Monster Energy Ultra Watermelon

Watermelon is a flavour that slips into candy territory quickly, and this one does not. The can is thin, lightly sweet and carries almost no sourness or bitterness. That makes it empty faster than the citrus cans, though it is also the least outspoken flavour in the range. Next to Strawberry Dreams, which carries a clear tart side, it is striking how little happens in this can.

The print differs visibly between markets: some countries use a pale pink can, others a deeper red. Sweetener and size shift along with it. This one surfaces in more places during summer than outside it, which makes older runs harder for collectors to track down. Anyone collecting the range by country runs into watermelon in a surprising number of versions, from American cans to Asian editions with different print.