It may depend on the Supervalu though, especially the ones that aren't former Superquinn.
Can be worth having a look at some of the Irish suppliers too, in a pinch.
i ordered from ros nutrition so get some creatine and clear protein and it took over a week to arrive, you wouldnt want to be in a hurry
I ordered from ROS a few weeks back and the package arrived the next day. So maybe the rush on deliveries coming up to Christmas isn't helping
Recently ordered protein from discount supplements. You have to spend 150 euro to avail of free delivery!!
Notwithstanding the local fastway issue we have on our route, you'd get myprotein orders quicker! There's a few with shops too though, if they're convenient.
i ordered in october when myprotein sold out of creatine
€8.88kg for the limited edition apple crumble flavour impact whey and then €22.50 for 2.5kg of the strawberry flavour, brilliant prices on both.
What's a good flavour of MyProtein for mixing with oats?
I was a big fan of ON, but their 2.5kg have all gone up over €20 everywhere, so looking at MyProtein. I got the unflavoured whey, but it leaves an unpleasant metallic aftertaste in the oats, so want to give them 1 more try with one of their flavours.
It's hard to go wrong with the old reliables of chocolate smooth, Strawberry, or vanilla. I've tried loads of the other flavors which have all been fine at first but flavor fatigue quickly sets in.
Rather than get a 5kg bag of flavour try zero calorie flavoured syrup with the unflavoured powder
very few work well for me in porridge over a prolonged period, cinnamon danish was good and so was banana but after a while it get boring as mentioned above
I usually eat the oats and chug the powder
The my protein apple custard flavour works well with oats.
Now you mention it I had apple crumble the other night and it was a good mix
Do those FlavDrops work? I tried mixing in Maple Syrup and it left a sweet metallic aftertaste, and cinnamon also didn't do anything.
Where are you guys getting those flavours? They are not appearing for me on the MyProtein site, plus the MyProtein site seems very expensive, the 1kg of unflavoured protein costs €13 more than what I paid from Amazon.
Just been on MyProtein now taking a quick peek: prices are mental. €100+ for 2.5kgs. WTF. Never seen it as bad.
The prices in December sale for a lot more realistic. The non sale prices are outrageous though.
they have been that high for ages and it is how the business model works, they have big prices and then 80% off sales on a regular basis to reel people in
wait for a sale and use the discount codes and you will get the whey cheap
My Sports Fuel 1 kg Cookies and Cream Anabolic Whey Matrix Protein Powder
on Amazon is £11.39 with a subscribe and save and just cancel after it has been sent, easy way to try a new flavour
They were a limited offer.
Yeah that's what I always do.
Regarding the many brands out there - MyProtein, ON, Kinetica, BulkPowders for both protein and vitamin, some seem more expensive than others. Then you have the excellent HPNutrition site which sells many other brands including BioTechUSA and many others.
Is the Kinetica quality for example that much better than the others that you pay more?
Do people have a preferred brand taking into account price and quality?
I've found scitec to be reasonably priced with alot of the independent retailers. Generally around €45 - €50 for a 2.2kg tub.
HP Nutrition, AOB Nutrition and mycoresupplements are where I spend my money.
I'm not sure what would make one protein better than another, for non-competing athlete's? Obviously, you may be in a position of wanting to pay for "informed sport" or other batch test certification, but as an amateur I'm really driven by vfm, flavour and how well it mixes. They mainly seem to be a wash on % protein.
I ended up buying PhD Diet Whey from H&B because my MyProtein order was delayed and was stuck for something in the meantime. Have to say it's the thickest protein shake I've ever had. Didn't flow out of my shaker at all and I'm sure I'm leaving a good chunk of it behind with it clinging onto the plastic.
How many grams of powder per shake, how much liquid? water or milk
17g per scoop. Was using the same amount of liquid (both milk and water) as I was using with MyProtein 200-250ml. Also really thickened up my porridge in the mornings!
I had the same experience with a whey I got from Discount Supplements - just really claggy, worse than "milk" protein blends and other blends I've had in the past.
The worst review ever
https://ie.trustpilot.com/review/ie.myprotein.com
Is that 17g protein. I guess thats about a 25g scoop total. Seams kinda small at first.
But looking at the ingredients
PhD Lean Body Slow Release Protein Blend (Whey Protein Concentrate (Milk)(27%), Milk Protein Concentrate, Soy Protein Isolate), Enduragrain(TM) Long Chain Waxy Barley Starch, Golden Brown Flaxseed Powder, Dietary Fibres (Acacia Gum, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum),
It has added fibre in for form of guar gum, etc. These will go glutinous if not mixed with enough water. I would try adding more water, or less blending rather than shaking might help
A colleague of mine told me of some research he did on proteins about the claimed quality versus the actual, laboratory proven quality. He wasn't doing proper academic research, but rather was just searching the Internet for articles. It's a bit sketchy in my mind now because it was a few years ago. Anyway, he told me that what they claim (e.g. 80% protein) and what the actual value is often wrong. I think MyProtein was one of the examples he found.
