MRE Lite

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.

I have a whey allergy and would highly recommend redcon1 mre lite, I prefer just mixing with 4 oz of water and the majority of the flavors are very good.

I never have any issues with any of them. As long as the calories and macros are on point all I care about is taste. But my wife sometimes has stomach issues with them. She’s a bit lactose intolerant I guess which sounds like your issue. You could try a whey isolate. It helped for her. I’ve never tried that myself but it’s less fat and less lactose. I started using MRELite whole food protein just to try it out. No whey at all, the protein comes from meat and other food sources. It actually tastes pretty good but the consistency is a bit weird. It comes out really thick if you use any more than one scoop. But you could try that. My wife had no issues with the whole food protein powder. Or the whey isolate powders

Meat based. MRE Lite has a few that are pretty good.

MRE Lite Vanilla Milkshake is solid. I'm trying Transparent Labs' French Vanilla tomorrow, will let you know.

I know you said you don’t care for whey but I use “RAW” protein powder in my overnight oats with chia and hemp seeds. I’ve eaten it every day for the past 6-7 ish months. I love it. I use their peanut butter flavor which is very mild and not overly sweet or anything but they do have unflavored versions from the same company. I’d expect them all to mix well. Another powder I use is MRE lite which is non whey and low calorie just a decent protein bump. I don’t mix this in my oats because it’s got a really thick texture when mixed up.

Redcon1 MRE Chocolate. I also like their MRE Lite Blueberry cobbler

I’ve been using Recon 1 MRE Lite. No whey, it’s all animal or plant based protein and doesn’t bloat or give me indigestion.

did they fix it finally? it was my favorite protein and they randomly changed the formula and ruined it (around Oct-Nov)

I have settled on Intek Protein Evolution, it is great tasting so I can take it with just water after lifting. Includes enzymes, aminos and more to aid in digestion and absorption, while providing additional benefits to just the protein. Chocolate is my fave, vanilla and horchata are also really good (but sweeter than I like at 5AM lol). For whole-food proteins I usually go for MRE or MRE Lite from Redcon.

I have settled on Intek Protein Evolution, it is great tasting so I can take it with just water after lifting. Includes enzymes, aminos and more to aid in digestion and absorption, while providing additional benefits to just the protein. Chocolate is my fave, vanilla and horchata are also really good (but sweeter than I like at 5AM lol). For whole-food proteins I usually go for MRE or MRE Lite from Redcon.

I like Redcon MRE lite fudge brownie, even my very picky eater likes it in smoothies.