Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard Variety 16 Packets

by Optimum Nutrition

Product Details

• ASIN: B0001FSVV4
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Double Chocolate Vs. Chocolate April 2, 2009

By J. Villeneuve

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So - you've been researching the 7000 options for Protein Powder and you've landed on Optimum Nutrition's Gold Standard. Good choice. The quality of the product, the price and the reputation are all great. Now you need to decide on a flavor. After all - if it doesn't taste good - it doesn't matter how much it costs. You're a chocolate guy/girl and think that's the safest bet. If you're getting 5 pounds of something, you need to minimize your risk! But do you go with Chocolate or Double Chocolate? I had the same question, so a co-worker and I each got one and did a taste test. Here is what we found:

Chocolate: very tasty! When mixed with skim milk it was pretty close in taste to chocolate milk. No aftertaste and generally one the better powders I've tried.

Double Chocolate: also very tasty! Smells way more chocolately in the jar and after mixing with skim milk. This one tasted more like a liquid brownie than chocolate milk. There definitely was a "Double" chocolate kick. No aftertaste and perhaps my favorite powder to date.

The "winner"? Both really. My co-worker was very happy with her choice of Chocolate because it wasn't overwhelming and I was very happy with the Double because it was more of a "treat" with a bigger chocolate flavor.

So decide which one sounds like you - and buy with confidence. At 120 calories for 24g of protein, you'll be getting what you need with a great taste.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars First Whey Protein ever used April 9, 2009

By Lee Berliner

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I had been interested in trying a whey protein to help my workouts for a couple of years, but was hesitant to start using it because I didn't know the effects or whether or not it would actually be helpful.

After a little bit of research, and reading the reviews on Amazon, I bought a 2.5 lb. tub of ON 100% Whey (Double Rich Choc.) and am really happy with the results. The biggest benefit I have realized from drinking a whey protein shake after my workouts is that recovery time is vastly reduced. I rarely get sore the day after workouts now. Combine that with the great taste and easy mixability of ON 100% Whey, it was an easy decision to buy a 5 lb. tub once I finished my 2.5 lb. tub.

I actually look forward to drinking this stuff after my workout is over. It's a motivating factor in my workouts. I don't allow myself to have a shake if I don't have a satisfactory workout.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good nutrient profile, but artificial taste September 8, 2010

By John S. Glassmyer

I like the relatively low-carbohydrate profile of this powder compared to some others. I also like that, according to Consumer Reports, it contains lower levels of heavy metals than comparable whey powders.

However, it has an annoyingly artificial taste, probably due to the artificial sweeteners and possibly partly due to the artificial vanilla flavor.

I thought about switching to Optimum Nutrition's "Natural" whey powder, which doesn't use artificial sweeteners, but I didn't like that the Natural version contains more carbohydrate (and sugar) per serving than this one.

The best alternative I've found is Whole Foods' store-brand whey protein powder. Like the Optimum Nutrition powder, it's relatively low-carb, but it achieves this by using stevia extract as a (zero-calorie, natural) sweetener as opposed to Optimum Nutrition's sucralose and acesulfame K. Due to that and, I suppose, its use of natural vanilla flavor, the Whole Foods whey powder doesn't have the artificial taste that the Optimum Nutrition powder has.