The can is a lovely green/white/yellow instrumentality. The colors really make me think "lemon lime", as do the words, "lemon lime", which are plainly inscribed on the can rim. Also, are some hexagons, which I guess represent the bees that make FRS. In big white letters, "FRS Healthy Energy", and in tiny white letters, "Patented Bland of Quercetin + Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, C, E". The can goes on, in tiny white letters to say, "11.5 FL OZ (340mL), Dietary Supplement. On the back is more textual information about an energy drink than anyone should ever supply on a can. "lemon lime FRS healthy energy/ FRS is a healthy energy drink that takes you up a level and keeps you there. FRS contains quercetin – a natural, powerful antioxidant found in blueberries, red onions, apples, and cocoa. Quercetin helps extend your body's natural adrenaline as well as nuetralizes the antioxidants in your body that cause fatigue. Joining quercetin to keep your energy on the level are key vitamins and potent antioxidants from green tea leaves. Inside one can if a daily allowance of enhanced mental focus, increased performance, and the energy to keep you going. So rise up, stay up, and enjoy your day.
A can of FRS supplies the same amount of flavonoid antioxidants as: 3 servings of blueberries or 8 servings of red onions or 10 servings of raspberries."
Then there's some business about where those stats came from, then something about them supporting LIVESTRONG, something to the tune of 10 cents per case goes to Lance Armstrong's LIVESTRONG foundation...don't hurt yourself on that roughly .2% donation.
If you don't read anything else on the can, read this, "non carbonated-shake well, natural ingredients may settle". If you don't shake this drink, you will vomit when you get to the bottom.
The can certainly looks pleasant.
There's a general rule amongst FRS drinks, buy the naturally regular ones, and pray they stop making the low calorie ones. Firstly, if you want an affective energy boost, calories are essential, ask Lance Armstrong. Be like, "Lance, when you're riding hundreds of km up mountains, should you drink a crappy tasting 25 calorie version of an energy drink, and expect positive results, as if the only function of calories is to make you fat, and if you stop consuming calories, you'll be thin, like Sheryl Crow, who I think is very attractive, but may have been a little too old for you?". I'm not sure how he would respond, but he may pose interesting points like, "Calories are a primary source of energy for the body, and a constitutional factor in dietary planning", or "The average person doesn't ride hundreds of km/day, but a reasonably contrived dietary supplement containing 130 calories should serve to improve performance in a mildly strenuous workout regimen", or "Sure, she's a decade older than me, but age is relative, and even at 47, she looks better, feels better, is smarter than and more talented than your 30 year old girlfriend." The Lance Armstrong that I imagined answering my questions is absolutely right, calories are necessary to fuel a workout, a workout is necessary to improve your physical fitness, and even at 31, I wouldn't completely discount the idea of going on a date with Sheryl Crow, as long as we agreed not to talk about politics, or what I thought of her third studio album.
FRS lemon lime tastes very good. There's no medicinal flavor that you might expect from something called "healthy energy", nor do you have to talk to anyone affiliated with Amway to acquire it. I agree with the Stig, even though FRS only contains 10% real fruit juice, FRS lemon lime drinks like a juice, not like a Vitamin Water, Propel, and certainly not like a soda.
I was rather energized, but may have experienced the slightest hint of a caffeine headache, due to my normal intake of 5-6 times this amount of caffeine on an average day. Physically, I felt no fatigue, and was able to motor through an average day without a hiccup.
The fully sweetened FRS flavors are excellent drinks, and I'm guessing if I was sincerely concerned about my workout performance/endurance, I would consider including FRS products in my diet plan, at least on a trial basis. Since I'm more concerned with being a 1337 h4X0Rz, I'll probably stick with Bawls Guarana, and if I were interested in facing Royce Gracie in the octagon (not the hexagon on the FRS can), I'd get tooth-pullingly energized with DynaPep.
My history with FRS is sorted. I was displeased with their "free sample" program, which requires you pay shipping and you unsubscribe, or you were billed for more products on some predetermined schedule. On top of that, they approached us about running ads for the aforementioned swindler's sample program, which we were promised some lavish returns for each subscriber (which, we now know those subscribers would have later hated us and our website when they were autobilled a month later). Unaware at the time of their "free sample" program's nefarious intentions, we offered leasing them an ad space, to which they replied, "Unfortunately we only work on a Cost Per Action (Free Trial Sign Up) model.". Meanwhile, more often than not throughout the past year, our website has somewhere displayed an FRS ad running through a third party (cost per click) ad program. Overall, the people seem pretty nice, if you overlook being bold-faced lied to, or if you believe the term "free sample" accurately describes something that requires you pay for shipping, and auto-enrolls you in a vicious cycle of payments, which is probably problematic from which to unsubscribe.
All that being said, if you just buy FRS products from Our FRS Energy Drink Store, you don't have to deal with any of those hassles, signup programs, orcs, goblins, skeletal warriors, red slimes, blue slimes, or Bowser.
As for the product at hand, lemon lime FRS healthy energy, I have to say, it tastes great! It's mildly tart, and goes down smoothly. It's non-carbonated, and has a orange juice-like consistency, which makes it a great replacement for grotesque breakfast/morning energy juice drinks like Rumba Energy Juice, Monster Khaos and Kronik Entourage. It is of the utmost importance that you shake before opening, and occasionally swirl the can while drinking. The company claims that, "Natural Ingredients may settle" is as understated as saying, "FRS may work on something other than a Cost Per Action (Free Trial Sign Up) model". If you keep it stirred/shaken/swirled, this drink tastes great. If you don't, you'll find the settlings at the bottom a little unsettling.
For only 48mg of caffeine, FRS does a reasonable job of keeping me awake and alert. I feel my noesis was far more positively affected than my physical strength. FRS did help me stay focused and complete a good deal of work, and still go for a walk to the store (mind you, a walk, not a jog or run) and still feel pretty good.
$2.33/can. Too expensive. I don't have a lot more to say. If you're throwing away money on Rumba or Khaos, sure, buy it, but I'd personally rather pay $2.33 to not have to drink Rumba or Khaos.