OPTIMUM NUTRITION Serious Protein Chocolate Reviews Summary

Taste

Pros:

• "This product does work well and taste good (the chocolate)."
• "The vanilla tastes great! He adds a scoop of Blue Bell homemade vanilla for a few extra calories."
• "Mixing the chocolate & vanilla flavor (with milk) was something I wish I'd figured out sooner. I couldn't have asked for a better taste."
• "Tastes great blended with peanut butter and banana."
• "Perfect flavor."
• "Tastes pretty good with cold milk (chocolate flavor)."
• "The vanilla flavour with milk is really tasty."

Cons:

• "Chocolate flavor was recommended but I got tired of it quickly."
• "The absolute worst part about this product is its flavor(s). They are horrible."
• "the strawberry taste like medicine (i started to add nesquik strawberry powder, made it taste sooooo much better)."
• "I tried the double chocolate and it tasted really bad."
• "chocolate taste like shit, idk what to tell you."
• "This batch has a terrible chemical taste."
• "the vanilla taste like chalk."

Effectiveness

Pros:

• "Serious mass actually changed my life and I feel and look so much healthier."
• "After about 6 months I had put on 25lbs and was looking much healthier."
• "No joke, gained like 10 pounds of solid mass after taking this consistently for 2 months."
• "Already am seeing results, after using this for a bit, after 3 months, I have gained 20 pounds, being consistent with the gym is also the key role here."
• "I’ve been working out since Dec 7. I been using serious mass for about 3 months and I used to be 107.8 lbs. and now i weight about 122.8 lbs !!!"
• "I gained 25lbs in 4 months."
• "In 4 months I went from 159 to 187."

Cons:

• "I feel like throwing up each time i drink it."
• "I was burping up a storm and also felt like throwing up at times because of how full it made me feel."
• "I've never had real digestive issues in my life. However, after only a month of using this product, I started developing digestive problems."
• "I get extremely bloated when I take this product."
• "This product has giving me cystic acne on my chest and back like never before."
• "Caused elevated liver enzymes and an enlarged liver."
• "I am starting to have knee pains recently."

Value

Pros:

• "Definitely worth the price."
• "Cost per pound is excellent. No better deal."
• "The price was very low."
• "It’s a great deal- I get 70-80 drinks out of each 12lb bag for $47."
• "In terms of value, Serious Mass offers a substantial amount of product for its price."
• "Might even save a good 30% of the price, too."
• "And it doesn’t break the bank."

Cons:

• "However, they have unreasonably increased the price (gouging) but didn’t increase quantity."
• "Price has doubled in just the last few months. WILL NOT PURCHASE AGAIN."
• "Last time I bought this product was Dec 27th for $50.15 so when I came to buy this months bag and saw the price for $66.99 I felt disappointed."
• "At $50 for 16 servings, I was a bit weary of ordering this product because of the price."
• "The only complaint I have is that the price seems to fluctuate from 30 to 50 dollars every month... which is strange."
• "This review focuses on value or the lack of. Price has been increased every month I have purchased this and the ingredients do not warrant this type of price increase."
• "The $46 dollars for a 12lbs bag seems like a good deal until you realize its only 16 servings."

Quality

Pros:

• "It's loaded with vitamins/minerals."
• "Being a thin built guy, it is the only one my husband can drink without getting bloated or getting gut."
• "I like that it does not have a ton of sugar in it and does not make me gas up the place like some do."
• "Little pricey as a mass gainer but its worth the extra $$$ considering the macros and ingredients are there."
• "This product also contains 1 gram of Creatine Monohydrate per serving, which is good."
• "It tastes incredible, Optimum Nutrition uses some of the best ingredients."
• "The gainer is a very fine powder, and mixes easily."

Cons:

• "The main ingredient in this is maltodextrin... just a bunch of simple carbs with no nutritional value."
• "Having maltodextrin as the main ingredient is problematic, since it is a high GI compound that will cause blood glucose rise and insulin spikes."
• "It has sooo much sugar!"
• "Honestly, to replicate this, you might as well just have several cans of soda, 2 scoops of protein powder, and a multivitamin after your workout."
• "It also has a mix of whey protein types (isolate and concentrate) which is not ideal!"
• "This junk is filled to the brim with sugar and is extremely dangerous and unhealthy to consume regularly."
• "It is definitely not for diabetics. Carbs are the real enemy for people with it, not sugar and 250 carbs per serving is way too much."

Convenience

Pros:

• "I only use this first thing in the morning. 1/2 to one scoop- with milk."
• "I do one scoop after waking up, before and after workouts, and one before bed."
• "I drink it Monday through Friday at work and give it a break on the weekends, that way I don't have to buy it so often."
• "What this shake does is effectively save me the time of arranging/mincing ingredients."
• "It's important to eat everything you would normally eat in a day, while adding this to your diet."
• "I *highly* recommend using a blender to mix this thoroughly."
• "It dissolves very easily and tastes great."