In preparation for needing to eat 200+ grams of protein a day for me and 150+ grams for Wife, we decided to look into protein powders. After some internet sleuthing we settled on Isopure and picked up some Chocolate and Vanilla. Those that read the twitter account have a sneak preview of what I thought.

Dutch Chocolate

Amazon helpfully has albs bags of Isopure Low Carb that they’ll ship with prime. For a family that lives in a rural area, prime saves us a caption of time and gas money when buying non-refrigerated groceries. In fact, several of the flavors are on subscribe and save. Enough gushing about Amazon.

Taste

So, for those of you that remember the Swiss Miss sugar-free hot chocolate packets? That’s what it tastes like. That’s to say it’s not the best chocolate flavor around, but it’s a distinctly chocolate flavor with a little hint of artificial sweetener. But Wife and I are pretty sensitive to artificial sweetener taste and this was mild, but acceptable.

I used 6oz of milk, 6oz of water, 65 grams of powder (2 scoops) and then blended for a few seconds in our blender. Tried like this it wound up tasting like a thin chocolate shake. It was a little warm because the water was tap water. Ice cubes would have made it more shake-like.

Because it fluffed up a little I wound up with about double the volume. So I drank some like this and then decided to add some espresso and try it like a mocha shake. The flavor was good here. Think, “not great but not back mocha”.

It probably needed to be a little warmer or a little colder for it to be good. If I had the calories I would have gone for all milk or even Fairlife (that’s another review).

Texture

I was worried this would be old-school gritty protein powder, but no, it made for a light smooth texture. Almost “fluffy”. Shaking it probably would have kept it denser, it’s a thing to watch out for if you don’t want a lot of air in the drink. That said, I didn’t mind it at all.

Gluten-Free

So Wife, being the resident super-sensitive celiac, tried some and has yet to have any reaction. Since that was last night, I can definitely confirm that the bag we opened was gluten free. That said, Isopure advertises the product as a gluten-free and none of the ingredients gave off any serious alarms. Since all the powders are gluten-free, it seems safe to assume cross-contamination will be a limited issue.

Why Isopure

So along with Isopure being listed as gluten-free and having no gluten-containing siblings, we picked Isopure because it was a large amount of protein for not many calories. 50g of protein for 220 calories (if you use water). While it’s expensive, if bought in bulk it runs cheaper than the protein bars we usually eat and has a better protein to calorie ratio to boot (The bars have 20g protein for 230 to 250 calories).

To top it off, it came Internet Recommended. That’s to say it had positive reviews and mostly happy customers with the largest complaint being the price and NOT the taste, texture, or gluten response.

Recommendation?

At this point it’s hard not to recommend the product. We’ll continue trying different flavors and mix it up with some combinations of ingredients, but barring a gluten reaction or a superior product being found, I don’t see why we’d stop buying it.

So as an early recommendation, I’d say try this out if you’re searching for a gluten-free protein powder. It’ll boost your protein intake, taste pretty good, and not strike you down with gluten!