# Has anyone else tried Vitamalt?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-tried-vitamalt/376823 "2006-10-17T19:44:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-tried-vitamalt/376823/1 "2006-10-17T19:44:13Z")

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I just tried one today, courtesy of a guy from Nigeria. It’s **vile**. Tasted like (lightly) carbonated prune juice, with a hint of fremented grass clippings. Thick, syrupy mouthfeel. Cloyingly sweet. From the ingredient list (water, barley malt, sugar, caramel color, hops), I expected a bad non-alcoholic beer. What I got was an abomination. From the [website](http://www.vitamalt.com) , I see that in Africa and the Caribbean, it’s considered an energy drink, the drink for active, sporty people (or so their advertising would have me believe). I cannot _imagine_ exercising after drinking this shit. And now that I read the label, I see that it has **53 grams of carbs** in an 11 ounce bottle!?!? _hurk_

Anyone else tried this swill?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@Alex\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_1)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-tried-vitamalt/376823/2 "2006-10-17T21:16:07Z")

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It’s similar to Vitamalz (from Germany) - a drink I enjoy from time to time. It’s not like beer any more than root beer is a beer - they’re both soft drinks.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-tried-vitamalt/376823/3 "2006-10-17T23:13:55Z")

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Is it anything like VitaMeataVegimin?

😃

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**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-tried-vitamalt/376823/4 "2006-10-18T00:45:36Z")

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My family is from the Caribbean so I grew up with malt (even though I grew up in OK). I never cared for Vitamalt. I like Goya malt or even Malta India much better.  
Most people I’ve shared with think it’s gross.