Most of the time I don’t know much about a product before I buy it to review it, so I go in without too many expectations. Once in a while I hear about a new Costco product that my fellow members are excited about, and it’s always fun when I can finally try it for myself. The hype for these Celsius Energy Drinks was on a whole other level! I’ve been hearing about them all over the place for a couple of years, but they weren’t available in Canada until recently. Even though I don’t drink energy drinks much these days, I was pretty excited to try them!
I’ve reviewed all sorts of different beverages from Costco like the Alani Nu Energy Drinks, Fairlife Protein Shakes, Aspire Energy Drinks with Natural Caffeine, Cove Soda, Kirkland Signature Sparkling Water, Kirkland Signature Organic Oat Beverage, Kirkland Signature Lemonade and the Kirkland Signature Organic Coconut Water.
Location in Store
You can find the Celsius energy drinks at the back or side of the store where all the other cases of beverages are. The item number is 1780636.
Taste
I tried all three flavors and wrote notes for each one. Peach Vibe – Very sweet with a mild but enjoyable artificial peach flavor.
Sparkling Orange – Very sweet with a nice artificial orange flavor. It’s been a while since I’ve had an Orange Crush (which l really enjoy), but I think it tastes pretty similar.
Tropical Vibe – Very sweet with a fruity flavor that’s hard to describe. I’m not sure I would have guessed that there’s pineapple in it if not for the label and the yellow color. Regardless of this, I liked it.
I can see why these energy drinks are so popular! Despite the negligible amount of calories, they’re super tasty. They also don’t have the weird aftertaste that a lot of products with sugar substitutes do. If they weren’t energy drinks, I could easily see myself drinking them for taste alone. I especially liked the orange because I’ve liked Orange Crush ever since I was a kid.
Cost
The case contains 18-355 milliliter cans and costs $29.99 Canadian, which isn’t cheap but energy drinks at a restaurant, bar or convenience store are usually over three dollars each.
Convenience
The expiry date on the cans is about …. from when we purchased them. Energy drinks are made for people who aren’t big coffee fans but want a boost of caffeine. They’re fruity and taste like a soda but with a bunch of caffeine in it.
Nutrition
Calories
One can contains 10 calories, zero grams of fat, zero grams of carbohydrates, zero grams of sugar, one gram of protein and five milligrams of sodium. They also have vitamins added like niacin, biotin, ribofavin, Vitamni B 12, Vitamin B 6 and others.
Ingredients
The energy in these drinks is coming from the green tea, taurine, caffeine and glucuronolactone. They’re sweetened with artificial sweetener so that’s why they’re so low in calories and sugar. I don’t notice any natural flavors or fruit juices so the fruity flavors you taste are all chemicals. Celsius is sugar-free, dairy-free, soy-free and gluten-free.
Energy drinks are not the healthiest thing you can be drinking, they contain large amounts of caffeine and should be avoided by pregnant people and children. Also the box recommends having one Celsius per day.
Scoring
Taste: 9/10
Cost: 6/10
Convenience: 10/10
Nutrition: 0/10
Overall
Give it a try!
If you’re already someone who enjoys energy drinks on a regular basis, I think you’ll enjoy the Celsius! Personally, I’m sticking to my natural, black coffee but I did enjoy the taste of these.
Have you tried the Costco Celsius Energy Drinks? What did you think of them?
Please note that this review was not paid for or sponsored by any third party. This product was purchased by Costcuisine for the purpose of producing this review. The opinions in this review are strictly those of Costcuisine. Costcuisine is not affiliated with Costco or any of its suppliers. In the event that Costcuisine receives compensation for a post from the manufacturer of a product or some other third party, the arrangement will be clearly disclosed (including where the manufacturer of a product provides Costcuisine with a free sample of the product).
I so very much wanted to try these. But when I saw sucralose in the list of the ingredients, it was a non-starter for me. It gives me GI upset. Yet I know for a lot of people it doesn’t bother them at all.
I do appreciate you always show the list of ingredients whenever you review a new product. It’s very helpful.
An article entitled “Common Sweetener May Damage Gut and Cause Diarrhea” in the April 24, 2004 edition of Newsweek reported, “There is now growing awareness of the health impacts of sweeteners such as saccharin, sucralose and aspartame, with our own previous work demonstrating the problems they can cause to the wall of the intestine and the damage to the ‘good bacteria’ which form in our gut,” Havovi Chichger, an associate professor in biomedical science at Anglia Ruskin, said in a statement.