By Pete Ryan
Veggie-style are the new kids on the block in the supplement
world. Run by animal-advocates,
veggie-style make a range of proteins, fat-burners, B12 and other products
useful to vegan (and other) athletes, as well as those just into improving
their health.
We were lucky enough to get two tubs of protein to try out and
below I will give you my personal view of the proteins. Before we go any further, protein powders are
weird. People vary hugely in their
love/hate of them. They seem to bring
out extremes in people (or maybe the people who tend to take them are simply
more extreme?). So, if I love something,
you may hate it. Conversely, if I hate
something you may love it. If possible, whenever you want to try a new protein
powder see if you can get a sample or a small size to see how you will like
it. My personal preference is for a less
sweet protein, which can be seen as lucky as recent studies have shown that the
actual taste of sweetness, without extra calories, can cause insulin to spike
and fat to be stored. However, you may have different taste buds, so just remember
this is my opinion of the protein powders.
The final decision has to be yours.
With that said let’s take a general look at the
proteins. They are a mixture of
proteins, blended with other ‘superfoods’ to give you around 30-40g of protein
per serving and loads of health boosting
antioxidants and nutrients, with things like moringa, chlorella, maca and many
others. Both of the proteins tested are
sweetened with stevia. I mixed both of these using the plant milk of my choice,
I prefer powders mixed with plant milks compared to water, that is my personal
choice, if you prefer water, fruit juice or whatever, then do that.
Power greens strawberry shake
Power greens is a blend of pea, rice, quinoa and hemp protein
powders along with a selection of dried green plants and some other botanicals,
sweetened with stevia. It is not overly
sweet and mixes fairly easily. Like most
protein powders it has a fairly strong taste, you could disguise it with fruit if
necessary, but I found it palatable enough. The scoop is small. They suggest 5 scoops for every serving. This is a niggle, but as I usually have a
shake in the morning I prefer just grabbing and doing one scoop. Counting in the morning ....uuuggg! That is
more me in the morning, than anything, but there is not too much wrong with the
blend so I had to focus on some negative aspect. Oh yea it is vaguely green as well. You should probably expect that from a
product called “Power greens”, but be warned if you aren’t expecting it. The
taste wasn’t totally amazing, but nor was it awful. I could down it no trouble first thing in the
morning with zero issues.
Protein and moringa chocolate shake
The moringa tree has been used for 1000’s of years as a medicinal
plant. The leaves have been fed to
pregnant and lactating woman to insure their babies get enough nutrients to
grow and thrive. This is a blend of pea protein and rice protein with moringa
and stevia to add a little sweet taste to the product. The chocolate taste is
quite mild in this product. I have
tasted some very strong chocolate tasting shakes before, this one has a much milder
taste. Unlike most green shakes this one can be taken by pregnant and lactating
mothers (algaes have not yet been given the ok for use with these groups of
people as the research into their safety isn’t finished yet). As moringa has already been used for multiple
generations in human communities with only beneficial effects, it is actually
encouraged that mothers or mothers-to-be use morninga to increase their
nutrient intake. This shake had the consistency of rice protein. If you have had rice protein before, then you
will know it does have a texture when mixed, not exactly powdery, but not as
smooth as a pea or soya protein powder.
It is different, but not nasty.
Within a week it will become the normal texture of your shake. You could easily add things to this
shake. The taste is not that strong, it
has a mild taste, moringa doesn’t really taste at all, the chocolate is mild
and the proteins are masked by the mild chocolate taste, so you could add
fruit, nut butter, whatever taste you wanted if you wanted to experiment.
Overall view
These products take a different approach to protein powders
than most manufacturers. They are more ‘nutrient
replacements’, than basic protein powders.
They include other botanicals that will boost your overall health and
nutrient intake, so should be looked at a little differently to the average ‘off
the shelf’ powder. If you are looking
for a raw product that contains lots of nutrients, if you are (or could become)
a pregnant or lactating mother, or if you just want something a little bit different
to the run of the mill protein shake, then these may be worth exploring. Remember they are made with natural products
so the taste may vary a little batch to batch as leaves can be picked at
different times of the season, or algae harvested at different points in its
growth cycle.
I thought veggie-style was interesting enough that I got us
a discount code from the supplier, so if you are interested pop over to:
Discount code VBB for 10% off
Side note the code works on ALL their products, not just the
protein. Other note. This is an affiliate link, so we do make a few pennies off of you using the code.
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