Avonmore Protein Milk

roadrunnermick · 23-05-2014 05:16PM #1

Avonmore Protein Milk

The low-fat milk contains an added “50% extra high quality whey and casein protein” which is designed to aid muscle recovery and development.

Kind of expensive €1.89 a litre

Any thoughts, would mixing a protein shake be cheeper and better

Alf Veedersane · 23-05-2014 07:46PM

How many grams of protein per litre?

Essien · 23-05-2014 09:39PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

How many grams of protein per litre?

Around 49g if it's 50% more than the regular one which has 33g or so.

MikeC101 · 23-05-2014 09:47PM

If it's that little then you're basically paying Glanbia the difference in price for adding half a scoop of their protein to a litre of their milk...

I don't know how much a regular litre of milk costs but I'm gonna say it's better value to buy whey from a bulk provider and add it to milk yourself if that's what you want.

They seem to be marketing it heavily towards GAA players - maybe a way to sell more product under a "it's good old milk, not them dangerous wheyroids or creabols"?

Alf Veedersane · 23-05-2014 09:47PM

Better off getting a protein supplement, if you really need to to keep your protein intake at a certain level

roadrunnermick · 26-05-2014 12:29PM

Thanks everyone, really helpfull

conzy · 26-05-2014 12:52PM

You can get 4 litres of low fat milk for €2.80 so thats €0.70 a litre

You can get 2.5kg of unflavoured whey on myprotein for €26.34, and you need 20g of this to raise the protein per litre of the milk to 50g. Which costs €0.21

So you can make your own "protein milk" for €0.91 / litre instead of €1.89

doctorwhogirl · 26-05-2014 06:25PM

Avonmore hopping on the "eat loads of protein and you'll become magically lean" bandwagon.

Egass13 · 26-05-2014 06:29PM

doctorwhogirl wrote: »

Avonmore hopping on the "eat loads of protein and you'll become magically lean" bandwagon.

Not as bad as when Brennan's tried to push it , young lads eating sliced pans in the changing room after training haha

doctorwhogirl · 26-05-2014 06:57PM

Egass13 wrote: »

Not as bad as when Brennan's tried to push it , young lads eating sliced pans in the changing room after training haha

Oh jesus ya! There'll be rakes of lads swigging protein milk and downing the toast!

fat to ripped · 15-06-2014 06:25PM

Marketing nonsense. Don't buy it.

Zombienosh · 15-06-2014 06:36PM

Already seeing loads of the lads drinking it in the gym.

Alf Veedersane · 15-06-2014 08:48PM

Zombienosh wrote: »

Already seeing loads of the lads drinking it in the gym.

Avonmore be makin' all kinds of gainz.

Muahahaha · 15-06-2014 09:18PM

Between this and the other milk that tries to convince mothers that it's better than breast milk, 'follow on milk' or other such nonsense I think the dairy industry has had a bit of a dose of the mad cow.

Probably making a fortune out of it though.

TimeToShine · 17-06-2014 01:23PM

Marketing gimmick targeted at the GAA lads who think powders of any form are unnatural but if it comes from the teat of a cow it's grand.

It's working pretty well too.

Alf Veedersane · 17-06-2014 02:14PM

TimeToShine wrote: »

Marketing gimmick targeted at the GAA lads who think powders of any form are unnatural but if it comes from the teat of a cow it's grand.

It's working pretty well too.

Well, you can't make milky tay with whey.

dremo · 15-07-2014 01:25PM

People likes to pay for convenience. All dem gainz

Yolo

Blacktie. · 16-07-2014 10:59AM

I don;t see a problem with this. Sure it's cheaper just to mix in whey but you can make anything cheaper by sourcing the ingredients yourself. It's convenient source of a few more grams of protein. At least it's not bread pretending to be a great source of protein.

Alf Veedersane · 16-07-2014 11:08AM

Blacktie. wrote: »

I don;t see a problem with this. Sure it's cheaper just to mix in whey but you can make anything cheaper by sourcing the ingredients yourself. It's convenient source of a few more grams of protein. At least it's not bread pretending to be a great source of protein.

I don't really consider it a lot more convenient than mixing up a bit of whey though.

Blacktie. · 16-07-2014 11:10AM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I don't really consider it a lot more convenient than mixing up a bit of whey though.

Because you have whey on hand. A lot of people wouldn't touch that steroid dust :rolleyes:

Also I was more referring to if you're on the go a lot. I don't think it's a product people are gonna really stock up on like buying a few litres at a time like regular milk.

Alf Veedersane · 16-07-2014 11:13AM

Blacktie. wrote: »

Because you have whey on hand. A lot of people wouldn't touch that steroid dust :rolleyes:

Ok, fair point.

conzy · 16-07-2014 11:13AM

But the "protein milk" is shocking value. Its a marketing gimmick the young GAA lads will lap it up.

In fact the lads its targeted at would probably be better off drinking 2 liters of full fat milk instead of 1 liter of protein milk to get in more fats and more calories in general

Alf Veedersane · 16-07-2014 11:18AM

Blacktie. wrote: »

Also I was more referring to if you're on the go a lot. I don't think it's a product people are gonna really stock up on like buying a few litres at a time like regular milk.

If you're on the go a lot and you know you'll need protein, have some whey at hand.

You'd also be faced with the fact that not every shop will be seeling it if you find yourself in the backarse of nowhere.

Again, no added convenience.

cletus van damme · 16-07-2014 11:22AM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I don't really consider it a lot more convenient than mixing up a bit of whey though.

Sure it's not as economical as mixing your own at home but it's a handy snack on the go and it's decent for yoru health too.

I've paid 4e for a protein bar without much wailing.
This is an alternative.

Alf Veedersane · 16-07-2014 11:25AM

cletus van damme wrote: »

Sure it's not as economical as mixing your own at home but it's a handy snack on the go and it's decent for yoru health too.

I've paid 4e for a protein bar without much wailing.
This is an alternative.

I'm not suggesting it needs to be banned. It's an alternative.

I wouldn't be chugging it down on a daily basis for dem gainz though.

Blacktie. · 16-07-2014 11:26AM

conzy wrote: »

But the "protein milk" is shocking value. Its a marketing gimmick the young GAA lads will lap it up.

In fact the lads its targeted at would probably be better off drinking 2 liters of full fat milk instead of 1 liter of protein milk to get in more fats and more calories in general

Honestly I haven't looked too much into it I just didn;t think it was such a bad idea. Are they using low fat milk with it!? Lower the calorie content I guess. Ugh.

You'd also be faced with the fact that not every shop will be seeling it if you find yourself in the backarse of nowhere.

I'd say you're still more likely to find it in your local spar than having some whey near you.

I wouldn't be chugging it down on a daily basis for dem gainz though.

Agreed but I don;t think that's what people will be doing. Maybe 3 times a week as there protein shake or whatever they want to think...

Alf Veedersane · 16-07-2014 11:34AM

Blacktie. wrote: »

I'd say you're still more likely to find it in your local spar than having some whey near you.

If you're someone that's conscious of upping their protein uptake and you're on the go a lot, you'd be a little more prepared though.

In that context, I don't imagine you get too many lads on the road going "Sh*te....protein! I'll pull in at a shop in Inistioge and they'll surely have protein milk or whey" too often.

I can see it having a function if you're caught on the hop the odd time or as a stop gap but I don't imagine how it'd be a staple.

cletus van damme · 16-07-2014 11:42AM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I'm not suggesting it needs to be banned. It's an alternative.

I wouldn't be chugging it down on a daily basis for dem gainz though.

you missing out surely , dem gainz gets you dem biatches ...

Blacktie. wrote: »

I'd say you're still more likely to find it in your local spar than having some whey near you.

actually my local spar sells the RTD maximuscle milk. This is probably in direct competition against them. As that price protein milk is a steal.

Muahahaha · 21-07-2014 08:10PM

Was just working out the price of whey, I paid €27 for 908g of Precision Engineered. I think the scoop is 28g so I guess there is 30-31 portions in a pack. That works out at around 90c a scoop, for a waste product of dairies whey is far from cheap.

Alf Veedersane · 21-07-2014 08:40PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Was just working out the price of whey, I paid €27 for 908g of Precision Engineered. I think the scoop is 28g so I guess there is 30-31 portions in a pack. That works out at around 90c a scoop, for a waste product of dairies whey is far from cheap.

You paid too much hence the unfavourable comparison.

2.5kg of flavoured protein for €39 on MyProtein. 25g in a serving with 20g of protein in each. 100 servings in all.

2 servings = 1 litre of the milk.

€39 versus €94.50.

Muahahaha · 21-07-2014 09:18PM

Yeah I bought it in Holland and Barrett on their 'sale' that is on at the moment. I had looked into buying online before but postage costs of €9 took the shine off it so didn't bother. What are my protein like for postage, is it worth your while buying just 2.5kg ?

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