Garden of Life Organic Vegan Meal Replacement - Raw Plant Based Protein Powder, Chocolate, 35.9oz (2lb 4oz/1,017g) Powder

*Edit February 2016* They changed it! I've been buying it for years, and now they changed it, for the worse. It now comes with a white screw on lid instead of yellow and tastes awful! Gone is the chocolate/cacao taste, its been replaced by an an oversweet, slightly salty taste. It no longer thickens like before and is now very difficult to drink. I no longer recommend purchasing this. *Original review* This is not a milkshake, it does not taste like one. It is a healthy meal replacement.... You have been warned! I personally like the taste of this, so does my son. My other half and daughter however despise it. They can't understand how I can drink 'mud'! It's grainy and can become gloopy if left for too long before drinking (if you make this mistake just add some water and mix again) I use a blender bottle to prepare this and without the ball I think it wouldn't mix well because the powder tends to clump in the bottle. I like this best with raw milk and it fills me up without any preparation. I would recommend that you try the sachets first if you are unsure as that way you aren't stuck with something you can't stand.

I love this stuff! I know others have complained about the flavour, but it tastes fine to me, mixed with my koko (coconut) milk or blended into a smoothie. It is full of mega healthy ingredients so it does not have the super sweet and artificial flavour that some people may be used to. However, there are big benefits from the superb ingredients which provide long lasting energy and nourishment and help to heal the digestive tract with all the enzymes and probiotics. I've noticed my skin is clearer and glowing when I take this, similar to when I drink a lot of fresh fruit and vegetable juice. It's really convenient too for when you have missed a meal or are in a rush! If you're looking for something really beneficial for your body and health, then this is it, but if you are concerned about the taste and used to sweeter products, then probably best to either avoid this or to experiment with mixing it into a smoothie.

Well ... on it's own (1 scoop with 8oz water) is drinkable, but very sweet. I love sweet, but that is a strange sweet, very intense. So I experimented a bit. I now blend 1 scoop with 12 oz of water, together with a small banana and a few blueberries (or any other fruits I have at home). That's actually really nice and has now become my breakfast. Filling, nutritious and quick to make. Also, as it is quite chocolaty and sweet, it will hide greens perfectly. Will try that in a few days. So far I had no side-effect. I have tried other vegan meal replacements, which made me very bloated and gassy. Btw, I have tried their vanilla chai at first, which I just couldn't get down at all. No matter with what kinda fruits I tried blending it with. It remained overbearingly artificially chemically - don't know how to proper describe it. I usually love vanilla products, but had to bin the box.

My husband and I both love it. We were taking Shakeology but ran out so we ordered Raw Organic Meal Replacement in Chocolate. It's so good! It tastes amazing with frozen bananas and peanut-butter and some almond milk. That's my husband's favourite recipe. I like to add cold coffee and almond milk for my morning pick-me-up. I also ordered the Vanilla Protein and it's very versatile. I like both and will probably order again. Shipping was fast and the containers came sealed and listed all the ingredients on the back. The label looks nice too. I like the product very much.

List of ingredients red well but has an awful overly sweet taste. There’s clearly a market gap for a good quality / taste organic vegan meal replacement powder.

It does not get much better for me, I am in a plane 3 to 4 times a week, in different places and if I were to eat what is available to me quickly, I would be only eating the junk sold in airports and on the go, this is my life line to a healthy life, always on my side in my suitcase and in my office and at home, if I feel hunger and need a snack I grab this and make a shake or if I have time I mix with water and a banana and throw it in a blender. Tastes a bit chalky but it is all natural and raw, I can deal with it not tasting like a chocolate shake!

I love this new formula, great stuff! However, I received the old formula. It tastes much worse, has significantly more sugar and slightly less protein. I finished it anyway because I'm not too fussy, but my partner couldn't down it. Otherwise, it's an amazing product. Make sure you specify the new formula when you order.

Was looking for a cheaper alternative to shakeology but with all the good stuff . Read various reviews and this came up . It's lower in sugar too and is high in protein. Used it in my active blender with milk and half a banana and some blueberries and it tasted really nice. Very filling and will definitely buy again .Couldn't find a scoop ,maybe it's somewhere at the bottom, so used another scoop so I'd used 20g instead of 35g but found that was enough for me.

c'est vraiment bon au gout mon conseil est de le mixer avec du lait d'amande pour un coté saveur "YOP", avec de l'eau veillez qu'elle soit plutôt froide que tiède. au niveau du ressenti j'ai eu beaucoup moins de fringales en plein milieu de journée, ça tient bien au corps.

Product expiry date is in less than 2 weeks and the products has 14 servings how i will consume it before expiry?

3/29 - Revised review: So I have to add the people that say the cans of this from Amazon are fresher are correct - it's even the newest recipe and the first one I got was the "old" recipe, even though it doesn't expire until next year. One of the main differences is the previous version didn't have pea protein in it, and this one does. Also, I no longer add cocoa powder to it and I still enjoy it with the greens added to it just fine :) Another reason I love this stuff - my hair has almost quit falling out by adding this to my diet. I have gastroparesis and am having issues with absorbing nutrients from my food. This seems to have done the trick - my skin looks 100% better too, I was very washed out looking and now I am back to looking like I used to. Back to first review: I love this stuff! Of course, now I have to tell you why :) So, first - I was a little worried about the taste after reading all of the reviews, so I bought the vanilla flavor as it got the most favorable reviews for flavor. I did buy it at a local store for the first time, even though it cost a little more because I wanted to get started, next time I'll be buying it on Amazon. The amount stocked on the shelves seemed to uphold the popularity of the vanilla because there was only one left of the vanilla in the large size. Second - it does seem to settle a lot, but it's sold by weight, not volume. See the picture - it looks half empty, but it's a weight measure package so I'm sure it's just settling that causes it to be that way. I suppose I can weigh the empty container and then weigh the next one to ensure I get all I pay for even when it looks half empty (I have a scale that weighs in ounces). Taste - The person who described it like Ovaltine was right on for me. I mix one scoop of Raw Organic Meal per 8 ounces of goat milk and add half a tablespoon of Ghiardelli dutch cocoa powder to it and mix it using my Blender Bottle. As long as you add the milk first and then the powders, it mixes effortlessly. That is not to say it will be perfectly smooth, because it won't - it's grainy, like everyone says, but the texture doesn't bother me. Sometimes I also add a scoop of Amazing Grass Green Superfood with chocolate to it. How filling is it? - If I mix 2 scoops of Raw Organic Meal with 16 ounces of goat milk and one tablespoon of cocoa powder - I'm good for 6 hours without being hungry. If I mix 2 scoops of Raw Organic Meal with 16 ounces of almond milk and one tablespoon of cocoa powder - I'm hungry - starving, can't stop eating! I tried it once and regretted it all day! It does also negatively change the taste to more of a watered down version of Ovaltine. However, if you are adding other things to this, like a nut butter and fruits, then the almond milk might work just perfect with the other foods. My goal is to keep it easy for work and not something that requires a blender other than the Blender Bottle. How does it make me feel? First few days - my body did have to adjust to the extra 11gm of fiber and to be honest I'm allergic to legumes so I wasn't sure if this would bother me or not (I eat most legumes just fine but not an entire meal of them). The first few days I was a little gurgly and I'll leave it at that. Starting day 3, my stomach felt amazing! My stomach is a lot flatter, completely happy, and I have a lot of energy. I am craving this and feeling like I'm addicted to it at the end of the first week. I'm not missing eating food and I would rather drink this over eating a piece of pizza because of how great I feel drinking this. I'm totally hooked! I've also lost a few pounds without really trying and that's nice too :) I drink it for lunch, so it's additional fiber over my high fiber breakfast and homemade kefir, and then I eat whatever I want for dinner with a few servings of vegetables. This is great though to add a lot of variety that I wouldn't get every day since we tend to get in a rut and eat the same veggies all of the time.

Ottima lista ingredienti e buon sapore. Formula più sottile rispetto ad un Herbalife ma sicuramente migliore come composizione La confezione è davvero grande :) Consigliato

I just received this today, and was very excited to try it right away. I'm glad it arrived when it did because I had not eaten lunch yet and was in the mist of cleaning and doing my hair. So I decided to go head and have it as a snack until I was ready to eat. Anyway when I open the container I was a little disappointed that it was not full. If you look at the pic I took this is the amount that was in there when I opened it. This is why I'm giving it four stars. The taste wasn't bad, but I only had vanilla almond milk at the time to try it with. I would not recommend using this it makes it have a very sweet weird taste, plus you want to stay away from added sugar anyway. But I was not ready to try it with water yet. But I will try it again with the original unsweetened almond milk which I really think it will taste great. Overall so far I like it and have tried a lot of other shakes but this one is at the top, solely because its ingredients are all natural. The taste isnt the best but you can't expect it to be that tasteful without sugar. Also I used my smaller blender bottle to mix it, and it mixes very easily. I also read reviews about it getting very thick after a few mins so I drunk it fast. **UPDATE** It's been about two weeks or almost two weeks since I brought this. And I'm glad I did, I have actually gotten use to the taste (in fact I actually crave this stuff now) and its really good. The taste reminds me of a thick chocolate milk shake. It was never as bad as most people made it seem, so I guess I prepared myself for the worst which i think made it not taste so bad. I'm trying to eat bigger meals during the day and smaller meals at night. So I usually am drinking this for dinner. It says to use 8oz of water or almond milk/ rice milk and one scoop of the raw meal for a snack. And 16oz of liquid and two scoops of raw meal for a meal but I usually use my 12oz blender bottle just because I drink it faster this way. So I use 12oz of liquid (almond milk plain) and 11/2 scoops of raw meal. This last all night for me and I give myself a 12hr period of no eating and I'm still satisfied until its time for breakfast the next morning. I havent tried putting in any extra yet, cause i havent had the time to. So im glad it still taste great without having to add extras saves me alot of time, i just shake, gulp it down and go. I really believe this is one of the best meal replacements on the market today, I have tried many and never like the taste or didnt feel completely satisfied from them. And the best part is your getting so much nutrition from it. Please buy and try it your self. I'm excited to try the vanilla spiced chia next. Oh and l still haven't tried it with just water and I don't think I ever will. And I have given it fives stars now just because I love it so much and will continue to buy.