Guru Lite 100 Percent Natural Energy Drink
Guru Lite 100 Percent Natural Energy Drink review added 2009-05-06 14:58:03
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Nutrition Information:
Size: 12.0oz. · Serving Size: 8oz. Calories: 10 · Carbs: 2g · Sodium: 140mg
Ratings:
Combined Reviewer Rating:
6 out of 10
5.09 out of 10 from 40 reviewersAdd Your Thoughts on this Energy Drink
Can Text:
Guru Lite 100% Natural Low Calorie Energy Supplement comes in a white/metallic swirly can with "Guru" in big red letters. "Lite 100% Natural" in relatively large (by comparison to newspaper print) black Arial-like letters. Also in metallic, and what appears to be same font as "Lite 100% Natural", only un-bolded, "Contains 90% fewer calories than Guru Energy Drink. Otherwise, in what I'd consider a 16px font (not pt) (for example style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;") "Low Calorie Energy Supplement", then in (style="font-size: 18px;") "12 fl oz (355mL)". On the back, there's some black Arial-ish bold text, which appears to have a 2px metallic silver outline affect (presumably added in photoshop) that reads, "Only 10 Calories". Followed by a (style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;") "Per Serving". Then there's some (style="font-size: 14px;") text that reads (YES, IN ALL CAPS), "FOR THE ACTIVE MIND & BODY THAT NEEDS TO PERFORM. DRINK ICE COLD / SHAKE LIGHTLY". Interestingly, the aforementioned makes me think that I can drink it ice cold or shake lightly. I think the people at Guru intend for you to do both. There's some other crap on the back about "Standardized Herbal Extracts" and "Please Recycle". Then there's still more about "This product contains 10 calories per serving, compared to 100 calories in GURU Energy Drink. C-GU1L12US-21 REXAM". Lastly, there's another big red "GURU" on the back, followed by "Lite/100% Natural – 2g CARB".
Active Ingredients *Per can, not per serving:
Guru Lite 100% Natural Energy Supplement Drink contains the following g/%USRDA per serving (1.5 servings per container) of the following: Sodium 140mg/6%, Carb 2g/0%, Iron 0.3mg/2%, Proprietary Energy Blend 1.285g (of which 97mg is caffeine), otherwise, undisclosed amounts of: guarana seed extract, echinacea flower extract, panax ginseng root extract, ginkgo biloba leaf extract, stevia leaf extract.
Angie's Review: Reviews posted after May 2007 are written by a guest reviewer referred to from this point forward as "The Stig".
I've been a pretty big fan of all the other Guru energy drinks I've sampled (Original Guru, Guru Lemonade, and Guru Green Tea). I appreciate that they are 100% natural, and think the formula is energizing. Guru Lite is a heedful choice for those keeping watch over their caloric/carbohydrate/sugar intake. While that's great for diabetics and people who are looking to trim down, but I'm ok with being fat, and pigs don't produce insulin so I can process sucralose. As a result, Guru Lite is an acceptable tasting drink, which otherwise provides everything Guru Original provides. Without question, Guru Lite falls tastelessly short of Guru Lemonade, but it also contains a fraction of the calories. Guru Lite tastes a little medicinal to me, like cracking open a handful of herbal gelcaps at the GNC and adding them to a lightly flavored diet soda (something akin to an herbal diet ginger ale, but not exactly). It does have a unique taste, and some crunchy granola people may actually find it appetizing. Then again, they find hemp jewelry and patchwork baby carrier book bags tasteful.
Sure, it's energizing, the proprietary blend, which I believe is the same in the Guru drinks, provides a reasonable amount of energy.
I'm going to review the value of this energy drink, assuming that you are in the market for a low calorie/low sugar drink (since you'd clearly drink the regular version if you weren't). I don't know what is used to sweeten this drink, I don't see any artificial sweeteners listed on the can. On that note, I also don't know what "luo han guo juice concentrate" is, sounds like witchcraft to me. If I were in the market for a sugar free energy drink, this would be in the running with Monster Lo Carb, Rip It Citrus X Sugar Free, Joker Mad Energy Lo-Carb (which is rumored to be available at bargain stores for $.60/can). Many lo-carb drinks affect me adversely when consumed on a empty/poorly equipped stomach, I don't remember Guru Lite affecting me adversely in that regard.
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7Jason's Review:
The can is pretty exciting, like a reverse Coca-Cola can. I don't normally like hippie drinks that are all natural, and contain "herbal" things, but I've been playing disc golf lately. This means that it's only a matter of time until I only own boot socks, and bathing becomes optional as I realize that, "we are deeply hurting in America, we are deeply craving answers, we've lost our identity as we have evolved into technology and into industrialized society". I won't have time for energy drinks, because I'll want to be taken to "that rock that has the most incredible life", because that "makes me feel alive". Now, since I didn't scream or cry, and I feel like I need to:
Thanks to Chris for showing me that "interesting" video.
Also thanks for Youtube user Torley for sharing this soulful remix:
Now that I've just decided to give up discgolf, as it's clearly a gateway drug to screaming and crying with (what appears to be a group of pedophile) "friends" in the forrest, let's get back to the review. This is my least favorite Guru flavor, but the others are exceptionally tasty, so I'll let you do the math. It does have a little of the unpleasant Korean Ginseng Drink granulation/earthy root taste to it, but nowhere near the degree of shoving an entire ginseng root in a bottle of what appears to be koala urine.
Guru Lite, on a positive note, appears to be no less or more energizing that any other Guru energy drink ever made.
At $1.99, diabetics and people concerned with tooth decay should buy this drink. Everyone else should buy one of Guru's tasty beverages.
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