Fuze Refresh: Strawberry Banana

Note: I am aware that Fuze used crystalline fructose in many of their drinks, but it appears they may have redesigned their flavors like some other companies, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, if you'll excuse the cliche.

This odd fortified drink is in the line of 'Refresh' drinks that Fuze produces, and although I ordinarily avoid anything with banana in it, I decided to give this a try. It cost me about $1.29 at the grocery store (kind of a current price trend in the 'healthy drink' arena, eh?) and I took it home.

I was curious about the shrink-wrapped bottle that basically hid the contents from the casual shopper, and if you look in the bottle, it's obvious why. This stuff looks weird, like someone blended up a ripe banana with milk and water, kind of a brownish yellow. I can live with it though. It has a nice thick consistency, almost like a smoothie, but very blended. It tastes good, but in an odd way. Like a watered down smoothie. The fruit and milk mix well, effervescent of banana and a hint of strawberry. Very sweet, too.

Their site has some GD annoying background jungle sounds that you can't turn off, so their losing a half star right there. Their info on their own drinks is limited, many other sites have much more detailed reviews, including ingredients. 200 calories a bottle. Yikes. Don't drink too many of these, you could get fat, but you'd be totally refreshed. Upgrade your site, you guys, and turn the damn sounds off, or at least let me do it.

Score: 4 out of 5.

-- WiseGuise