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Fuze Refresh: Strawberry Banana Review

August 30th, 2008

Note: I am aware that Fuze used crystalline fructose in many of their drinks, but it appears they may have redesigned their flavors like some other companies, so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, if you’ll excuse the cliche.

This odd fortified drink is in the line of ‘Refresh’ drinks that Fuze produces, and although I ordinarily avoid anything with banana in it, I decided to give this a try. It cost me about $1.29 at the grocery store (kind of a current price trend in the ‘healthy drink’ arena, eh?) and I took it home.

I was curious about the shrink-wrapped bottle that basically hid the contents from the casual shopper, and if you look in the bottle, it’s obvious why. This stuff looks weird, like someone blended up a ripe banana with milk and water, kind of a brownish yellow. I can live with it though. It has a nice thick consistency, almost like a smoothie, but very blended. It tastes good, but in an odd way. Like a watered down smoothie. The fruit and milk mix well, effervescent of banana and a hint of strawberry. Very sweet, too.

Their site has some GD annoying background jungle sounds that you can’t turn off, so their losing a half star right there. Their info on their own drinks is limited, many other sites have much more detailed reviews, including ingredients. 200 calories a bottle. Yikes. Don’t drink too many of these, you could get fat, but you’d be totally refreshed. Upgrade your site, you guys, and turn the damn sounds off, or at least let me do it.

Score: 4 out of 5.

– WiseGuise

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Fuze Orange Blossom White Tea Review

January 11th, 2008

Aroma : Sweetly orange with a hint of ginger, and the herby aroma of tea leaves. Very pleasant.

Taste : A mildly sweet burst of orange and ginger assails me, then—wow—tastes like actual leaves or flowers, but not in an unpleasant way. Kind of how I would expect an orange blossom sprinkled lightly with honey to taste. The soft white tea flavor mellows on your tastebuds, and the orangey sweetness kicks back and hangs out on the sides of your tongue like old friends on an old couch.

Price : $1.29 at your local grocer, or available online.

Ingredients : filtered water, crystalline fructose, honey, natural orange ginger flavor with other natural flavors, white tea solids, malic acid, ascorbic acid (C), white tea extract, niacin (B3), calcium pantothenate, vitamin E acetate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (B6), folic acid, cyanocobalamin (B12) (dietary suplement)

Other Comments : This beverage comes in a keen looking bottle which is not covered in statements addressing how cool the company is for making such a product. Actually, over a quarter of the label space is devoted to additional nutritional information on the various antioxidants and vitamins contained within. Is it necessary? Probably not. Is it refreshing to see? Definitely.

Overall : With an aesthetically pleasing package and a smooth draught of vitamin rich, naturally sweetened teafuzion (yeah, I just made that up now), this beverage pleasantly surprised me, having tried other beverages of this nature before, and have been continually turned off by the taste of the artificial sweeteners used. However, this drink may not be to the liking of those adverse to the earthly, leafy taste.

Rating : 4/5 stars.

-WiseGuise

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