Glacier Crush sounds like a Gatorade flavor.
I assumed, with “glacier” in its name, that Bloom Glacier Crush Sparkling Energy Drink would probably be blue or white in color, but that name doesn’t give me a hint as to what it’s supposed to taste like. Thankfully, by law, there has to be an ingredient list, and within that lineup of ingredients that end with -ine, -ate, -ide, -ine, -vin, and -min, there was “patented lychee fruit extract.”
In my mind, I’m like, “awesome,” a lychee-flavored energy drink, which there needs to be more of. Then I thought the white in the can’s design must represent the lychee’s flesh, and the liquid would come in a pleasant, opaque white color. However, it turned out to be yellow, like pee-in-the-glacier-snow-yellow. Definitely not lychee-colored.
Confusing to my eyes? Yes. But this energy drink is also confusing to my taste buds because, while there’s lychee extract, the beverage’s flavor reminds me of blue raspberry. A delicious blue raspberry, mind you, but still not lychee. But I imagine if Bloom ever decides to create a proper lychee-tasting energy drink, it would be pretty good, because the two drinks I’ve had from the brand, including this one, have been delightful.
Not only does the drink have 180 milligrams of caffeine from green coffee extract, but it also has galactomannan prebiotic fiber, which sounds like something from alien plants. However, that alien-sounding nutrient provides only one gram of fiber. Come on! Instagram tells me I need more fiber! Please give it to me!
Much like I’m amazed at how great Monster Ultra flavors taste despite having zero sugar, I’m equally surprised at how great these Bloom Energy flavors are, even though they are also sugar-free and have apple cider vinegar mixed into them. Poppi needs to do whatever Bloom is doing to hide the apple cider vinegar in them.
Purchased Price: $2.99
Size: 12 fl oz can
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: 10 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 milligrams of sodium, 2 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 0 grams of sugar, 0 grams of protein, and 180 milligrams of caffeine.
I’ll be doing the Christmas dinner shopping at Schnuck’s tomorrow; hope I can find the Bloom Glacier Crush there! (Schnuck’s was the first place I was able to find the Red Bull Winter Edition reviewed here earlier, so fingers crossed!)