The Wonderland Potion is a mini "energy and libido-enhancing" drink. The purpose of the drink is to cause arousal and give you energy. I'll just tell you right now, from the start of this review that it won't do either & that there isn't a single ingredient in the bottle that's known to give energy or enhance libido, as it claims to have. None of the ingredients do anything for your libido or energy levels. Unless you consider the Tartaric acid is used in large doses on regular basis by some people to help health problems and to try and reduce fatigue to be energy-enhancing. If a Coke doesn't give you energy, this will give you even less. The bottle is neat & the idea was awesome, but in the end, you're better off spending $4 on a bottle of Mio Energy or if you like Red Bull, or hell, just have some coffee. The use, in reality, would be nothing more than the fun of tasting it or because you think the bottle is neat.
There's a single serving per bottle.
Ingredients:
Purified water, Malic & Tartaric acid, Natural flavors, Potassium Citrate, Sucralose, Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate (preservatives), Red 40 and Blue 1.
This product claims to have Vitamin B6, B12 and Guarana, but you see not a single one of these are listed in the ingredients. None of the ingredients listed on the bottle are known to have any kind of energy or libido-enhancing properties. It just doesn't make sense to me that they would not list these ingredients, the most important thing about the product, the only reason people buy it, on the label if they are part of the contents. I've never known of any company to just not list the Guarana and Vitamins in a product for energy if they are, in fact, in the product. I mean, Doc Johnson does have "Sexual Energy" on the label as well as their webpages describe it as having those ingredients (Guarana, Vitamin B6 & B12), but those are not listed anywhere on the bottle's label.
Ingredients Details
Malic acid is a food additive. It can be naturally found in fruits & vegetables, especially apples. Malic acid is said to have quite a bit of health benefits. It's also said to be helpful for chronic fatigue syndrome, which may be why it's used in this potion as well -- so it can be called an "energy" product.
It's gives a sour taste, which can partly explain why the Wonderland Potion (and most energy drinks) have a tart/sour taste.
Tartaric acid Found in citrus, fizzy drinks and vinegar. It occurs naturally in plants & fruits like bananas. Used as an anti-inflammatory. It too is supposed to have an array of health benefits. It's often used to help a product have a more palatable taste.
Natural Flavors Could literally be anything & since nothing is listed such as where the natural flavors came from, we are left clueless. Insects, aspartame and other strange things are among the things that can be labeled "natural flavors," so there's a wide variety of things this could include.
The definition of natural flavor under the Code of Federal Regulations is: “the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional” (21CFR101.22).
Potassium Citrate A Citrate salt of potassium. A compound composed of potassium, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon atoms. Potassium Citrate is a components of electrolytes. Used to help balance the pH level in drinks that are very acidic. It, as well as Malic Acid (listed above) are said to be useful for kidney stones.
Sucralose A no-calorie sweetener. Sometimes called "Splenda." Made from either table sugar or sucralose & is 600 times sweeter than sugar, according to the International Food Information Council Foundation. Also according to the International Food Information Council Foundation, Sucralose is a very safe sweetener. . More than 100 safety studies, representing over 20 years of research, have shown sucralose to be safe.
Potassium Sorbate A preservative, inhibits mold & yeast. Potassium sorbate is a skin, eye and respiratory irritant.
Sodium Benzoate A preservative. According to Natural News, a study "conducted by an expert in molecular biology and biotechnology" showed that the preservative Sodium Benzoate was linked to cell damage and an increased production of free radicals. Sodium benzoate in combination with vitamin C causes the potent carcinogen benzene.
Red 40 An artificial coloring/dye or natural color (which comes from bugs) that's red, of course. FDA says Red 40 is safe & that there isn't enough evidence of ill-effects from it to ban it. However, others claim that Red 40 has serious effects on them or their kids. It's not uncommon for the consumption of dyes like Red 40 to cause hyper activity, irritability, attention disorders, etc. in children. The Center for Science in the Public Interest says that studies have shown that Red 40 can damage DNA in mice. Others make claims about this as being inconclusive for different reasons. According to Columbia University Medical Center, compounds in Red 40 have been linked to cancer.
Since there are natural alternative to coloring a drink product (or not coloring it at all), Red 40 is not a necessary ingredient to add.
Blue 1 Also called "Brilliant Blue." Blue 1 is also a dye which was once derived from coal tar, but now it's often made from some type of an oil base. Toxicology studies have showed that Blue 1 (and 2, for that matter) are relatively safe, but the Center for Science in the Public Interest as well as others claim that artificial dyes could be linked to problems like hyperactivity, attention disorders, etc.
Some moderate-asthma sufferers are at risk of Blue 1 inducing allergic reactions.
Made & packaged in USA
There, they have all the ingredients, including their "Proprietary Energy Blend" But, even knowing all that, you still have the experience from the two of you, each drinking 2 bottles and not getting any results! Hope you don't mind me sharing this info with you! It is a common practice for companies to dodge labeling laws this way! Though I see it most often on individual packets inside a multipack, say of candy, for example. The outside label will have the info, but all the individual packets will just say , "not labelled for individual retail sale" that way they don't have to put the info on them. Then the FDA allowed companies to just tell you where you can find the info yourself. So they often just list the inactive ingredients which is what happened here!