Talk:Monster Energy

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Contents 1 Should each drink get its own detailed paragraph? 2 Monster is known for its high advertising budget. 3 Lo Carb Sugar Substitute 4 Talk about drink 5 Major Updates 6 Hansen Beverage Company 7 See also and Related Products 8 M pull tab 9 Air Force Security Forces love Monster, especially on 12+ hour shifts. 10 Caffeine content? 11 Fair use rationale for Image:Monster logo.jpg 12 MORE INFO ON NEW MONSTER PRODUCTS 13 Necessary? 13.1 What the hell? 14 I have a question... 15 Can types vs flavors 16 8.3oz cans

[edit] Should each drink get its own detailed paragraph?

I just thought I would throw this in I have watched this article grow smaller and smaller to the point any real importance relating to monster energy is lowered to only a sentence or two. I would like to know if you all agree that either the drinks should get a seperate article giving specific information regarding each one and updates that follow it or a its own catagory in the article regarding the drinks, Thank you. Flash512 (talk) 16:45, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Monster is known for its high advertising budget.

How high is "high"? What is the source for this statement? I would bet their advertising budget would be "low" compared to some other beverage companies (like Coke and Pepsi). To the best of my knowledge Monster Beverage Company does no traditional advertising, although as mentioned later in the article they do sponsor many sports and concert events. Perhaps this could be rephrased and qualified (with a reference)? Dmarlin 05:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I have rephrased it. Flash512 (talk) 16:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lo Carb Sugar Substitute

Please mention the particular sugar substitute(s?) used in lo carb Monster.

The can of Monster lo-carb I have here indicates it contains glucose, Sucralose (further down the ingredients list), and Acesulfame K (further down still). I guess these would all be considered sweetners. I'm not sure if this varies by distributor, or if it is the same for all distributors (and countries). Dmarlin 05:19, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk about drink

Monster Energy Drink is a very, very important topic. I could not list the number of times this drink has enabled me to stay up late working, or to drive long hours without sleeping. For anyone else out there who wonders how one can of energy drink can last for a 20 hour drive without sleep, i vote this page should be kept up. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.109.191.246 (talk • contribs) 01:03, May 11, 2005 (UTC)

I too wonders how an energy drink can last for long periods of time and I would like the article to reflect this. HiS oWn 22:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

"Many teens prefer the taste, and size for that matter of that to the leading energy drink company, Red Bull." - sounds like a line from their marketing material. I don't see that it fits in the article at all, perhaps a candidate for deletion?

[edit] Major Updates

For reference, a cup of coffee is about 100mg of caffeine. Zhouj (talk) 15:34, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

In refrence to the unsigned comment about the xxl Monsters, there is 240 mg of caffeine in an xxl. Three of those would be at 720 mg. That is not nearly enough to kill you, just make you sick. In fact, the lethal dose is around or above 10 g, or 10000 mg.

Sources: Energy Fiend[1], USA Today/Health Scout[2].

~Psycho 64.73.76.107 (talk) 00:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

So I was bored, and decided to make this entry into a full blown article, or at least a good start. This is one of my first articles ever on my account, so I hope it doesn't suck.

-Play

what kind of taurine do they use in monster??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.236.191.141 (talk • contribs) 09:45, September 16, 2006 (UTC)

if you drink 3 double xl monster energy drinks you will die instantly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.205.15 (talk) 19:15, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hansen Beverage Company

The official web site for Monster Energy indicates that Monster Beverage Company is the owner of the drink. The Hansen Beverage Company does not list Monster Energy as one of their products, but their About Us page indicates that they distribute Monster Energy. Digging a little deeper, I found some press releases that indicated that they Busch would be taking over distributorship of the Monster products.

Does anyone know if Hansen Beverage Company actually owns Monster Beverage Company, or if they're just a distributor for them, or what the official relationship is today?

Without an official source other than the Monster Energy web site, I've changed the article to indicate that Monster Beverage Company is the owner. -Orayzio 21:26, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Hansen Beverage Company is a subsidiary of Hansen Natural Corporation. Monster Beverage Company, or officially the Monster LDA Company (MLDA), is also a subsidiary of Hansen Natural Corporation. However, Hansen Beverage Company or Hansen Natural Corporation develops, markets, sells and distributes the Monster drink for MLDA. [3] [4]. --Yarnalgo 20:26, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Hansen's is the acknowledged owner and manufacturer of Monster Energy within the industry and in their stock reports, where Monster has been a central source of their growth in the last 2 years. I put Hansen's back in. Teloscientist 03:27, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] See also and Related Products

I am wondering how we should situate this. Currently, related products features "Lost Energy" and "Full Throttle," see also lists "Lost Energy" and "Red Bull." I do not see the connection to having Full throttle, as far as I can tell, full throttle is only a related product in that it is an energy drink. To list all energy drinks would be impractical, so perhaps the most popular should be listed? Lost Energy makes sense, since it is based on Monster. Red Bull also makes sense, as it somewhat 'paved the way' for energy drinks to make a market impact. But perhaps we should come up with a system and have some logical process for the See Also, and especially for the Related Products sections. --TheRealKuni 20:04, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

RED BULL SUCKS

[edit] M pull tab

I'm seeing a whole bunch of monsters now with no cut out, just a scratched "M" monster logo. Is this just something regional, or what? Violask81976 02:02, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Air Force Security Forces love Monster, especially on 12+ hour shifts.

Really? I'd love to see a source on this one :) Derekawesome 21:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Caffeine content?

Since this energy drink's "source" is its high levels of caffeine (I'd imagine 80-120 mLs) maybe the level should be listed in the article.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Monster logo.jpg

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BetacommandBot 02:36, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MORE INFO ON NEW MONSTER PRODUCTS

i came across a review site, im not much of a wiki editor, more or a reader, and a minor corrector/grammar and punctuation. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [[11]] Photo or the new products by Monster

[edit] Necessary?

The article states: "In 2004, Hansen Natural Corporation did not announce a distribution agreement with Anheuser-Busch...." My guess is that they also did not invade Poland or create a mutant strain of supervirus. Why is something that they didn't do in the article? —  MusicMaker5376 18:45, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

That was vandalized a while back, See the section below where I mention the specific edit. It's fixed now. —Random832 (contribs) 17:47, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What the hell?

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How did this edit stand for so long?

This article sucks, that's why. —Random832 16:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I have a question...

Does Monster really have alchohol in it, or is it just an urban legend? If you look underneath the ingredients on a can of Monster, it says "Consume responsibly. Limit 3 cans per day. Not recommended for children..." Does that mean that it is alchohol, or is it something else? If anybody can tell exactly what it is, and if it's alchohol or not, it should be added to the "Ingredients" section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.163.25.135 (talk) 21:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if Monster contains any alcohol in any of its formulations, but it does contain a whole lot of caffeine, and caffeine can be deadly if you consume a lot in a short period of time (I hear that a few hundred concentrated milliliters of the stuff can kill an adult human). That's probably the reason for the warning. — EagleOne\^Talk 18:10, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

It takes around 5 grams to a kill an average adult, I wouldn't worry about killing oneself on monster. Vivarin would be easier, and if it was alcoholic the price would be much higher because of taxes. C6541 (talk) 05:22, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Can types vs flavors

Does it make sense to go into detail on what flavors are available in what package sizes? If so, it may make sense to create a table instead of the haphazard way it is covered in the article text now. —Random832 (contribs) 17:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 8.3oz cans

When were 8.3 oz cans released? The article says both 2005 and 2008 and I've never seen one. Anyone know? --Random832 (contribs) 17:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

8.3 oz cans are mainly used in bars for mixed drinks or to hand out for samples at events 98.17.221.142 (talk) 05:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)