Daewoong Pharmaceutical said Sunday that cumulative sales of its health-food division’s exam-season snack, “Enerthistle Focus Shot,” have surpassed 5 million sticks.
Enerthistle Focus Shot is a stick-type jelly classified as a general food product (candy). It contains milk thistle, three B vitamins and guarana extract, a plant-based natural caffeine ingredient. The product blends theanine and guarana extract at a 2-to-1 ratio. Each stick includes 100 mg of plant-based caffeine, 2,000 mg of arginine, 1,000 mg of taurine and three B vitamins. In addition to the original orange flavor, a Shine Muscat flavor has been added.
Daewoong Pharmaceutical said it collaborated in January with admissions-focused creator Mimiminu on YouTube content for “N-suiui Sin.” The video drew attention after Choi Jang-woo, a Gwangju Seoseok High School student who ranked first in total standardized score among perfect scorers on the 2026 College Scholastic Ability Test, mentioned the product.
An official in Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s health functional foods division said, “We developed Enerthistle Focus Shot as an energy-boosting snack that’s easy to carry and eat.”
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