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By Energy Drink Ratings4 min read
By the Energy Drink Ratings team. Figures are as of November 12, 2026.
Which flavors do energy drink makers actually put on the shelf, and which do drinkers like? We tag each drink in our catalog with a flavor family and count them. Of the 1,118 drinks we track, 1,082 have a flavor family on file. Citrus leads with 291 drinks (26.9% of those 1,082), just ahead of berry (275) and tropical (235). A drink can belong to two families when its flavor spans both, so the counts add up to more than the number of drinks.
A drink gets up to two families, based on the flavor words in its name: "Strawberry Lemonade" is berry and citrus, "Peach Mango" is stone fruit and tropical. Citrus covers orange, lemon and lime, and tropical covers mango, pineapple and guava. There are 14 families in all. It is our own grouping, built so that a shopper can browse by taste, not an industry standard. A name with no matching flavor word stays unclassified rather than being guessed at; that is 36 drinks today, which is why 1,082 and not all 1,118 are counted below.
| Flavor family | Drinks | Share | Average rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus (orange, lemon, lime) | 291 | 26.9% | 3.51 of 5 (201 ratings) |
| Berry | 275 | 25.4% | 3.38 of 5 (176 ratings) |
| Tropical (mango, pineapple, guava) | 235 | 21.7% | 3.43 of 5 (136 ratings) |
| Candy and dessert | 128 | 11.8% | 3.52 of 5 (179 ratings) |
| Cherry | 72 | 6.7% | 3.24 of 5 (54 ratings) |
| Melon | 70 | 6.5% | 3.55 of 5 (53 ratings) |
| Peach and stone fruit | 58 | 5.4% | 3.26 of 5 (42 ratings) |
| Root beer and cream soda | 53 | 4.9% | 3.58 of 5 (83 ratings) |
| Apple and pear | 46 | 4.3% | 3.23 of 5 (39 ratings) |
| Grape | 41 | 3.8% | 3.44 of 5 (41 ratings) |
| Coffee and tea | 40 | 3.7% | too few ratings (9) |
| Original / classic | 40 | 3.7% | 3.60 of 5 (63 ratings) |
| Fruit punch | 37 | 3.4% | too few ratings (29) |
| Cola | 15 | 1.4% | too few ratings (4) |
The first three columns are a head count: how many drinks in the catalog carry each flavor family. They say what is on the shelf, not what sells. The last column is the average of our members' ratings out of 5, weighted by how many ratings each drink has, so a drink with 40 ratings counts for more than one with 2.
Read the ratings with care. We show an average only for families with at least 30 member ratings, and 11 of the 14 families qualify so far. Across the whole catalog we have 866 member ratings, and 783 drinks have none yet. Gaps of a few hundredths between families are noise, not a ranking. Among the families that do qualify, original / classic has the highest average at 3.60 out of 5 from 63 ratings, but root beer and cream soda (3.58), melon (3.55), candy and dessert (3.52) and citrus (3.51) sit within a few hundredths of it. A single new rating can reorder them.
What is the most common energy drink flavor? Citrus (orange, lemon, lime) is the most common flavor family in our catalog, with 291 drinks, followed by berry with 275.
Which flavor do people rate highest? Among families with at least 30 member ratings, original / classic has the highest average, 3.60 out of 5 from 63 ratings. Because the top of the table is so tightly bunched, treat that as "among the best liked so far", not as a winner.
Why do some flavors show no average? Fruit punch (29 ratings), coffee and tea (9) and cola (4) fall below 30, so we would rather show "too few ratings" than a number that one person could swing.
Every rating is published and every one makes the table sharper. Find a drink you have tried in the drink finder and rate it. For a single flavor, jump to watermelon, peach, strawberry, blue raspberry, mango, orange cream or sour. The live version of this table, which updates as ratings come in, is on Energy Drink Flavors.