Morning Buzz

Sometimes on my way to work in the morning (if I'm not running late), I will stop to grab a morning beverage to start the day. Sometimes I go through the drive-thru at Starbucks and pickup a grande carmel macchiato. Sometimes, I just go straight to work and make a cup of coffee there. But this morning, I stopped at the local gas station and picked up a energy drink. There are only a couple energy drinks that I actually like. Monster Energy Drink taste good, smells good and is usually pretty good. Red Bull is good too, but you don't get allot for what you are paying for. Rockstar is another favorite, it has something called Milk Thistle in it, that claims to reduce the effects of a hangover, among other things. I have come to like Von Dutch Energy Drink. It kinda has the taste of Red Bull, but not as tart. It is probably my favorite taste out of all the energy drinks listed above. And all the one's listed above, are the only ones I will drink and that isn't that often. The energy drink industry is supposedly big business. The private company from Austria, Red Bull, owns about 60% of the market share. There are energy drink fan sites and blogs all over the net.

Here is a pic of my empty can of Von Dutch Energy Drink from this morning:

Key Ingredients
Von Dutch Energy 8 fl oz servings (2 servings per can): The following information is for a full 16 fl oz can.

taurine 2000 mg
caffeine 160 mg
glucuronolactone 1200 mg
inositol 100 mg
riboflavin (vitamin B2) 300% DRIascorbic acid 200% DRI
L-carnitine 50 mg
niacinamide 100% DRI
calcium pantothenate 100% DRI
eleutherococcus senticosus 50 mg
pyridoxine hydrochloride 100% DRI
cyanocobalamin 100% DRI