MÖLK PROTEIN POWDER

Hey guys, For some reason I I don’t like some of the “goated” mainstream protein powders. I was so addicted I would just us water + ryse protein powder and that would be enough, however addictions slowly fade away and you start cravings some luxurious tasting stuff. **What I love but now kind of bored of:** * Ryse protein (Chocolate cookie blast, Peanut Butter cup, Cosmic Brownie), I have eaten 6 pints per day of these for about a year. Served me well * Ghost whey (Slowly hated the chip’s ahoy, noticed it wasn’t rly my cup of tea, I loved the Coffee Ice cream) * Muscle Sport Lean Whey (overall I did not mind the flavors, I can finish a tub even tho it wasn’t my favorite flavor) * PandaSupps (I like their formulations but need to find the perfect flavor, ordered some more) **What I tried and rly tried to love but couldn’t:** * PEScience, I tried so many times and so many flavors, they just never hit home for me. (chocolate truffle, CnC was very cream heavy) * 1up, their protein powders were rly cream flavor heavy * Axe and Sledge (C&C, Chocolate macadamia) * Legion (Salted caramel, dutch chocolate) * Transparent labs (used to love their dark chocolate but flavor was too mild after a while) * Myprotein (Several chocolate flavor, salted caramel) * Jocko Molk (chocolate, didn’t mind it but didn’t topple ryse, wasn’t worth it for me) * Applied Nutrition (Choco Beuno, White choco Beuno) * Isopure (chocolate) * Mre Lite (Chocolate, Fudge Brownie) * Clean Simple Eats (brownie batter) * Dymatize (Cocoa Pebbles, flavor weren’t rly strong for me) * Ekkovision (Tiramisu, Brownie batter) * Fairlile milk + vanilla extract was abysmal IMO * Orgain (tasted rly weird, maybe its the plant-based formulation) * Optimum Nutiriton (l was hesitant to put this, last time I used it was 2022/23, at the time it wasn’t rly good, but they could have improved so. I tried their chocolate/vanilla, milk was okay but with water, I didn’t like it) **Btw: this has been a very expensive trial and error but worth it.** **Final notes:** It sounds like I am a pain to recommend to, hopefully someone as messed up as me can be helped. As you notice I am chocolate heavy advocate, Idm a vanilla here and there if it’s amazing, lean whey and panda supps vanilla are great. **Flavors I despise, (or maybe haven't tasted good one):** * I don’t like mint (non-negotiable) * pure peanut butter flavored * fruity/cream heavy flavors as you see. For example strawberry shortcake by ryse was more cake/cream than pure strawberry. **Possible flavor/goals:** * I guess the best case scenario for me would be a great vanilla which I think I have, but have never found a good salted caramel (awaiting my panda supps order) * Also Biscoff (cookie butter) * But as you see I like chocolate, chocolate hazelnut, Ferraro Roche/Nutella vibes I get tempted to re-order most protein I don’t like from the sheer positive reviews they get. **Attempts:** I have tried normal cacao, very expensive dutch powders, black cacaos and expensive vanilla bean extracts. They all just try and mask the protein flavor and are dominant, I don’t like the intense dry pure cacao flavor For example when I use a 1Tbsp of Dutch chocolate it overrides any flavor and I just taste that powder, it doesn't seem to blend, just overpower. If i use too little, I can't even sense it's there. I like rich/luxurious gelato/Haagen-Dazs/Lindt vibes. Sorry for the long post. I hope I am not being annoying and hope someone can help me out 😭. Edit: I don’t mind other solutions as well, anything that would work and is not a calorie bomb. I am trying to replicate PinkBerry’s Chocolate Hazelnut rn, I hate normal yogurt and love Greek. I know Pinkberry uses yogurt but their chocolate hazelnut is heavenly.

Avoid: * Naked Nutrition * Huel Once per week: * Garden of Life * Momentous 100% Plant Protein Occasionally: * MuscleMeds * Optimum Nutrition Serious Mass * Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Protein Shake * Jocko Fuel * Vega * Quest * Orgain * Equip Foods * Plant Fusion * Ensure * Muscle Milk * KOS Better Choices for Daily Consumption: * Owyn * Transparent Labs * Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey * BSN * Momentus Whey Protein Isolate * Dymatize * Muscle Tech Only the last one - Muscle Tech - is listed as no limit on safe consumption.

negative. Optimum Gold Standard Protein Shake was orange, at above 150% of consumer report's level of concern for lead, and recommend to limit to 4 2/3 servings per week. The Optimum Gold Standard 100% Whey is what was green across the board and recommend 1 3/4 servings per day.

well I guess we can chalk up the disagreement to lack of specificity. "Optimum Gold Protein Powder" isn't listed in the consumer reports article (unless I am blind, which may in fact be the case). There are two Optimum products listed: * Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Protein Shake - not recommended * Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey - recommended If I've missed one or miscategorized one I'll edit my post right away, but I believe I've got them listed correctly.

Careful - Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Protein Shake is listed under "occasionally" and their Gold Standard 100% Whey is listed under "better choices for daily consumption". Kudos on calling out Muscle Tech as having no limit on safe consumption. I missed that and grouped it with the rest of the ones in the same category.

I love Jocko Molk protein powders.

Instead of getting pre-made protein shakes, get protein powder and *unsweetened* almond or oat milk. My favorite brands are Orgain and PB2 for plant protein, and Muscle Milk and Jocko for whey protein Low-fat cottage cheese. This is great plain, with jelly, and can also be blended and added to things. For example, I blend it and add ranch seasoning instead of using ranch dressing Non-fat Greek yogurt. My favorite is the Chobani extra protein ones that have 20g of protein each String cheese Eggs. Scrambled, hard boiled, breakfast hash, quiche, egg bake. Extra protein oatmeal packets - mix with a plain packet to offset the amount of sugar Tuna (in moderation while pregnant of course). The Starkist envelopes have good macros (80-110 cal and 13-17 grams of protein depending on what flavor) More chicken! Starkist also has envelopes of chicken that are quick and easy. I personally like the plain reduces sodium ones the best Beef, pork, turkey, lentils, beans, etc. Ground turkey is a good replacement for ground beef. There's plenty of bean and/or lentil soup recipes

I’ve always liked the taste of the Jocko brand powders. They taste pretty real to me and don’t have that chalkiness

I like Jocho’s Molk Chocolate flavor. I mix one scoop with 6oz of whole milk and 2 tablespoons of ground flax. Jocho’s is expensive though. I just started protein shakes again and almost fell out of my chair when I saw a $27.00 price tag.

Jocko Molk Chocolate Milkshake tastes pretty good. I add frozen blueberries and greek yogurt to punch up the taste and texture Creatine and psyllium husk fiber to round out the nutrients

Jocko fuel is hands down the best protein powder

Soooo I’ve been on the hunt for a multi source protein powder (ideally whey and casein) that I can use in shakes alone (like milk/water and powder that’s it) and in baking/ as a flour substitute (casein is supposedly a much better texture versus whey when used this way). I’ve also heard casein helps with satiety, which would be great because whey doesn’t keep me full like, at all. This one (Jocko vanilla milkshake powdered) is whey, casein, and egg white proteins. Anyway nitty gritty aside, how does it actually perform. So, it needs a blender. It does not blend fully with a shaker. This isn’t a huge bother but a bit annoying. Texture and flavor are great. I mixed with 1:1 2% milk and water. No thick texture or mouthfeel and no grit. Flavor is a really pleasant mild vanilla that isn’t super sweet at all (on the protein powder scale, which goes from reasonable to why on earth would you make it that sweet). We’ll see how it works for fullness and in baking (I’ll update) but so far it’s one of the only vanilla protein powders I like flavor and texture wise without masking it with smoothie ingredients. 120 cals, 22g protein. What’s y’all’s fav protein powder?

It’s certainly less offensive than a whey isolate, but still has some texture as it’s partially an isolate.

Optimum Nutrition makes good stuff, can’t go wrong. I currently have a lot of vanilla Jocko Molk at home. Will be trying Costco’s soon as they make a cheap one (tbd on whether it’s good). Molk has been the best for digestion, in my experience. I order it on their website.