PlantFusion Complete Plant-Based Chocolate Protein Powder, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Non-GMO (1 Pound)

It was an ok product but cost prohibitive

best tasting and best amino acid branch

This tastes so good. One of my favorites

I'm writing this to warn people more than anything. As for the product, there's nothing wrong with it at all; it tastes great (I got the chocolate flavour). I looked forward to it every evening, and it mixed wonderfully with my unsweetened almond milk. However, I started having problems after a bit. For about 2 months everything was fine, then I noticed my throat would get itchy after drinking the protein powder drink. I ignored it at first, thinking I was just getting sick, but it persisted. It got worse. I started having runny nose, coughing, etc., and I realized it was happening within an hour after my drink. I started eliminating items from the mix: greek yogurt, banana, almond butter, almond milk. It still persisted. So, even though I didn't want to, I stopped drinking the powder. My problems stopped at once. About a month ago, I bought it again to see what would happen. Again, the same exact series of events played out, and I started doing a process of elimination on the ingredients to see what was causing my issues. I'd narrowed it down to pea, artichoke, or amaranth. After a bit more fiddling and a phone call to my nurse mother, who got her hospital dietician involved, we determined it was the peas. I was having most of the symptoms for pea allergy, and had I kept taking the powder I might well have had a very serious medical reaction. I loathe peas, and the last time I attempted to eat them in any normal quantity, it made me sick to the point of throwing up. Now I know why. So, beware. If you do, or think you might, have a pea allergy, avoid this. It's a damn shame, too, because it tastes amazing. I don't taste pea flavour at all when I drink this, personally. Anyhow, just be cautious. The product is lovely, hence the 5 stars, but I felt I had to post my story just in case I could help someone avoid this problem in the future.

Best plant protein I've tried in terms of how it made me feel. I won't pretend like it tastes good (I got chocolate), the stevia is a bit overpowering and cloying, but it doesn't taste bad either. It just tastes, you know... healthy, but also highly processed. It mixes very well, better than any other kind of protein I've tried, whey or plant. It keeps me full and feeling strong for much longer than when I'm not taking it, so I avoid over-eating, and it's comprised of ingredients that don't bother me. I'm sensitive to gluten so it's important to me that this product contains no barley/wheat/oat grass (they may be healthy, but not for me), and rice is often contaminated with heavy metals so I'm also glad it's free of that. I'm not a vegetarian or a vegan, but this seems to be better than whey in terms of overall nutrition because of the added potential for small amounts of fiber and vitamins/minerals to be present in the product, plus it's cheaper than organic whey (the only kind I'd buy). Whey is still probably better for muscle building though, but I'm more concerned with overall health benefits than muscle maintenance alone. Additionally, I've tried a plant powder with chia in it (Life's Basics) and it made me feel very sick, so I'm glad they skipped the chia in this one. I'm also thrilled that there is no added lecithin in this, because gut bacteria turns the choline present in lecithin into an artery-clogging substance, and it makes it hard for me to breathe after I eat it (doesn't matter if it's soy or sunflower, gmo or not, it all does this to me). Overall I'm happy with this product and would buy it again, I only wish it had less stevia and tasted a little bit better. All things considered, it's pretty good. It's very good if you have a lot of allergies, diet restrictions, or simply preferences for cleaner ingredients.