Mountain Dew in the UK?

After hearing endless stories about Britvic planning to relaunch the popular USA energy drink, Mountain Dew, here in the UK, I came to the conclusion that they were all untrue.

Just a few moments ago, I decided to take a walk to the local shop. I planned to get a drink and maybe a snack too, but my attention was caught by a bright green bottle in the drinks section. I walked over to see what this unfamiliar drink was...Yeah, you guessed it, it was "Mountain Dew Energy."

After "Googling" this relaunch, I actually found that this drink had been around for over a month! I was shocked that I hadn't heard about this, but it was a nice surprise nonetheless.

In addition, I also came across the fact that the UK version of Mountain Dew Energy actually contains more caffeine (2.5mg more per 100ml) and also uses an alternative colouring that is named beta carotene, whilst the US variation uses tartrazine.

I hope that this article has been fairly interesting to you, as I found it quite strange that it was only made available again in the UK in the past few weeks whilst its so commercially successful in North America. Thanks for reading!

02UK is dropping the Price

Phone carrier 02 in the UK is dropping the price of their iPhone tariffs as they were recently taken away from the exclusivity of being the only one iPhone carrier in the UK. 

02 now offers the iPhone on a £25 per month for 24 months, which includes 100 voice minutes, unlimited texts and 3G data. This is a really good option for light phone users who are wanting to jump on the iPhone product line however, as the iPhone is really focused on the business market, 100 voice minutes isn't really a good option for those but are only allocated at a consumer level.

In comparison, 3UK offers a HTC Hero Android phone for £25 per month for 24 months, that includes 500 voice minutes, unlimited texts and 3G data and Vodafone UK is offering a Blackberry Curve (8520) £25 per month for 24 months with 300 voice minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data, unknown if 3G or not. 

C'mon 02, you were the exclusive carrier for the iPhone back in the day but more networks are getting similar phones and even though the phones are different, the contract seems to contain more for the same value.