Cost: $
Cost Per Ounce:Does Not Apply
Active Ingredients:Guarana, B-Vitamins, Green Tea Leaf, Ginseng Root Extract
Taste Rating:7.0
Kick Rating:8.7
Final Judgment Rating:8.0
Energy Drink Ratings Explained
bHIP Energy Drink Review
Well the bHIP Energy Drink is another entry into the powdered energy drink category along the same lines of ACT and Crave energy drinks. What does bHIP stand for? It stands for Body Health Improvement Product and promotes appetite control through and the use of metabolic enhancers to help you lose weight. Basically, this powdered bHIP Energy drink is targeting the health market as a dietary supplement that provides energy, i.e. those who are looking to lose weight, add performance, or just get energy without all the negative stuff that some energy drinks can provide. I am not going to evaluate whether or not bHIP helped control me lose weight or assisted in appetite control, but I will tell you how it tastes and performs in the kick category. If you want to know more about this product visit bHip Global Energy Drink
bHIP Energy Drink Review: Taste
The bHIP Energy Drink comes in a 9.3 gram ready to mix packet. It has 24 calories, 2grams of sugar and 6 grams of carbs. So yeah, it seems that this is healthier alternative to your everyday energy drink. You can use 1/2 a packet for moderate energy or the full packet for maximum energy. I opted for the full packet and mixed it into a 16 ounce bottle of water. I shook it for about 30 seconds and then took my first sip…..I am not quite sure how to describe the taste. It is somewhat of a berry flavor, however, the lack of sweeteners gave it a slight bitter taste. There was also a slight aftertaste to the drink as well. However, it did mix consistently in the bottle of water and I can’t gripe about the taste too much as it was not all that bad. It was not as good as your traditional grape energy drink; however, there are tradeoffs. If you want all the sugar and calories go with a traditional over the counter energy drink, it will taste better. As for me I like the health concept and next time I give this a try I wil mix it in with some Crystal Light or some grape juice. Taste Rating - 7.0
bHIP Energy Drink Review: Kick
Alright the taste is not the best, but you can decide if the tradeoff is worth it. As I stated above, I mixed the whole package. There are plenty ingredients like amino acids, acai berry, etc but I am not going to comment on their benefits. The energy ingredients include b-vitamins, guarana (natural caffeine), green tea leaf extract and ginseng root extract. The kick from these ingredients was not immediate (no sugar to deliver fast) but I did get a nice boost about 30 minutes after finishing which lasted for about 4 hours. Also no sugar meant no crash! Kick Rating - 8.7
bHIP Energy Drink Review: Final Judgment
Overall the taste was not the greatest but the kick was good and allowed for sustained energy. When you combine that with the other energy ingredients in bHIP you get a pretty good health product. Final Judgment - 8.0
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Now that Crave and ACT Energy have been reviewed I feel obligated to review the other energy mix on the market. This one is bHIP Global Energy. Their slogan is “A New breed of energy dietary supplement. Try it… Feel It… Share It…” I am not a big fan of the bHIP name or their slogan. It’s all a little campy to me. bHIP comes in a foil packet like ACT and weights in at a miniscule 9.3 grams. Each packet is supposed to be mixed with 8 ounces of water which takes any guess work out of the equation. The packaging is pretty straightforward and the white foil packet with the blue logo looks pretty good.
The powder for bHIP is more white than ACT, but when mixed with water the drink color seems a little lighter red, almost like a light acai color. bHIP Energy has a stronger taste than ACT and is similar to Crave in the level of sweetness and stevia flavors. I actually thought that more water was needed to even out the flavor and added some more. That definitely helped the sweetness, but I still found bHIP to be a little astringent from the stevia and crazy number of ingredients. The flavor seems to be a mix of cranberry, orange, and cherry punch kool aid mixed with a generous portion of stevia. When you acclimate to the flavor, it feels light in your mouth and is easier to drink. In my mind bHIP and Crave are about equal on taste depending on what type of flavor you are looking for. Since bHIP seemed a little strange flavor-wise I opted for the club soda approach that I used with both Crave and ACT. I found that helped mellow the Stevia and made bHIP more palatable.
Each packet of bHIP is pretty crazy on the ingredients. The mix has 24 calories, 2 grams sugar, and 1 gram fiber. In terms of ingredients I have almost never seen so many in one drink. There’s Vitamin C, B Vitamins, maltodextrin, taurine, lysine, arginine, glutamine, glucine, tyrosine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, guarana, green tea extract, ginseng, maca, quebracho, white willow bark, glucuronolactone, acai extract, mandarin extract, orange extract, aloe vera, maltodextrose, fructose, stevia. I am definitely impressed with that list and the energy boost that bHIP gives is where the drink really shines. After drinking bHIP I felt pretty clear with a vibrancy. It’s a subtle energy that kicked in about 10 minutes after drinking. You’re not going to be bouncing off the walls but you do have alot of energy. Once you tap the energy reserves bHIP gives you it seems limitless. You feel like you are moving a bit faster and can catch yourself if you want to change your mind before doing something. I really have to say that this is one of the better boosts you are going to get from an enegy drink and especially an energy drink mix.
Source: http://taurinerules.blogspot.com/2008/03/bhip-global-energy-drink-review.html