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Monster Ripper is a spinoff of Monster Energy, which incorporates fruit juice into a new flavour, instead of the decidedly strange mix of chemicals already in place for standard Monster. It seems to be marketed as M-80 in some parts of the world, or at least shares the same nice, worn industrial metal can design as it. Speaking of the can, it’s the same 500ml deal as Monster, for roughly the same price, but it seems to be a bit higher in some shops. Ideally you should be looking for a can at about £1.25. It has the same concentration as Monster too, 160mg over the 500ml, that’s 32mg per 100ml or 1.28mg per penny, provided that you can get a can at the same price as regular Monster.

The taste: As many times as I’ve said that other energy drinks taste vaguely of pineapple, this one does too. But much more so. This time they’ve actually put fruit juice in, making up a whole 50% of the drink. The fruits are a blend of apple, passion fruit, pineapple and guava, and you can properly taste them. The taste only carries a hint of usual Monster, although you can tell quite quickly that the sugar content of the drink is still pretty high. Again Monster have made a drink with a taste that you wouldn’t usually expect from the energy drinks market.

Taste: 8/10
Value: 5/10
Experience: 8/10
Overall: 8/10