is supposed to give you. In actuality, the energy is nothing special, and nothing about it speaks of things even a little blown up. Kaboom is not a dud, but is not the KAPOW! I was hoping for.
Buzz/Nutrition:7
You could not get much more healthy than this juice. This one makes more other energy juices look like Sunny D. All organic, and very sweet, this comes off as a a great dink ( and a fantastic mixer btw) for the early morning breakfast. Not so powerful in the caffeine department, but it could be worse..
From energyfiend:
The drinks do not contain synthetic caffeine – but do contain Guarana extract and Green Tea extract – both of which contain caffeine.
From the manufacturer:
“There are 115 mg of green tea extract of which 40% is polyphenols. Total polyphenols is 46 mgs.” There is also 432mg of Guarana (22% of which is caffeine).
Based on current research on extraction – the Guarana has probably 8-22% caffeine content, and the Green Tea Extract as little as 5-10% caffeine content.
So the figure listed is a “best guess”
Taste: 8
this drink is bursting with juicy flavor, although a little more bubbly would make drinking this a real blast. still, it has enough sweet and juicy to fill any fruity craving. Definitely better than 90% of the other energy juices out there in terms of flavor. If you are an inexperienced imbiber or mixed drinks, this one is a no brainer. It could easily become a powerful screwdriver or tequila sunrise.
Packaging:3
What a letdown. I will stop harping on this, but either this name has got to change or the whole image should. It is not too late, as it seems of this writing that they still have not developed their standard uberkewl-energydrinksareforpeoplecoolerthanyou-flash site, and can change things up. mind you, its not ugly or anything, but it is about as far off the mark as you could possibly get.