Whey protein shake flavours
Discussion
Eleven said:
Ooh I'm not so sure. I bought a great big bag of the stuff and am struggling with it. It reminds me of sweet cardboard. I got three other flavours as samples and to make up the order and I am not keen on any of them. They also seem to mix up a bit thin.
I personally prefer the QNT and USN stuff.
Sorry to hear that, they must have changed the mix I personally prefer the QNT and USN stuff.
My latest Choc cookies from bulkpowders tasted a bit different and more watery so wonder if they've changed the mixture? Maybe try slightly less water to make it thicker.
A recent purchase I was impressed with was chocolate from Powerbeck, tasted like a McDonalds milkshake, but they seem to have stopped it
Probably a good thing considering the price 
Crush said:
Eleven said:
Ooh I'm not so sure. I bought a great big bag of the stuff and am struggling with it. It reminds me of sweet cardboard. I got three other flavours as samples and to make up the order and I am not keen on any of them. They also seem to mix up a bit thin.
I personally prefer the QNT and USN stuff.
Sorry to hear that, they must have changed the mix I personally prefer the QNT and USN stuff.
My latest Choc cookies from bulkpowders tasted a bit different and more watery so wonder if they've changed the mixture? Maybe try slightly less water to make it thicker.
A recent purchase I was impressed with was chocolate from Powerbeck, tasted like a McDonalds milkshake, but they seem to have stopped it
Probably a good thing considering the price 
Whilst the BP stuff tastes poorly executed and cheap, I've noticed that they aren't alone in messing about with flavours and textures. USN products seem different each time I buy them and not necessarily for the better.
Eleven said:
salt has improved the vanilla a lot. I sprinkled a bit of pink salt into it this morning and it has taken on a porridge sort of flavour.
Pink salt?Tasteless with nesquik sounds good.
Still not tried Pink Sun. I bought some CNP (thinking it would be the same as years ago), not half as nice as I remember.
Halb said:
Eleven said:
salt has improved the vanilla a lot. I sprinkled a bit of pink salt into it this morning and it has taken on a porridge sort of flavour.
Pink salt?Tasteless with nesquik sounds good.
Still not tried Pink Sun. I bought some CNP (thinking it would be the same as years ago), not half as nice as I remember.
It seems then that whey products are a bit variable with regard to flavour, doesn't it.
Eleven said:
Himalayan pink salt. White salt is made white because that's what the shopper prefers, however most of the nutrients have been bleached out. Salt with colour tends to have more good stuff in it.
It seems then that whey products are a bit variable with regard to flavour, doesn't it.
Sea salt is white. Salt is white without anything added so pure salt will always be white.It seems then that whey products are a bit variable with regard to flavour, doesn't it.
TheBALDpuma said:
Eleven said:
Himalayan pink salt. White salt is made white because that's what the shopper prefers, however most of the nutrients have been bleached out. Salt with colour tends to have more good stuff in it.
It seems then that whey products are a bit variable with regard to flavour, doesn't it.
Sea salt is white. Salt is white without anything added so pure salt will always be white.It seems then that whey products are a bit variable with regard to flavour, doesn't it.
Eleven said:
It's off white is it not? But the general public likes its salt white, so it gets processed that way.
Pure salt is bright white (strictly it has no colour, but when you grind it down it appears white). Off white or pink means there are impurities in it. Sea salt isn't pure though as seawater isn't just salt and water. Table salt is purified from rock salt usually, so it is much brighter. There's no bleaching as such, just a bit of anti-caking agent usually.Also pink salt is a scam, the amount of salt you eat means that the level of nutrients it provides is negligible.
Edited by Flibble on Wednesday 8th October 23:24
Flibble said:
Pure salt is bright white (strictly it has no colour, but when you grind it down it appears white). Off white or pink means there are impurities in it. Sea salt isn't pure though as seawater isn't just salt and water. Table salt is purified from rock salt usually, so it is much brighter. There's no bleaching as such, just a bit of anti-caking agent usually.
Also pink salt is a scam, the amount of salt you eat means that the level of nutrients it provides is negligible.
As far as I am aware pure salt is crystalline white with bits and pieces of contaminants in it. It is processed to make it white.Also pink salt is a scam, the amount of salt you eat means that the level of nutrients it provides is negligible.
Edited by Flibble on Wednesday 8th October 23:24
Pink salt comes from a specific mine in Pakistan and contains various minerals, which you refer to as impurities. Whether minerals or impurities is the correct word perhaps depends upon one's viewpoint.
I accept of course that the actual quantities of minerals ingested via pink salt is small in a normal diet. However given that it's cheap, looks nice and tastes fine it seems to me that at worst it will do no harm and at best might be beneficial.
Adz The Rat said:
Im not a fan of the Myprotein stuff, last time I had some it tasted awful.
Im using Bulk Powders, currently got the Raspberry Pure Whey, very good.
Better than the vanilla and choc peanut then. I am still using them but have ordered some USN. As soon as it gets here I'll be binning the BP stuff. Not only is it sickly and nothing like the flavours it claims to be, it has an aftertaste like there's a load of salt in it.Im using Bulk Powders, currently got the Raspberry Pure Whey, very good.
Adz The Rat said:
Im not a fan of the Myprotein stuff, last time I had some it tasted awful.
Same. Awful, awful stuff, theproteinworks was disgusting too.I am not sure if there is a greater amount of artificial sweeteners in these things today. The ones from 10 years ago didn't taste so s
t.Eleven said:
As far as I am aware pure salt is crystalline white with bits and pieces of contaminants in it. It is processed to make it white.
Salt is transparent when in large crystals; as you grind it down it takes on a white appearance. I'm not sure if grinding counts as "processing" but that is what is done to salt to make it white.Eleven said:
Pink salt comes from a specific mine in Pakistan and contains various minerals, which you refer to as impurities. Whether minerals or impurities is the correct word perhaps depends upon one's viewpoint.
I accept of course that the actual quantities of minerals ingested via pink salt is small in a normal diet. However given that it's cheap, looks nice and tastes fine it seems to me that at worst it will do no harm and at best might be beneficial.
Indeed it does come from there, and it looks nice on the table, I'll give you that, but it's basically just salt (96-98% NaCl in fact), with little difference nutritionally from any other salt.I accept of course that the actual quantities of minerals ingested via pink salt is small in a normal diet. However given that it's cheap, looks nice and tastes fine it seems to me that at worst it will do no harm and at best might be beneficial.
The pink colour is iron oxide incidentally, so not harmful.
Halb said:
Same. Awful, awful stuff, theproteinworks was disgusting too.
I am not sure if there is a greater amount of artificial sweeteners in these things today. The ones from 10 years ago didn't taste so st.
Indeed. Years ago (before I knew anything about diet) I used to drink Gaspari Myofusion and it tasted fantastic.I am not sure if there is a greater amount of artificial sweeteners in these things today. The ones from 10 years ago didn't taste so s
t.Halb said:
Same. Awful, awful stuff, theproteinworks was disgusting too.
I am not sure if there is a greater amount of artificial sweeteners in these things today. The ones from 10 years ago didn't taste so st.
Agree!I am not sure if there is a greater amount of artificial sweeteners in these things today. The ones from 10 years ago didn't taste so s
t.Maximuscle tastes like off cheese (no matter the flavour)
TheProteinWorks tastes like they've mixed it with soapy water
Bulk Powders seems to have lost the flavour, and I keep getting a playdough type aftertaste with last weeks purchase.
From recent experience the best was Powerbeck but it did make me feel a bit sick towards the end of the tub so was probably loaded with sweeteners
Edited by Crush on Friday 10th October 13:08
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