Cytomax Sport Drink

Product Type:Sports Drinks: Sports Drink; Container: 20 fl oz (591 ml) PET
BevNET Review: It’s hard to avoid comparisons to Gatorade when writing about sport drinks, but it’s easy to make one here – this tastes better and it’s lower calorie. With a crisp sweetness that belies the six grams of sugar in the formula, Cytomax manages to play the role of hydrating agent in a way that’s much less caloric, acidic, and, thank goodness, less salty than Gatorade. That doesn’t mean it’s great tasting – we’re still waiting for a sport drink we’d actually enjoy. And that doesn’t mean it works – we weren’t coming straight from the soccer field when we tried it. But the stuff isn’t bad; from a shelf ready point of view, though, the packaging needs work. The shrink-wrapped 20-oz bottle has an uneven green label with a slipshod logo, and the runner on the front isn’t interesting or compelling at all. Back to the drawing board.

Product Type:Sports Drinks: Sports Drink; Container: 20 fl oz (591 ml) PET
BevNET Review: We’re a bit furious that Cytomax hasn’t found a more attractive label, because its furious fruit is a tasty flavor indeed; this strong fruit punch sport drink doesn’t have any distinct fruit flavors – but neither does Hawaiian Punch. What it does have is an absence of the negative elements of other sport drinks, namely the salty taste, high-fructose aftertaste and high acidity that makes them unpalatable. This is the kind of drink we’d be happy to work out for. Just don’t make us wear its clothes – the red/orange shrink wrap label is like a Halloween nightmare; fix it.

Product Type:Sports Drinks: Sports Drink; Container: 20 fl oz (591 ml) PET
BevNET Review: This orange-flavored entry from Cytomax has a pretty strong bug juice-type flavor but it’s nowhere near as acidic as its competitors in the sport drink field, and it’s got none of the salty electrolyte taste that plague so many of them. But that’s not to say it’s something that tastes great – it isn’t. Still, it’s a pretty good entry into its class, and its low in sugar and calories (130 for 20 ounces) to boot. The orange on the label is a much more developed color than that of the lemon-lime. All in all, a pretty dynamic foray into the sport drink category.