Chike.
First I opened up one 1/2 serving sample pack of the Very Vanilla flavor.
It smelled, very, vanilla. (Wow. I am so wordy, yeah?)
The directions stated to mix with four ounces of water and shake. I couldn't find my shaker cup, so I used my blender. I dumped the protein powder in the blender with exactly four ounces of water and blended. The resulting drink was quite thick and creamy.
You can see how thick the shake was just with water:
I drank the 1/2 serving shake on it's own first, it was creamy vanilla, and there was hardly any "protein taste." My first impression was a light ice cream. This powder required NO additional flavoring or "doctoring up," which is what I do to many powders that have a distinct protein aftertaste.
When it was gone, I realized I wanted a full serving, and I might as well make this a MEAL. Chike is a Meal Replacement. I took another sample bag, and decided to go for a big shake. I added another 1/2 serving to the blender, with ice, eight ounces of water and four frozen strawberries.
Blended, and poured it into my cup, making a huge mess. The baby came in and demanded "somah dat in my cup?" We shared.
Mixed like this with NO additional milk or sweeteners, it was AMAZINGLY simple and good. Sure, I could have just made the "Strawberry" flavor, but I wanted a big shake with ice, it's just my preference. It's long gone now, the baby drank a sippy cup of "Mama's Ice Ceem" and I finished mine. There is no aftertaste or weird mouth-feel.
Nutrition can be found at Chike's website, and here's a blurry screen shot of the PDF:
You could use one, two or three scoops depending on your needs. I just had two in total, for 28 grams of protein. Chike does contain carbs and sugar. 1.5 grams per scoop. I have a sneaking suspicion THAT IS WHY IT TASTES SO GOOD. Other proteins have sugar too, it's not like this is the only one, however, if you're on super low carb diet, this could potentially add up. Hardly, though, if you're using it as a total meal replacement. I am unlikely to follow-through with protein drinks unless they taste good enough to forgo other things, you know? I like many, I love FEW. The ones I end up loving – have carbs. (OR CAFFEINE, just saying.)
- Product – Chike
- Via – Chike + Celebrate Vitamins
- Price – $45.50 tub, get samples at this link: http://www.chikenutrition.com/free-sample.html
- Pros – Amazing taste, >200 calories, 28 grams of protein per serving, meal replacement.
- Cons – ?
- Rating – Pouchworthy, MM.
Forgive me if this is a silly question–but is your shaker cup just a random lidded cup that you can…shake ? Or is it some special kind of contraption ? This product looks really good. You inspired me to order the samples. Can’t use it until after my surgery since it has milk in it, but it looked too good to pass up. You take a mean product picture. Thanks !
I had been using the “Blender Bottle” – until I can’t find it! I got it with my CLICK.
Thanks for the great advice and tips. I ordered some of these samples today Purplerose7030
Wow already got my samples. I made the strawberry with a little strawberry G2… Mighty tasty!
Thanks again, Beth, for another great review. You Rock!!
Hi, has anyone else had an issue accessing chike’s site? I can’t seem to get on it. I’m assuming that they’re having server issues.
Chike’s site is down. 🙁 I don’t know when it’s going to be back up.
You can get pretty good deal on the Chike Meal Replacement flavors over at the iMetabolic estore too: http://www.imetabolic.com/store
It’s like $7 more there?
I just ordered my Chike samples too!
I bought chocolate, strawberry and orange cream. Yum! I like it plain and with fruit. 🙂