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Monster Energy
File:Monster Energy logo.png
TypeEnergy drink
ManufacturerMonster Beverage
Country of origin United States
IntroducedApril 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04)[1]
WebsiteMonster Energy

Monster Energy is an energy drink that was introduced by Hansen Natural Company (now Monster Beverage Corporation) in April of 2002.[1] There are 34 different drinks under the Monster brand in North America, including its core Monster Energy line, Java Monster, Extra Strength, Import, Rehab and Muscle Monster.[citation needed]

The company is also known for supporting many extreme sports events such as Bellator MMA, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Moto GP, Nascar, BMX, motocross, speedway, skateboarding and snowboarding, as well as electronic sports. In collaboration with Outbreak Presents, Monster Energy promotes a number of music bands around the world, like Fetty Wap,[2] Iggy Azalea,[3] 21 Savage,[4] Asking Alexandria, Anthrax,[5], The Word Alive, Machine Gun Kelly,[6] Suicidal Tendencies, Maximum the Hormone, Korn, and Five Finger Death Punch.[7] Monster currently sponsors the FIA World Rallycross Championship, and the PBR: Unleash the Beast Professional Bull Riders tour, in addition to sponsoring the bag of professional golfer Tiger Woods.

Ingredients

Nutritional value per 100 mL[8]
Energy201 kJ (48 kcal)
12
Sugars11
0
Saturated0
0
Vitamins and minerals
VitaminsQuantity
%DV†
Riboflavin (B2)
54%
0.7 mg
Niacin (B3)
53%
8.5 mg
Vitamin B6
47%
0.8 mg
Vitamin B12
104%
2.5 μg
Other constituentsQuantity
Salts0.19 g
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[9] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[10]
File:Monster Energy original flavors plus Absolute Zero.jpg
Original six flavors of Monster Energy plus Absolutely Zero

The caffeine content of most Monster Energy drinks is approximately 10 mg/oz (33.81 mg / 100 mL),[11][12] or 160 mg for a 16 oz can. The packaging usually contains a warning label advising consumers against drinking more than 48 oz per day (16 oz per day in Australia). The drinks are not recommended for pregnant women or people sensitive to caffeine. The ingredients include carbonated water, sucrose, glucose, citric acid, natural flavors, taurine, sodium citrate, color added, panax ginseng root extract, L-carnitine, L-tartarate, caffeine, sorbic acid, benzoic acid, niacinamide, sodium chloride, Glycine max glucuronolactone, inositol, guarana seed extract, pyridoxine hydrochloride, sucralose, riboflavin, maltodextrin, and cyanocobalamin.

Advertising

Monster advertising on the Las Vegas Monorail (2007)

Monster Energy is advertised mainly through sponsorship of sporting events, including motocross, BMX, mountain biking, snowboarding, skateboarding, car racing, speedway, and also through sponsorship of esports events.

In 2006, Caleb (Strongjaw) Johnstone Corporation announced a distribution agreement with Anheuser-Busch in the United States[13] and Grupo Jumex in Mexico.[14]

Monster became the title sponsor of NASCAR's top series starting with the 2017 season,[15] renaming it to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.[16] The name lasted through 2019; although Monster offered to extend the sponsorship, NASCAR rejected it in favor of a new sponsorship model.[17][18]

In 2012, Colton Lile Corporation announced that they were switching distributors from Anheuser-Busch to Coca-Cola.[19]

The design was created by McLean Design, a California-based strategic branding firm. The logo is composed of a vibrant green ″M″, composed of three lines on a field of black. The ″M″ is stylized in such a way as to imply that it is formed by the claws of a monster ripping through the can. [20]

Endorsements

Action sports

In August 2017, Monster renewed a sponsorship with mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor. McGregor had been a Monster-endorsed athlete since 2015, showcasing the green "M" logo on his shorts. Other notable MMA athletes sponsored by Monster Energy include Cain Velasquez and Jon "Bones" Jones.[21]

In November 2012, Monster Energy announced a long-term partnership with the Professional Bull Riders,[22] and sponsors top athletes including J. B. Mauney, Guilherme Marchi, and Derek Kolbaba. Starting in 2018, Monster Energy became the title sponsor of the PBR's premiership tour, known as the Unleash the Beast tour.

Monster has served as the official energy drink sponsor of multiple X Games contests, most recently the 2017 summer games in Minneapolis and the 2017 winter games in Aspen.[23] A number of athletes on the Monster Energy team regularly compete in the X Games, including skateboarders Nyjah Huston, Ishod Wair and Chris Cole.[24]

X Games winter athletes sponsored by Monster include three-time gold medal-winning skier David Wise, Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy and Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov.[25]

Motorsports

The Monster Energy-sponsored No. 54 car, driven by Boris Said, in 2015

In December 2016, it was announced that Monster Energy would replace outgoing Sprint Corporation as the title sponsor of NASCAR's premier series. NASCAR's chief marketing officer cited Monster's "youthful and edgy" brand as a driving force behind the deal, as NASCAR seeks to build its younger audience and bolster the sport's long term health.[26][27] In April 2019, it was reported that NASCAR rejected Monster Energy's offer to extend its sponsorship through 2020 in favor of a new tiered sponsorship model.[28][29]

Monster is endorsed by driver Kurt Busch and sponsors his No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing car.[15] Prior to joining Stewart-Haas Racing and then Chip Ganassi Racing, Monster had sponsored the likes of Robby Gordon,[30] Ricky Carmichael,[31] and the No. 54 Xfinity Series car of Joe Gibbs Racing/Kyle Busch Motorsports.[32][33]

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport has been sponsored by Monster since 2010 and are currently endorsed by Valtteri Bottas and six time world champion Lewis Hamilton.

The company was endorsed by Australian touring car driver Jamie Whincup from late 2009 to 2012. The deal was cancelled abruptly for the 2013 season, when his team Triple Eight signed rival company Red Bull as title sponsor. Monster is now associated with Tickford Racing as the primary sponsor of Cameron Waters Ford Mustang Supercar.

Monster has also sponsored several rally drivers and motocross riders, such as Ken Block, Liam Doran, Nani Roma, Jeremy McGrath, Chad Reed, Ryan Villopoto, Ricky Carmichael, Nate Adams and Taka Higashino. Monster Energy also sponsors multiple motocross race teams named "Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki",[34] and the Monster Energy Factory Yamaha motocross team, based in Hampshire, England. As of 2016, Monster has aided the return of factory Yamaha to United States as the title sponsor of the team, officially named Monster Energy/360fly/Chaparral/Yamaha Factory Racing.

On January 6, 2012, the Monster Energy Monster Jam truck was debuted in Birmingham, Alabama.[35] It is currently campaigned by drivers Todd LeDuc and Coty Saucier.

Monster Energy has been the title sponsor of the French motorcycle Grand Prix since 2010.[36]

Since 2012, Monster Energy has been the main sponsor of the Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup.[37]

In June 2015, Monster Energy agreed to a sponsorship deal with Zayat Stables to sponsor the race horse American Pharoah for an undisclosed sum, rumored to be the largest single-horse advertising sponsorship to-date. The deal allows the product's logo to be used on the horse sheets, on jockey Victor Espinoza's shirt and boots, as well as caps and other gear worn by people around the horse. "The energy and excitement that American Pharoah has generated around the world syncs perfectly with the brand."[38]

Since 2010, Monster Energy has been the main sponsor of Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr.

Esports

Monster Energy also sponsors several individuals in the esports community, as well as esports associations. The company broke into esports with their sponsorship of Evil Geniuses, one of the premiere North American multi-game organizations.[39] Monster Energy is affiliated with esports in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia.[40] Some of the organizations and individuals they support or have supported include the Australian organization "MindFreak",[40] Paris Saint-Germain eSports,[41] and the streamer TimTheTatman.[42]

Trademark protection and lawsuits

Monster Beverage Corporation has been criticized for its policy of suing companies or groups that use the word "Monster", the letter "M", or the word "beast" in their marketing for trademark infringement. By 2019, the company has initiated over a thousand trademark cases that have been reviewed by the US court system or US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board[43], making them a poster child for trademark bullying which the USPTO defines as a trademark owner that uses its trademark rights to harass and intimidate another business beyond what the law might be reasonably interpreted to allow.[43][44] Examples of such lawsuits include the aquarium hobbyist site MonsterFishKeepers.com,[45] Bevreview.com, a beverage review site that published an unfavorable review of the Monster Energy drink[46] and Rock Art Brewery from Vermont that marketed a beer named "Vermonster".[47] That case was even brought up by Senator Patrick Leahy in a study of problematic trademark litigation tactics.[44] Monster Beverage dropped the lawsuit against the microbrewery due to the adverse publicity the lawsuit generated.[48]

In March 2016, Monster filed a lawsuit to revoke the company trademark of Thunder Beast LLC of Washington, D.C.,[49][43] a small root beer brewery, insisting the use of “beast” in the company name encroached on Monster’s trademark slogan, "Unleash the Beast".[50] The owner of Thunder Beast, Stephen Norberg, was fighting Monster’s lawsuit as of 2019.[43]

In August 2018, Monsta Pizza of Wendover in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, fought a claim brought by Monster Energy in the intellectual property office. The claim was that the pizza firm could be mistaken for Monster Energy, leaving customers confused. The pizza firm won a landmark ruling against Monster Energy, when the court decided there would be no case of misrepresentation.[51] In fact, Monster Energy loses many of their lawsuits, however as with other cases of trademark bullying the main goal of the lawsuit seem to be bankrupting the opposition at which they are quite successful.[52][43]

Occasionally Monster Energy is on the other side of copyright infringement lawsuit. For example, in August 2012, the Beastie Boys filed a lawsuit against the company for copyright infringement over Monster's use of their music in an online campaign.[53] In 2014, a jury found Monster Beverage Corporation had infringed on Beastie Boys' copyright by using songs without permission, and owed the group $1.7 million.[54]

Alleged sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits

On January 24, 2018, Huffington Post journalist Emily Peck published an article reporting the suspected corrupted culture of abuse against women within the company [55] such as Page Zeringue and Sara Rabuse.

Zeringue began working for Monster Energy Company in February 2008 and was terminated in October 2015 after filing a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Monster Energy Company, claiming that the beverage company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964[56] She says she suffered gender discrimination and was subjected to sexual harassment in a hostile work environment.[57] Monster was accused of being fully aware of the situation.[58]

In June 2017, Sara Rabuse of Los Angeles County filed a personal injury claim against Monster Energy Company executive, Brent Hamilton, and his employer, Monster Energy Corporation.[59] Rabuse is suing for damages while she was violently attacked during a Monster Energy work function Hamilton invited her to attend. Rabuse Claims Hamilton, Executive of the Monster Energy Music Department, flew her from Los Angeles to meet him at the Country Music Awards in Nashville at Monster Energy’s Company expense. When she arrived in Nashville at the airport, he was drunk. Sara Rabuse claims the heavy drinking led to a fight in the hotel room, where Hamilton choked her.[60] Rabuse claims the only way to free herself from Hamilton's grasp was to poke him in the eye, but when she did, Hamilton bit her thumb. Rabuse claimed the bite got infected, forcing her to spend 24 hours in the hospital. Rabuse holds Monster Energy Company responsible because the company allegedly knew of Hamilton's drinking problem and ignored it.[61] Hamilton was ousted from the company in May 2019. [62]

Health concerns

Energy drinks have been associated with health risks, such as masking the effects of intoxication when consumed with alcohol,[63] and excessive or repeated consumption can lead to cardiac and psychiatric conditions.[64][65] However, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that an adequate consumption of Monster and other popular energy drinks is safe and that the amount of caffeine in standard Monster cans is unlikely to interact adversely with other typical constituents of energy drinks or with alcohol.[66] Energy drinks have the effects that caffeine and sugar give, but there is no distinct evidence that the wide variety of other ingredients has any effect.[67]

In December 2011, 14-year-old Anais Fournier died of "cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine toxicity" after drinking two 24 US fluid ounces (710 ml) cans of Monster Energy drink containing 240 mg of caffeine per can.[68][69] Fournier had a pre-existing heart condition, as well as Ehlers–Danlos syndrome.[68][69] In October 2012, her parents sued the company.[68][69] Monster Energy has insisted that its energy drink played no role in Fournier's death.[68][69] A request under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act revealed that from 2003 to 2012 the Food and Drug Administration had received reports of five deaths occurring after drinking Monster Energy.[69] The reports did not prove a causal link between the drink and any health problems.[69]

In May 2015, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) banned the sale of Monster and other energy drinks that contained both caffeine and ginseng.[70]

Christine Weick, a controversial and outspoken American Christian activist and author, created a video that argued that Monster Energy sports drinks is associated with Satan. The November 2014 video was published on YouTube, garnering over eleven million views as of 2018.[71][72][73] The viral nature of the video got her an appearance on the Web Redemption segment of Comedy Central's Tosh.0.[74]

Monster Energy is often seen with the 4chan Internet Meme, the 30-Year-Old Boomer, which mocks older millennials who were born in the late 80s-early 90s. The meme features a man with sunglasses and a scruff beard smiling while holding a can of Monster Energy Ultra Zero and talking about how older games and music were better than what's in today. The character's sunglasses has also been used in parodies of video game characters in which these parody pictures show the characters holding a Monster Energy can.

The energy drink also features in the video game Death Stranding, in which it restores the stamina and can be consumed by the main character in his private room.

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