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Lostlostlostagain · 09/09/2023 11:16

This is not meant as being judgemental at all, I’m just curious, but aren’t Prime drinks energy drinks that are meant to be bad for kids?? It’s just I see so many children drinking these now! I just saw 3 different groups of children under 10 with them walking out of Asda.

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flingoringo · 09/09/2023 11:59

The craze is thankfully dying down now. But yep the bottles are fine for kids. Tastes rubbish though.

1upmushroom · 09/09/2023 11:49

The bottles of prime are as other posters have said just flavoured coconut water. Not great, but definitely no caffeine etc.

When pressed by my teenagers I started my 'it's just a gimmick, you're being brainwashed by advertising, it's overpriced' speech, but then I remembered being a teen and occasionally wanting something in hindsight that was rubbish but at the time made me feel 'cool' 😂

So I relented and bought them some. To be fair, in Tesco it was £2 per bottle. There's no way I would have paid more than that.

Crispyperifries · 09/09/2023 11:43

Prime Bottles are basically flavoured coconut water - so any age can buy them
Prime Cans are energy drinks like red bull - not for under 16’s

Olika · 09/09/2023 11:33

BarbaraofSeville · 09/09/2023 11:28

It seems to be everywhere now, so I assume it is no longer attracting the shortage premium and changing hands for silly money?

I noticed this same in Asda this week. They had their own shelf at the end of an isle... tons of Prime (bottles)

BarbaraofSeville · 09/09/2023 11:28

It seems to be everywhere now, so I assume it is no longer attracting the shortage premium and changing hands for silly money?

bridgetreilly · 09/09/2023 11:27

It is deliberately confusing branding, so that kids want it to feel grownup but have a different, more suitable, version of the drink.

Theyhaveallbeenused2 · 09/09/2023 11:19

Prime sold in cans is an energy drink with high caffeine content not suitable for children.

Prime in bottles is a hydration drink mostly consisting of coconut water. Suitable for children

LoudestRoar · 09/09/2023 11:19

Cans are the energy drink, the bottles (which is what most of the kids are after) is overpriced coconut water.

stonkytonk11 · 09/09/2023 11:18

It's not an energy drink like red bull/monster as not hot caffeine in it. Prime more like lucozade sport I think so not great but not awful for kids

Radiat · 09/09/2023 11:17

I understand some are energy drinks, others aren’t.