Vega Original Essential Protein - 25g Plant-Based Protein, Creamy Chocolate, 20 Servings, Vegan Non-GMO Drink Mix, Smoothie & Shake Ready, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, 32.5oz (Packaging May Vary)

After trying a number of highly-rated products only to be disappointed, I finally found my vegan protein powder for my breakfast smoothies and oatmeal in VEGA (Essential Protein). The other protein powders that I tried tasted horrible; chalky, heavy chemical/bad aftertaste. This product tasted great and didn’t make me bloat/belch (sorry if that is too graphic) like some of the other products that I tried. VEGA for the win!

Muy rica me gusto, si sabe como a leche de chocolate obviamente con el toque de la proteína súper buena, no me arrepiento

Excellent choice in plant based protein. I was using another brand but this is more economical, tastes great, and keeps me full.

Mixes well in blender. Haven't tried it in shaker. I mix with milk or frozen yogurt (since I'm not vegan) and throw in a banana. It's not overly chocolate to taste, but some Hershey's syrup takes care of that. All in all it's good +

The best plant based protein powder I've tried by far. I love it's creamy rich taste and how it's not too sweet. It dissolves easily. Really really good

I decided to switch up from my regular Protein powder to Vega vanilla. After drinking, 30 minutes later, I felt sick. I again tried this protein powder in 2 other shakes with different ingredients over the next week, and with the same results. By shake #2, I was convinced it was the powder but pushed on with just the protein powder to make sure it wasn’t a bad banana, cherries, or the milk. My daughter and wife also tried it as well during that week. Both of them reported feeling nauseous afterwards when I brought it up to them. We all used shakes with totally different ingredients, except for the one common item…Vega protein powder. Did we receive a bad batch? I don’t want to deflate a reputable company, however this needs to be reported. Has anyone else exhibited the same results? All I know is we mixed 5 shakes, and went 5/5 on feeling awful after drinking. I do not know what steps to take next, but hope that someone contacts me to send this back for testing.

Great protein booster. No after taste, and good price.

Ever since a nutritionist told me I should be eating 30 gms of protein in one sitting every day, but preferably three times a day until I healed up I've felt dismay every time I thought of this. 30 gms is 5 large eggs, five oz of boneless cooked skinless, defatted chicken or about 7-8 oz of steak with bone. How does anyone put that much food into their bodies day after day let alone three times a day? Less fanatical doctors have warned me about doing this. Even if you balance one of these meals with a vegan diet, it's rough on your heart and kidneys for sure and probably all the rest of your internal organs too. And yet with all these dire warnings, I wasn't healing. Clearly, I needed to be on this diet.Practically speaking, it's also a lot of cooking. I can't keep up with 30 gm per day and end up eating the healthiest frozen food to fill the gaps. All in all, my diet may technically hit 30 gms for one meal but the day is unbalanced because I don't have enough time to prepare vegan foods.Of course, I've tried protein supplements but the entire category is rife with problems. Protein powders suffer from contaminants the most notorious being heavy metals. Yeah, we're talking lead, cadmium...real nice stuff. And there are a gauntlet of safety boards that independently test for contamination. The only one I see here is the non-GMO seal which is nice but do people really think plants can't pick up something nasty?Having said all that, the ingredient list is the only one I've encountered so far that won't upset my gut. Being able to hang onto the stuff is the furthest I've gotten with these powders.Oh yeah. It tastes good. That's a new one.Vega, you have done well... so far. You need to sign up for a fistful of safety certifications. Pretty slogans about being good for people and planet carry little weight here.Less you think I'm being harsh, Vega is the highest scoring product I've tried. The others were complete wash-outs due to lack of safety standards or even worse they had the safety but added difficult to tolerate ingredients for assorted cosmetic reasons which caused the gut to reject it entirely. I can't like it if I can't hold it down.I've done some internet research on this topic, the nutritionists are trying to trigger protein synthesis which you need to heal. Protein synthesis once initiated lasts for vaguely 36-48 hours before you need to restart. Eating protein in one sitting is about 2-3 hours. If you want to maximize healing eat 30 gms per sitting 3x spaced evenly throughout the day. Most of the timings come from the weight lifting community and were measured on muscle but I'm hoping it generalizes.Using the Vega with some food 3x per day still seems unrealistic. I tried 30 gms in one sitting and I could barely eat for the rest of the day.