Naturade Weight Gain Nutrition Drink Mix for Healthy Weight Support, Balanced Calories with Protein, Vitamins & Minerals, Vanilla - 40.6 oz

Note: as my title suggests I am vegetarian so part of my review will touch on that, particularly the pancreatin. I was 215lbs, 6ft2" and 13-14% body fat. It is hard to gain at that point because you burn too fast, and getting enough calories in my standard vegetarian diet was difficult. I was at 215lbs for a few years and had trouble getting past that plateau. After one container of this stuff following my normal diet over a week I am at 221lbs with only a slight 0.1-0.2 increase in body fat. Of course I am doing fairly hard-core work-outs as well to keep body fat down. This is a short-term-use product designed to spike calories, not just protein. You can take in 215grams of protein a day, it's easy enough with all the concentrates out there, but if you aren't also increasing caloric intake you will have trouble gaining at a certain point. You'll need way more than a standard 2,000 calories. This is all natural which is why I chose it. I didn't want artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, or fillers. As of 06-22-13 The reviews about taste being bad I think are way off base. This mixes very easily, adding almost no bulk to liquids, similar to whey proteins consistency. The taste, when mixed with milk, makes a thicker, slightly sweeter, and slight vanilla hint, other than that there is absolutely zero other flavors noticeable by me. Mixed with water, it tastes similar to vanilla soy milk. Maybe they changed the formula, or maybe the people who wrote badly about taste need artificial flavors and sweeteners as is typical in gain formulas. I think this stuff has its place in a natural body building regimen, but should probably not be used solidly for extended periods because it is not a "whole food". It is missing things like beneficial phytochecmicals found in nuts, beans, fruits, veggies etc. Short term though it is awesome and definitely works. The ingredient list is as follows: Whey (from milk), sunflower oil, maltodextrin, soy protein isolate, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, soy lechithin, potassium phosphate, mono- and diglycerides, natural flavor (includes soybean extract), guar gum, xanthan gum, tocopherols, apple fiber, corn bran, pea fiber, hydrolyzed whey protein, papain, egg white, bromelain, pancreatin. There are no GMO's and it is gluten free. Most soy is GMO-soy if they don't state it isn't. For example 90% of vegetable oil in super markets is GMO soy. I like that this is clearly non-GMO. On a side note, some body builders are paranoid about soy because they think it is estrongenic, I won't go into the debate here, but unless you're a pro body builder or consuming massive amounts of soy, eating some in a mix isn't going to feminize you or make you loose even one rep. Pre-workout this stuff works and gives easily available carb-fuel. Banging out reps after carb-loaded is a lot easier and the testosterone boost from lifting will more than offset a minor plant-based phytoestrogin. The last ingredient, pancreatin, may not be vegetarian. I haven't looked into it honestly, but I know it can be either plant or animal based. Likely it is animal based otherwise I wouldn't see why Naturade wouldn't advertise the product as vegetarian. As a vegetarian I would give this at least one less star because of the sketchy pancreatin, but I realize only 4% of the US is vegetarian. And honestly, I would rather have all-natural with some trace product than a chemical $h1t-storm. That is my honest review of this product. Hope that helps!

Vanilla tastes good. Blended with fruit juice or warm water. Doing two scoops twice a day. Seems to be I’m gaining about a pound a week.

The mix provides a good balance of carbohydrates and protein, which helps support energy and gradual weight gain. Each serving contains about 10 grams of protein and carbohydrates to help boost calorie intake, making it useful as an additional shake between meals.

This product has helped me gain about 10 pounds in 2 months. I love the vanilla flavor I blend it with fruit milk and orange juice. DO NOT buy the chocolate flavor it does not taste good and is EXTREMELY salty. The vanilla flavor is great tho. Other products don’t have as many calories as this one and have a lot of additional ingredients I don’t want. My only complaint is the container is small and lasts only like 3 days to get the full 1600 calories each day. I’ve repurchased this product a few times and highly recommend if you struggle to gain weight like I do. I started at 99 pounds and am about 109 right now. The only thing that’s been helping me gain weight.

My kids LOVE this! I've bought other protein and weight powders and the kids haven't like any of them until this one. We mix the vanilla powder with frozen berries, milk and chia seeds to make the YUMMIEST smoothies!!

Edited to add I figured out a way to make this work. I put two scoops in a small bowl first and add some soy milk. Then I take my small whisk and gently whisk it until it’s fairly smooth. I add it to the blender after I put in the other ingredients. He got strep throat right after I bought this so he hasn’t put on any weight yet but he didn’t lose any either so now we are starting from scratch again. Crossing my fingers it works. He does like the vanilla flavor. I got this to put weight on my partner. I make shakes for him every day so I thought this would be easy. Not so much. No matter in what order I add this powder, it gobs up the sides of the blender. It’s also not very feasible to add two scoops. It’s just too thick then when I add the other ingredients. I’m trying to make it work as I like the ingredients except for the stevia. I would have preferred plain old sugar. Stevia leaves an artificial sweetener taste.

I have always been skinny for my whole life and I was losing weight a crazy amount I lost like 10 pounds and I was 125 pounds. Im a tall girl and a picky eater with my appetite making me unable to clean a plate. I decided to buy this for weight gain. So when i started using this I didn't exercises I did dance sometimes and I go on normal walk but thats about it. With this I've gained 5 pounds within the 2 weeks that ive used the 20 Oz one it was superrr effective for weight gain. I drank this like a snack or whenever I got hungry or as a meal replacement (for example if i know I wouldnt have breakfast id drink this). I suggest to still eat though this shake is like a amazing collaboration with meals. I admit that I was gassy but thats because of the milk. I used this with Lactose free milk and the stomach issues weren't bad at all. This is also really tasty. I tried the chocolate one to see if I'll like it and it wasn't as tasty as the vanilla one in my opinion so I kept on with the vanilla one. Im starting to exercise lightly now because i want to maintain my health and to fill my clothes better when summer comes. Its also feels fun for me because of the weight ive gain it feels like I can exercise better instead of worrying constantly about losing weight or feeling extremely tired after exercising because of how skinnnnyy i was. I would highly recommend this for weight gain especially for the price if you want a low cost weight gainer. My final recommendation is to remain consistent and love the process!♡

This product is a special case. If you are thin and you don't want to endanger your heath with stimulants that other similar supplements have, then it's the only way to go! I gave it four stars and not five for two reasons. Firstly for the taste which is too artificial for me. (Are you call that vanilla?). Secondly I agree to other reviews that indeed you must use great amounts of this stuff to work but as I said before is the only naturally and clean way to go.

Not very many people need to gain weight .. it is helpful

Love the taste and i am seeing some amazing results..

It works

Stimuler mon appétit et prendre du poids Le produit est de qualité il a bon goût et stimule vraiment l'appétit. Je vais recommandé encore des boîtes