Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard, Double Rich Chocolate, 5 Pound
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Customer Reviews of Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard, Double Rich Chocolate, 5 Pound
Customer Review: The only one you need
Summary: 5 Stars
There are many protein powders on the market. Really, do we need them to have all sorts of exotic names and have strange ingredients? All you need to build muscle, stay lean and stay satiated, is plain whey protein. Chocolate is by far my favorite, I've had vanilla, strawberry and other flavors, but chocolate is still the best tasting all around. I have been using this for literally years, and would not know what to do without it. Great as a pre-workout, and post workout protein drink, as well as an evening drink before bed time. I have had the casein powders before bed, but they take a bit to mix up, don't taste as good, and it is milk based, but add this powder to milk, and you still have a casein protein mix. I mix one scoop before my workout with milk, one scoop with water afterward, with milk before bed, and I even keep some at work to help me through some hunger pains now and again. This sells for a great price too, can't beat it. I love it.Customer Review: Great tasting quality protein.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been using ON Gold Standard Whey for awhile. I'd previously used numerous brands including, EAS, Body Fortress, & Muscle Milk (ick). This is the best tasting and best quality of the proteins I've used. I usually go with Double Rich Chocolate or Vanilla. However, I decided to try a different route this order, and purchased the special edition Coffee flavor. Now, I thought ON double rich chocolate was the best whey I've ever tasted until I got the Coffee. The coffee is flat out delicious. It tastes just as good mixed with water as it does with milk. It has a slight coffee ice cream or frappacino like taste. The only issue I have with it is it does contain real coffee, so that means there's 40mg of caffeine per serving. I quit drinking caffeine a couple of years ago and really should have checked closer before buying it. That said it's still delicious, but I have to be careful with it in my post workout shakes if I work out at night.Customer Review: EVERYONE should take whey, and this is delicious...in milk
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this stuff was pretty nasty at first. Even after shaking it up well and diluting 1 scoop with 10 oz skim milk, it still had a bad aftertaste and I had to gulp it all down at once. After a couple of weeks, this stuff started to taste great, like real chocolate milk, which I know a lot about since that's one of my favorite drinks. It's creamy and delicious, I love it. The only thing is that you can't just shake it up and pour it into a glass. You have to keep shaking it every time you take a sip. If you choose to spoon stir it, it's even worse - you have to stir like crazy, take a sip, and then stir again, otherwise it comes out of solution.
I was once out of milk and had to drink this stuff in water. I've never drank out of the toilet, but there is not a doubt in my mind that toilet water would be tastier than this stuff in water. Make sure your fridge is always stocked with milk.
Customer Review: Bad taste, clumpy mixing without blender or shaker
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm convinced this company has its own people put in false reviews on this product. It definitely does not mix easily without a blender or mixer, be prepared for 5mins of stirring and you'll still end up with lots of clumps. You also can not mix this in water as it tastes awful in anything more than 3 ounces of water and even then, pretty bad. If you put the normal 6-8ounces of water, it tastes like water with a tint of chocolate. Not a good taste..
With milk, the mixing is even worse with a spoon but at least the taste vastly improves and it tastes a lot closer to chocolate milk.. Sorry, I will not buy this product again. I am still searching for a good protein shake, Twinlabs has a good one that mixes well in water or milk, but I won't refer it since it will put into doubt my review. I thought this one was a better buy, value wise.. But taste and hassle wise, it's not.
Customer Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got my whey protein by ON, the delivery was really fast; I ordered on Sunday afternoon and I received package on Tuesday.
I ordered the strawberry flavor, not bad at all, tastes pretty good especially when combined with milk. I have also tried the double rich chocolate from my cousin; taste is good as well. I guess what I am trying to say is that the taste is not horrible at all as many of the other people had stated.
Since this is my first time trying this product, I really can not comment in the effects it has on building muscle. I really wish people had focused on that rather than the flavor, so if you recently bought this product and know its benefits, please tells us, but only if you have seen a change in your body.
A month from now, if things work (i.e. I see results), I will be buying another tube and writing another review