Vegansmart Naturade All-in-One Plant-Based Shake – Low Sugar Nutrition with Protein, Fiber, Vitamins & Minerals, Supports Balanced Energy & Wellness, Vanilla, Vegan - 22.75 oz

for the past 4 years, yes that is a 4. I have been searching for the perfect health shake supplement. I have tried close to 100 different ones. I am looking for more than just a protein shake, but also For something that offers nutrients I just can't seem to get enough of on my own diet.( I have an autoimmune disease and it blocks my body's ability to absorb nutrients so this was a very personal quest for me) I wanted something with the following specifications: No soy- it is bad for skin and digestion No whey- don't even get me started on how that chemical junk is made No artificials No metalics No gimmicks, lies or tricks Yes to as natural as possible Yes to fair price Yes to great taste Yes to healthy Here is a run down on a few 1.Warrior food- not bad but forgettable as the taste was bland 2.Shakeology- the price is out of this world!!!! Also only the vegan is worth the health benefits. Taste I preferred vegan chocolate and vanilla. 3.The whey from off the counter at your local store- processed crap, no other healthy ingredients and taste awful! 4.Spirutein- nice try claiming 0 sugar when replaced with fake processed crap that makes your bowels explode. Some include soy and others whey. 5.Herba life- soy protein so it looses so soon 6.Arbonne- Avon calling, not a great ingredient list. 7.Raw Fit- price and dang a lot of calories in a serving! 8.Raw Meal- taste so so, ingredients could be made better. 9. Hemp or pea- yuck!!!!!!!! 10.peanutbutter powder- where are the rest of the nutrients???? And many more. The control in the shake was how I prepared it. Each mix was made with 8oz unsweetened 30 calorie almond milk, 4oz cold water, one banana, one tbls of natural peanutbutter and ice to taste. Of all the shakes I have tried, Vegansmart is hands down the best!!!! It has the extra minerals/ nutrients because your body needs those also to function properly, it has protein, no soy! No whey! No BS. It is a very fair price and it taste awesome!!! Even with just almond milk it is not too bad!! Of the many I have tried, the many that have failed one way or another this one has risen to the top. Have energy, feel full longer, regular from a healthy fiber/carb balance, and easyily obtained for purchase. I highly recommend this product!!!

Edit: Idk when I first posted this, but I still use this product basically daily! I learned to mix the 2 scoops with 12 oz of water (it's water soluable, so I was doing this the hard way for the first year or so), *then* add the almond milk to fill a 32 oz blender bottle. I now also add MCT oil to keep full for longer. I hope they never stop selling this! -----_----_---------------------------------------------------------- This product is amazing. It's my coffee and breakfast all-in-one in the morning. I dislike eating in the mornings, yet I'm a cranky person when I don't eat. So, this helps keep me full for a long time (about 3-4 hours) and not be monster in the morning. The serving size does require 2 scoops, and I know people comment on how it tastes in a limited amount of plant milk/water/etc. However, I put 12 oz of almond milk in a 32 oz blender bottle, add the 2 scoops, and top off with filtered water. I shake it vigorously for a few minutes, and it tastes almost like chocolate milk. When I'm running late, it takes about 1 minutes to throw the ingredients in the bottle, and head out the door. When I get to work, I just shake it then and drink it while checking my emails. I previously tried VegaOne, but something in there upsets my stomach for hours. So, I keep buying VeganSmart and add a little bit of leftover VegaOne to top it off. I also had a *really* difficult time getting all the "chunks" of powder broken up with VegaOne. I do not have that problem with VeganSmart -- it takes less time to shake and blend; sure, sometimes there's little chunks, so I just shake it up a little more. That said, I do think VegaOne's nutrient profile is a little better, but VeganSmart wins out due to taste, not upsetting my stomach, and more easily blending. However, we're all different, so see what works for you and your body, if you're able to. Maybe this upsets your stomach but VegaOne doesn't... If you want an easy way to compare different nutrients in plant-based powders, go to cronometer.com for free to see how they stack up - that's what I did. Overall, the taste is delicious, it's a solid breakfast, it's a fair price. Highly recommend

I recently started using this powder as a nutritional supplement. I know other reviews label it as a meal replacement - but I disagree with that. I use it as a part of my breakfast routine - combined with applesauce with chia seeds or yogurt with chia seeds, my Smart Gummy vitamins and Fiber Gummies, and some pecans or almonds. It's very low calorie - if I replaced a meal with it I would never hit my daily calorie needs. Other reviews refer to it as a protein shake - it is not that, either. It only has the standard amount of protein you are supposed to get in a general meal. Overall, this product has been fantastic, though. I am saving money on supplements and not having to remember to choke down large pills - hello, amino acids. This one of the most affordable nutritional shake blends I have ever tried, and I even like to half the prescribed amount to save more and stretch it out - or just to split it up into two shakes throughout the day. I hate most supplement or protein shake 'chocolate' flavors, so I usually go for vanilla. I don't know why I would ever order this in any other flavor! The chocolate may be great, but I adore the vanilla flavor. Sometimes I like to mix one scoop of VeganSmart All-In-One Vanilla with a tbsp of PB2 Premium Chocolate Powdered Peanut Butter - heaven. And as someone who is supposed to avoid dairy (although I never do) and someone who gets sick and blah feeling if I eat the wrong thing in the mornings, this is so gentle on my stomach. I don't even mind the added sweeteners. I was using Vega All-In-One - which was nice because I use Vega Protein & Greens as my protein shake - and I really liked it due to the higher fiber and the six servings of greens it provides. That one also has more Omega's... But it's expensive - and, while it isn't bad tasting, getting it with the protein & greens powder was proving to be duplicating too much of the same stuff for me. I looked at other vegan options - I am not vegetarian or vegan, I just try to avoid whey proteins due to taste and the fact that I consume too much dairy and need to avoid it. But I found this one that matched up with most of my supplements including Lysine (one of the worst pills to take!) and at the price, I couldn't say no. So glad I found this. If VeganSmart made a protein blend, as well, I'd probably get that. For now I'll stick with the Vega Protein & Greens, though. This is delicious. You can put it in a cute pink Blender Bottle with stacking cups for your later snacks or more powder for another shake (like I do, because fun containers make everything better), or just shake it up in one of those empty Vitamin Water bottles you have laying around (like my boyfriend does.) I highly recommend!

THE GOOD: It tastes good in both flavors. I mean, actually good with no odd sweetener taste. Tastes a lot like cake batter and with a similar consistency. Compared to both Vega One and Raw Meal, Vega One is a stevia bomb (I passionately hate the taste of stevia) and Raw Meal doesn't taste bad but has a gritty texture. Filling and nutritionally complete. Price is fair per serving, Raw Meal is bit cheaper and Vega One is really, really proud of their stuff. All the normal good things that come with a vegan meal....good energy, satisfaction, good poops, no bloat, overall happy body, all that stuff. I usually drop in some frozen berries, quarter cup of oat flour for extra carbs, and some greens powder, a cup of almond milk and I'm on my way - good for 4 hours after that before I get hungry. Since it tastes good you aren't likely to tire of it soon. THE BAD: One serving size is two large scoops, and in a cup of liquid its pretty thick. Once you drink it, you feel a bit like you swallowed a tennis ball. It makes you FULL. And it sticks....an hour later you still feel full. It's almost uncomfortable at times and it takes it a while for your body to move it along. Not being hungry is good but it can be a bit of a brick in your belly. The container doesn't have a lot of servings, due to the large serving size. THE UGLY: The farts. Oh gawd, the farts. I went through three containers of the stuff, and I figured I just needed a week or so for my body to adjust. This was not the case. Being a vegan, I'm not exactly a stranger to farting. But this stuff brings forth the wind, and it comes knocking with a terrible vengeance. Not just in quantity, mind you, but blue-ribbon quality. It's ridiculous. It's a constant stream of gag-a-maggot indiscretions. I couldn't be in the same room with my family. Even the dog was ready to pack his bags, and he loves wretched stink. I had no idea that a perfectly nutritious meal could cause such insufferable winds of plague to be unleashed from one's body. Beware, you will NOT be popular if you are affected as I was. Vega One and Raw Meal do not perpetrate this vile crime against society when I consume it.

9/6/16: I have been using this protein powder every morning since my original review. I still love it. I've tried the vanilla flavor, and it is a good base flavor (mild, not overpowering) to mix with any frozen fruit. The chocolate is still my favorite flavor, but I have switched to the vanilla flavor because Sam's Club sells a 56 serving size bag that reduces the price per serving to half the cost of the 15 serving size container on Amazon. Original review (7/13/16): I have tried two other vegan protein powders, but Vegansmart is my favorite because of it's flavor. Of the three, it has the least "veggie" flavor and no odd sweetener aftertaste. The chocolate flavor is not overwhelming or artificial tasting. I cannot eat dairy (or dairy derivatives), so I am used to odd or unusual dairy and chocolate substitutes. But this protein powder far surpassed my expectations. It has an impressive amount of vitamins and supplements, while still only having 170 calories per serving. I blend the powder with unsweetened almond milk, ice, and frozen fruit and drink it for breakfast every day. The 20 grams of protein really make a difference in reducing my hunger in the morning. I will definitely be buying this product again. I have not noticed any digestive system side effects from this product, but I am used to a diet high in vegetables and fiber. For reference, the other two products I tried were Vega Protein Smoothie, Choc-a-lot, Pouch, 9.2 oz and Garden of Life Organic Plant Protein, Smooth Chocolate, 280 Gram . I would buy the Vega product again if I could not find Vegansmart, but I will never buy Garden of Life again because the flavor was awful and overwhelming.

This is by far the best tasting nutritional shake I've tried. I don't particularly care about my shakes being vegan or organic, I just need to avoid soy and whey while watching my carb intake. Finding a product like this, especially for a reasonable price, that tastes good, isn't too thick, and dissolves completely without chunks was SO difficult until I picked this up at Meijer one time. They only carry vanilla there though, and it is a bit more expensive. Now that I know I like it, I've been ordering it here. Saves a few dollars and there are more flavors to choose from. I LOVE the chocolate. I've probably gone through 4 containers of the chocolate and 2 or 3 of the vanilla. I drink this in a blender bottle with around 10/11oz unsweetened vanilla almond milk and nothing else. Almond and Coconut milk mixes are good as well, but are a tad thicker and creamier and I prefer a thinner shake. My husband mixes it up for me and I drink it in the car on my way to work almost every morning. It's like adult chocolate milk. It does taste best very cold. I've even had days where I didn't end up drinking it on the way to work and put it in the office fridge for the next day. Still tasted just as good after a good shake. I'll probably try the Strawberry next, although I'm not sure Chai interests me. I started drinking shakes with Shakeology from Beachbody but they didn't taste that great too me, and I'm pretty sure they have whey or soy in them but I can't remember now. I felt like they were expensive for something I had to force myself to drink or mix with a ton of fruit, nut butters, or other things to make it taste alright. By the time I did that it was full of sugar and carbs. Even "clean" foods still have macros that count folks, don't fool yourself. This product meets all my requirements and I look forward to it every morning before my coffee. Chocolate also makes a tasty iced coffee mixture if you like. Please never stop making and selling this product because this is a must have pantry item in my house!

This my favorite pea protein powder ever. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find it anywhere lately. Its smooth, has a mild but distinct flavor, and no aftertaste. Please bring it back!!

The texture of this shake is great, the nutrients are nice, and I feel full for hours after drinking, so that’s a plus if you’re looking for it! But, the vanilla flavored shake is pretty bad. I have a high tolerance for health food flavors, but this vanilla is just gross. I think it’s the vanilla itself that makes it wrong, because if I put some cocoa in it it tastes better, if I just add fruit, it does not. I really like the nutrients here, but will not buy vanilla again after I choke down the rest of this one. That said, the chai flavor is lovely! I can’t say it really tastes like chai, but it does taste good. It does not have the strange chemically sweet taste of the vanilla. Even if you don’t care for chai flavors, I’d recommend giving it a try. My husband “hates” chai, but loves this chai powder. Do yourself a favor and skip the vanilla, too sweet and tastes like stevia processed through toilet bowl cleaner with a nasty after taste.