Personally, I found the Energy Boosters to taste very similar to most Energy Drinks such as Red Bull or Sobe's Adrenaline Rush. If you don't enjoy or drink most energy drinks, you probably won't find Jones Activated Energy Boosters to your liking. However, if you're like Eric and regularly consume one or more drinks a day, you'll be buying them in bulk. As one container (30 pieces) is equal to one full Jone's Energy Drink you won't find yourself becoming overly-hyper when eating the candies, but you should notice a subtle uptick in your energy — especially if eaten two at a time.
Overall, the Jones Boosters are a great idea that hopefully other energy drink makers will imitate. They allow for easier storage and transportation than energy drinks do and can be taken into buildings or rooms where beverages are prohibited. Couple this with a taste that subtly improves on the standard flavor of energy drinks and it looks like Jones has come out with another great product.
Jones Activated Energy Boosters retail for $1.99-2.99 per individual tin and can be purchased at Target, Kroger, 7-Eleven, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Hot Topic, Zumiez, Spencer's, and other stores.
Article comments
1 - Anna Creech
What is the sugar and caffeine content of each piece?
2 - Cameron Graham
Good question Anna - here's what the Nutritional Information states:
Sugar - 0g
Caffeine - 80mg
Taurine - 1000mg
However, you asked about Content Per Piece and the above figures pertain to Content Per Tin. Since there's 30 pieces in each tin the sugar, caffeine and taurtine figures Per Piece would come to roughly:
Sugar - 0g
Caffeine - 2.3mg
Taurine - 28.6mg
3 - Anna Creech
Hm. Well, one shot of espresso is approximately 100 mg of caffeine and generally less than $1.00. I think I'll stick with that.
4 - Trish
I just got my free pack in the mail- Big Sky had this promotion (which was on their MySpace page and the Big Sky Brand site) where if you filled out a simple form, you'd get a free pack of Jones Activated Energy Boosters. The envelope I received contained a info card (postcard size) the pack of candies and a cool Jones soda cap pin. I wasn't expecting the pin at all.