While I’m posting odd pictures, here’s one of a drink I tried a few days ago called Ripobitan D (リポビタン D). It’s produced by Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, and comes in a little glass bottle that looks and feels just like a medicine bottle. I bought it from a vending machine in front of my school when I was looking for a quick pick-me-up and wanted to try something new.
The first thing I noticed was the flavor’s similarity to Red Bull. At 100mL, the bottle is considerably smaller than a standard 250mL Red Bull, but it tastes like they used almost the same amount of flavor syrup. I wonder if that’s to mask the higher concentrations of uppers also present.
The ingredients I can read:
1000mg taurine
5mg each of vitamins B1, B2, and B6
50mg caffeine
Anyway, what made me post this is that for about two hours after drinking it, I felt lightheaded and my heart hurt. But I was certainly no longer drowsy, I’ll tell you that.
Yeah…I can’t stand Red Bull. However, that caffeine isn’t off the chart high. An 8 oz cup of coffee has about 100 or so mg of caffeine, so it’s roughly the same.
The other thing about this one and lots of other genki drinks is that it has nicotine in it….so a great pick me up and addictive as well . way to boost sales heh!
Eu estou gravida, e de vez em quando bebo estas vitaminas.O Alfe Ex, a moca do consultorio medico falou que nao tem nenhum problema. Mas, o Ripobitan Fuain Fine e o kaku 3000 taurin 3000 mg sera que e igual?
Went through this with my Japanese coworkers. That’s not Nicotine, it’s a nicotine Amide. While everyone can read the katakana and freak out, the chemical makeup is completely different. It’s even talked about in a Japanese health and nutrition book here at school.
Although…I’m getting addicted to it…