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Forget regular old energy drinks – sustained energy is the thing now, or so those 5-Hour Energy drink commercials would have us believe.
Slap Energy is advertised as a “multi-stage energy supplement,” and its manufacturers claim that an energy “sensation” builds as you drink it.
The problem is, Slap Energy doesn’t provide a big energy buzz at all,
let alone one that builds. That’s weird, considering the can lists
caffeine content for a 16-ounce serving as a whopping 2000mg. But Slap
Energy doesn’t contain the insanely high amounts of B vitamins most
other energy drinks contain (only 100 percent of the recommended daily
allowance here), so maybe that has something to do with it. The sugar
content (52 grams) is about the average for 16-ounce energy drinks.
Maybe we’re just jaded from consuming so many caffeinated products, but
Slap Energy just didn’t kick our butts. The taste isn’t that great,
either. The can says, “lightly carbonated,” but it tastes like flat
berry soda. And it’s impossible for any drink containing this much
sugar to be refreshing, because it just tends to make us thirstier.
