Protein Review #8: CLICK Espresso Protein Drink, Vanilla Latte

ahh...Click. Click, click click click click....what can i say.....

If you know me, you know I love my coffee. I enjoy it. I look forward to it everyday. I wanna make sweet sweet love to it. Everyone has their own specific way they like THEIR coffee. and its very specific. and it doesn't change. Perhaps thats why it took me so long to try this. because everytime i was about to i said, nah i'd rather have MY coffee.  but today was one of those days when i was low on protein and it was my 2nd cup of the day and i decided, what the fuck, lets do it. its supposed to be really good. i've seen so many good reviews of CLICK and been hearing people rave about it for years. so i followed the instructions for making it hot because i don't do cold coffee.

it tasted like plastic, no cardboard, no, like cobwebs....well it didn't taste fresh lets just say. it wasn't good tasting at all. i though hmmm...maybe i need to stir it. so i did. didn't help. i don't take coffee lightly. i through that shit right down the drain and made MY coffee. i needed to! just to get that yucky taste out of my mouth!!! and my coffee was of course pure heaven in a cup.

so i dunno. some people swear by it, i think it tasted hideous. you're better off getting a sample, i always encourage sampling. so you can see for yourself. this company makes samples so you should be able to get them online. you might like it. i did not.

Who knows. maybe the sample was really old and the canister is fresher. or maybe the mocha flavor tastes better. or maybe it just isn't for me. but here's my honest review.

Protein Review #6: Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard, Rocky Road

Ok this review is for Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard, Rocky Road.

I personally love ON. They are one of the top brands. It's a clean protein, it doesn't do a lot of caloric damage, excellent muscle recovery, moderately priced (actually you can get these on sale all the time), tons of flavors, and they're thin so they won't fill you up. I have tried strawberry(meh), strawberry banana (pretty good) and fruit punch (good) by the tub. but i didn't want to buy a WHOLE tub to try a new flavor. Luckily thanks to Nashua Nutrition I was able to get some samples. The first one being rocky road.


Guuuuuuuurrrrrrl. You know I'm more of a fruity person, i don't really like chocolate flavors but DAMN!!! This shit was SO yummy!!! It had almost an almondy type flavor which might be the marshmallow part of rocky road. I really enjoyed it! I could probably drink this every day. I think this might be my go to creamy flavor.

I have to say though, in all honesty, the fruity flavors of ON don't hold a candle to the Nectar flavors. If you want a really good tasting fruity flavor, Nectar is the way to go.

Protein Review #4: SynTrax Nectar Whey Protein Isolate, Double Stuffed Cookie

Guuuuurrlll, we're talking  Double Stuffed Cookie.....aka Oreo!!!

I mean, look at this shit. You're trying to tell me you wouldn't be sucked in by this label?

Ok Same stats as the Fuzzy Navel. Remember this is for 1/4 a scoop so there's really 100 calories per scoop and 23g (why not 24???) of protein. 

Anyway y'all let's just get right to the taste. First of all, all of the nectar flavors seem to be very thin. It's not a thick protein. That's good for a couple of reasons. 1. that means it doesn't have a bunch of filler crap in it. 2. It won't fill you up. Which for someone like me with a small stomach who wants to get her protein in and a meal, is a very good thing. After all, this is not a meal replacement. Would it taste better if it was thicker? Sure. You could always double the scoop in the same amount of milk and thicken it up that way. Double the protein. But sometimes that can reak havoc on your tummy depending on the protein. Although I never had this problem with ON protein.

Taste wise it tastes awesome. Its like a really thin cookies n cream. The consistency of chocolate milk i guess. It has these little bits of cookie in there. They feel like real cookie bits. If you're looking for a good cookies n cream flavor this is it. I would rather have it thicker though. Just a tad. Perhaps blending it would help.

If you're looking for a thick filling oreo protein powder, check out Giant Sports. Honestly I can't even finish a glass of this stuff. But it's yummy.

Protein Review #3: SynTrax Nectar Whey Protein Isolate, Fuzzy Navel

Ok so my next sample from my sample pack was the yummy sounding (and looking) SynTrax Nectar Fuzzy Navel

 

Now, I'm gonna come out and say that I really don't like the way they label the nutritional facts. Those numbers are so misleading. They're based on 1/4 of a scoop. Who the hell is gonna take 1/4 of a scoop. What kind of bamboozling is that??? I don't appreciate that. So make sure you multiply these numbers by 4. Even then the numbers are great! I don't know why they feel like they have to mislead people like that.

Anyway as far as the taste goes, it was really yummy. A nice fruity flavor. But I just wasn't a fan of the texture. Even the fruity flavors taste better with milk to me. Water just makes protein have a gnarly texture. Ever tried Isopure? BARF!!!!! UGHH!!!! Anyway I think I will try the next fruity flavors with milk instead to get a better feel for it. If you like a fruity tasting protein this is definitely a good one. On top of that it's a whey protein isolate which is a great clean protein and no sugar. Good stuff. Thumbs up. Nectar has samples of all their flavors so I would suggest trying out as many as possible before you order a tub.

Protein Review #2 - BSN Syntha-6 Orange Smoothie

Ok first up from the protein samples I received is BSN SYNTHA-6 Protein Powder, Orange Smoothie

Now, calorically speaking, this is a bit high. I mean 200 calories can really add up depending on how many of these you drink and tack on meals, well it can be a lot. 22 grams of protein is pretty standard. Sugars are pretty good but fat seems a bit high for a protein powder.  I mean compare this to something like ON 100% Whey Gold Standard which has 120 cals, 1g fat, 1g sugar and 24g protein. Those are just better stats. However, if you want a yummy tasting protein it's gonna cost you. You just have to see whats more important. If you're not on a calorie strict diet and you just want something to drink once a day after a workout, this is perfectly fine.

Now let's get to the important part, the TASTE!! ok right off the bat i wanna say the powder had a very powerful fake orange smell. Like Tang or more specifically like that really sugary orange drink they give you at the doctor's office before they do a glucose test on you. Think sunkist syrup. So I was weary. It seemed like a pretty big scoop. I mixed it in my blender cup with 4oz of cold water. It was nice and thick and tasted alot better than I thought! It was like an orange creamsicle. Very tasty. Now, could I drink this every day? I think I would get sick of it. Orange creamsicle is not my fav flavor. But if yours is, THIS is the protein for you!! I will say that the after taste is that fake orange syrup taste. yucky. gimmie a stick of gum or something.

Protein samples!!!

Hey guys!! You know I'm constantly on the look out for a good tasting protein and it's so hard to find samples. Some companies don't even make samples. Which leaves you blindly spending $30+ on a tub of protein you don't even know you'll like! This has happened to me SEVERAL times. Well I recently discovered Nashua Nutrition. They offer protein samples of stuff that doesn't make samples. They will scoop a serving into a baggie and ship it over. They have a huge selection of samples. I purchased 8 of them!!! I'm hoping I can find at least one winner in this bunch! 

I'm always super excited when I get a new protein. Or a package in the mail. Well yesterday I got both!! hee hee!! so excited!!!! 

CHECK OUT THE LOOT!!! 

Certainly worth the money to try 8 diff flavors, in my opinion. But that's just me.

I will be back to review them one by one as I try them. If you're not sure what kind of protein you will like I suggest going this route and trying some different samples.