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[edit] Canadian battery bottles

The battery bottles are also available in canada, you might want to add that to the jolt cola worldwide part.

[edit] What did you mean?

The beverage is notoriously difficult to find in Australia.

I guess Jolt is also notoriously difficult to find in Antartica. But shall we mention it? There are a couple of Burger King restaurants withing walking distances from my home, but "Hungry Jack's" is just notoriously difficult to find in my country. I guess I'll not mention it. -- Toytoy 12:33, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

Possibly my information is out of date, but as of December 2003 and 6 years prior to that, every 7-Eleven I ever went in, in 4 Australian states (QLD, NSW, VIC, SA) carried Jolt Cola. It was therefore far easier to find than in the US.

Its only sold in one unaffiliated shop on Talbot Street, a few Spars, and every college campus Londis over here... and yet thats not even notoriusly hard to find... --Kiand 18:20, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I also find this generally weird, I have replaced the overly specific information about where it can be found in sydney/brisbane/adelaide with a more general statement for clarity. I hate to delete someone's work but it just seems like to much detail in almost random places - no normal encyclopedia would include random specifics like that.

[edit] Highly caffeinated

I'd like it if somebody could quantify this. I am doubtful that it is that much more carbonated than, say, mountain dew. Specifically, I'd like to know how it stacks up to RedBull and the like. Avriette 01:32, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't see where the carbonation comes into this, but no, its not particularly carbonated as soft drinks go... --Kiand 01:43, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I meant "caffeinated", not "carbonated". Blame it on overworking. (note the heading was correct and coherent) Avriette 04:46, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
The article states that Jolt Cola contains as much caffeine as a regular coffee, but not as much caffeine as an espresso coffee. However, it is quite well known that proper espresso coffee contains less caffeine than regular coffee, due to the speed at which is it brewed. Helzagood 13:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

That is correct, the part about the espresso needs to be fixed.


Jolt just made the switch from a high caffeine soda to a functional food. They raised the caffeine level from 140mg of caffeine to 220mg of caffeine per 23.5 oz. They also added an energy mix of guarana, taurine, ginseng, and vitamin B complex. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

[edit] Sugar Content

The statement "Early production of Jolt Cola may have had more sugar than the current formula..." is sort of weasely. We should be able to either verify whether this was true or not? I seem to remember a slogan in the late 80's that went "Twice the sugar, twice the caffeine". Maybe I'm simply misremembering the "all the sugar, twice the caffeine" slogan already mentioned in the article. I know the Simpsons TV show used that slogan for their fictional "Buzz Cola" but i could swear Jolt had used it first. After doing a google search their appears to be many others who also remember the same slogan as originally being used for Jolt Cola though they may be misremembering also. --Cab88 19:21, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I seem to recall the original slogan being "Twice the sugar, twice the caffeine, and all the flavor" - having to do with the diet soda craze going on at the time. --Sean 00:23, 4 September 2006 (PDT)

[edit] Image:Jolt-Colas.jpg

Does anyone else find this image kind of annoying? Why can't there just be an image of the can itself? Having the hands in there clinking the cans makes it look much less encyclopedic IMHO. howcheng {chat} 22:57, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jolt Red?

Does anyone know if it is true or not that Jolt is no longer manufacturing "Jolt Red"? Andrew 21:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


No, it is no longer being manufactured, however, you can find JOLT Redeye online in glass bottles even though they have been discontinued.

[edit] Jolt Mobile (prepaid mobile phone service)

Does anyone know if Jolt Mobile is related to Jolt Cola? If it is, it should be noted. Fitfatfighter 09:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Double Jolt Cola?

"There are many rumors claiming that Jolt Cola once produced a variant of Jolt Cola called Double Jolt Cola. It was said to have contained even more caffeine than regular Jolt (allegedly twice as much). However, there is very little available information on this flavor. Some urban legends claim the drink was banned in certain regions for being linked to seizures. Currently, Wet Planet Beverages does not acknowledge existence of a Double Jolt Cola."

Is this the same as "Jolt caffeine x2"? If so, I can confirm that it's sold in Sweden. In fact, it's been a while since I saw a can that wasn't x2.

No, the "caffeine x2" (CX2 on cans sitting near me as I type this) just refers to the original "...twice the caffeine" slogan and claim. I honestly don't recall seeing Double Jolt in the original heyday of Jolt, but have found numerous anecdotal references to it online; a few "man, you remember Double Jolt?" type forum posts, a claim that Double Jolt is, for some reason, "outlawed in Australia". None that could be cited, however, and no real proof it's existed. Not even a simple photograph of a soda can/bottle, which is odd considering the existence of can/bottle collectors. I even ran into references to a Triple Jolt, of all things. The drink's name is a colloquial "unit" anyway, so it lends itself to the concept of a "Double Jolt," et al., without the products necessarily existing. Student Driver 10:50, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can you find Jolt in Texas?

Hello, I purchased a bottle back in 03 and I haven't found one since. Joe Cannibal 05:01, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Joltcola1.png

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[edit] User Template

Just thought I'd have a go at creating a user template for all you drinkers of this fine beverage like me.petedavo 17:08, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

This user drinks Jolt Cola to stay Awake.

[edit] Jolt in Sweden

There's no botteling of the Jolt Cola in Sweden. The consumer contact at Åbro says they're importing cans and bottles from Belgium.

[edit] Caffeine Content and Comparison

The first part of the article is somewhat conflicting on caffeine content. It states that Jolt has double the amount of caffeine as Coca-Cola, but presents numbers that indicate Jolt has more than four times the amount of caffeine as Coca-Cola.

  1. The article states that Jolt has 280mg of caffeine in a 695 ml "Battery Bottle".
  2. The article states that Coca-Cola has 34mg of caffeine in a 355 ml can.
  3. Doing the math for Jolt (280mg/695ml) and Coca-Cola (34mg/355ml), Jolt would have approx. 0.403mg of caffeine per ml, while Coca-Cola would have approx. 0.098mg of caffeine per ml, giving jolt more than 4.1 times more caffeine than Coca-Cola.

So did I calculate something wrong here or does the article need correction?
Raisenero (talk) 10:28, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Jolt Cola's official web site contains conflicting information, that Battery Bottles have both 220mg and 280mg of caffeine with no clear indication of which is correct, so no accurate comparison can be made. Accordingly, I removed a statement in the article making a comparison of caffeine content.

The pages with the conflicting information are:

http://www.joltenergy.com/ABOUTJOLT/ABOUT/tabid/90/Default.aspx
http://www.joltenergy.com/ABOUTJOLT/FAQs/tabid/93/Default.aspx
Raisenero (talk) 04:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)