NOS Energy Drink: New Zealand
A few months ago a school girl in New Zealand drank a few NOS shots and passed out at her school. We reviewed the NOS shot and it did have 250mg of caffeine in it which is heaps as far as Southern Hemisphere products are concerned.
Even though the lack luster performance of the NOS shot, I was excited to try NOS New Zealand’s take on the standard energy drink. I can’t say I’m too impressed with the can’s monochromatic design, but the black letters with “Triple X High Strength”, and “Supercharged Energy Fuel” do make me wonder if NOS really is “The New Breed”.
The can kind of also reminds me of the black and white “generic” food items that showed up in the USA supermarkets back in the 80′s, but of course most of you are too young to remember that…
Taste
Well, well, well, that’s a familiar taste…hmm could it be R– B—? Nah, it clearly says NOS on the can, but the flavor is what it is and it does work since it’s the number one drink on the planet and the most copied. The flavor’s nice, maybe a tad sweeter than the magenta bovine, but because of the hoard of clones out there, it’s generic like the looks of the can.
Ingredients
Despite the Triple X warning and the warning to only drink one NOS energy drink a day, I don’t see how this product will hurt anyone with only 160mg of caffeine in it. That’s like having a double shot Flat White and most people in NZ have at least two of those a day. Some Taurine, Niacin and B5 complete the pretty meager energy line up. No Nitrous Oxide to be found.
Effect
I experienced a nice afternoon pick me up from NOS Energy Drink, but it nowhere near lived up to the promises on the can.
Verdict
Pretty generic experience with NOS energy drink overall, and I’m not sure this one will survive unless they really reformulate it so that it really is a new breed. I don’t know, at least nitrogenate the water to make it like Monster Nitrous or something. I just can’t think why anyone would choose NOS over the other well established energy drinks in the New Zealand market.
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Love that can, any word on that NOS being sold in the states?
It looks like the angelic arch-nemesis of Rockstar Cola
I doubt it would ever make the jump to the States,especially because of the already existing NOS products there…
Having tried the nos that is sold in the states, it is far far superior to any energy drink I have tried in NZ. It really does give you a kick with the added antioxidant L-carnitine and some ginseng to boot. This however seems (or is) another run of the mill enegry drink that will not live up to its own brand name. I heard “nos energy drink” on the radio the other day and jumped with excitement that the american nos energy drink had finally made it here. Much to my disappointment we have this… thing…
i love it woooooooooooooooooooooof wooooooooooooof i have 3