Emerge is a carbonated mixed fruit flavour energy drink

Energy drink

Energy drinks are beverages whose producers advertise that they "boost energy." These advertisements usually do not emphasize energy derived from the sugar and caffeine they contain but rather increased energy release due to a variety of stimulants and vitamins....

 with taurine and caffeine

Caffeine

Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a stimulant drug. Caffeine is found in varying quantities in the seeds, leaves, and fruit of some plants, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding on the plants...

. It is produced by the Cott Corporation

Cott Corporation

The Cott Corporation is a leading supplier of private label carbonated soft drinks distributing to Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Europe. In addition to producing many private-label beverages for retailers, Cott also has a large and growing portfolio of its own brands...

 at their packaging facility at Kegworth, near Nottingham in England. It is sold in Tesco

Tesco

Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...

, Netto

Netto

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, Asda

Asda

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, Poundland

Poundland

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 and other retailers. It's primary difference from competing brand-name energy drinks such as Red Bull

Red Bull

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 and Relentless

Relentless (drink)

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 is the RRP of 35p. It is regularly sold below this, often undercutting supermarket store brands.

Ingredients

• Carbonated water
• Sugar
• Glucose-fructose Syrup
• Citric acid
• Taurine (0.4%)
• Glucuronolactone (0.24%) (Not in the 1litre bottle)
• Flavouring (including Caffeine (0.03%))
• Acidity regulator (Sodium Citrate
  Sodium citrate
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• Inositol
• Colours (Sulfite
  Sulfite
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  , Ammonia caramel, Carmoisine)
• Vitamins (Niacin, B₅, B₆, B₂, B₁₂)
• Preservative (Sodium Benzoate
  Sodium benzoate
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  )

Not recommended to people sensitive to caffeine, pregnant women or children.

All versions of Emerge are suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Flavours

Two new flavours of Emerge were released in 2011, the Mixed Berry flavour and the Tropical flavour.

Flavour	Can	Price
Original	Red and silver	35p
Tropical	Orange and silver	39p
Mixed Berry	Purple and silver	39p

Sponsorship

Emerge have sponsored NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

's 2011 Emerge Radar 2011 Tour.