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Energizer Brands' first healthy natural energy beverage without caffeine or taurine: Attitude Attitude can.jpg
Energizer Brands' first healthy natural energy beverage without caffeine or taurine: Attitude

Energizer Brands Limited, is an English beverage company.

Energizer Brands launched attitude drink, in July 2008. The company claims to have made the soft drinks sector's first 100% natural functional beverage [1] energy drink that contains no caffeine or taurine and no added sugar. [2] [3] The formula contains natural ingredients and antioxidants. [4]

The formula contains 500 mg of Rhodiola rosea root extract (more commonly known as golden root), and 500 mg of L-carnitine. [2] Attitude drink contains natural sugars from fruits which are low in glycemic index (GI), this has been certified by a research group from Oxford Brookes University in 2007. [5]

the drink is marketed at healthy, active individuals [6] and is sold in the British multiples Waitrose and Holland & Barrett. Energizer Brands sponsored the 2008 Notting Hill Carnival- Europe's largest street carnival. [7]

The drink's packaging is manufactured by the British Packaging company Rexam Plc, who have manufactured the world's first aluminium can with a five colour printed end, of which attitude drink is the first customer. [8]

The French newspaper Le Figaro quoted attitude drink as the "Green Red Bull" in January 2010. [9]

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