Designer Wellness, Designer Whey, Natural Whey Protein Powder with Probiotics, Fiber, and Key B-Vitamins for Energy, Gluten-Free, French Vanilla, 2 lb

WOW,,,,that’s about all I can say
I bought this product because I am dealing with major after workout fatigue. To a point that it will last a day or two. Last week it was three days. I bought this to drink after my workout to help with that issue. I don’t have a blender, so I just mixed this with a spoon and then I hand whisked for 20 seconds. First, everything devolved….no lumps, NO GRIT….amazing. First power I have ever bought with no gritty taste. I mixed it with milk for a bit more calories. Taste….well I bought the vanilla and I love it. Not sweet at all. I don’t like sweet drinks and this tastes like a mildly sweet milk. Love it. I will update in a few weeks and let you if this is helping with the post workout fatigue. So far, I’m impressed.Second day….today day I did cardio….pretty intense workout. Afterwards, I was beat. I cut up a small banana, a few strawberries, mixed the powder with milk and poured it over the bananas and strawberries. Delicious and gave me tons of energy. Over all about a 300-400 cal after workout meal with about 30 protein, carbs n some fat from the milk for recovery. I’m loving it.

Vanilla tastes great with any frozen fruit!
I use this protein blend to supplement every once in a while or after an intense workout.

No flavor, foams up, only 20g protein per serving. It’s usable, just not great.
4lb French Vanilla review. My first time using Designer Whey, after years of using ON brand and then a year or two of not using supplemental protein. I was almost going to purchase an unflavored whey which I had done once before to avoid sweeteners and fillers, but Designer Whey using only stevia seemed okay. Unflavored whey just has as dull milk flavor, whereas French Vanilla sounded like it would be a somewhat enjoyable treat.There’s almost no flavor to this product. Some might consider that a good thing, but I was hoping for more. I mix only with water, so I’m not getting any help from other shake ingredients. Rather than buy this again, I would just go with an unflavored whey, since it tastes practically the same and I won’t be paying for the stevia and flavoring and whatever else gets added in. I can’t honestly say I taste any vanilla, and there’s hardly any sweetness to it. For the flavor experience I’m getting with this, I’d rather just get plain whey.This product foams like crazy. Even using the lowest speed on my blender, you end up with half a glass of foam. My guess is that this is probably due to the stevia. (Dan Quinn says hi) All products foam a little bit but this is worse than what I’ve seen before.The ratio of product serving size to actual protein seems a bit low, with 31g of product for 20g protein. It would be worth it if that other 11g of stuff provided a rich vanilla flavor, but it doesn’t. Even this 4lb container won’t last very long when I’m using at least 1.5 to 2 servings every time to get enough protein. Other brands will have something like 24g protein in a 31g serving. So somehow there’s a lackluster flavor despite having 4-5g less protein in each scoop. I suppose some of that is their prebiotics and probiotics and other additions, which sound like nice things to have, but not what I’m necessarily looking for in my protein powder, especially if that’s why it costs more.Small gripe, but the scoop was buried deep in the container. Despite the fact that they have a patented little latch on the underside of the lid where you can conveniently hold the scoop. Cool idea, but the most useful time to implement it would be saving your customers that experience of having to create a cloud of protein dust as they dig for their scoop when they first open it. Although it probably wouldn’t stay in place during shipping anyway, because the holder isn’t exactly as good as it could be.Overall, for whatever reason I felt like this was a “higher class” protein purchase than I would have made in years past, but I see no reason I’d buy this again. Other brands might use Sucralose instead, but at least there’s some semblance of the flavor that it claims to be. If you’re already using a product like this and you think it tastes reasonably good, you’re just one step away from using unflavored whey and saving money on the other ingredients.I don’t hate it, it doesn’t taste bad, it just doesn’t taste good. It’s a usable whey protein. If I ever had to use it again, I would. But probably not on purpose. This was my first experience with Designer Whey, and they didn’t really win a new customer. If I ever use DW again, I’ll be trying a different flavor.Pros:-Package design-Sweetened with stevia-Flip top lid-Scoop holder on the lid-Prebiotics & probioticsCons:-Hardly any noticeable flavor-Product creates lots of foam when mixed-20g protein per serving is lower than other brands