Since I have had my baby I have been keen to tone up and regain some of the muscle mass that I lost during pregnancy. I started working out again two weeks post birth and I am now completing weight bearing workouts at least five times a week. I have been taking the Vega sport plant based protein powder to ensure my diet is providing enough protein for my muscles to repair.
Since I am now following a dairy free diet whey protein powder was no longer an option so I looked around for an alternative. The Vega sport is a vegan plant based protein that contains 30g of protein per full scoop serving aswell as 6g BCAA's and 6g of Glutamine.
It has no added sugar and is sweetened with Stevia and it is also soya free.
So what's in it? It contains pea protein, pumpkin seed protein and Alfalfa protein. It also contains probiotics to help aid a healthy digestive system.
I have been using this protein in the vanilla flavour for around a week now and I personally think it is great. Firstly if you are used to vanilla flavour whey protein then be warned this does not taste exactly the same. You can tell the product is very natural and there is no sickly sweet, synthetic, vanilla milkshake like flavour here. You can see the specks of vanilla seeds in your shaker aswell. It is, I would say a taste that you get used to. I love it in shakes but I do not personally enjoy it added to porridge as I do with my previous whey based proteins.
In regard to digestion I think this is much better than whey based shakes, it seems to digest quickly without causing bloating or...er...wind. Also from reading through the ingredients they are all very healthy and clean. I prefer to use this whilst breastfeeding than whey protein because some lower quality whey can contain unsafe levels of heavy metals. In regard to price I pay £42.89 for 828g so it is a little expensive, but then for the high quality ingredients in contains I don't mind paying a bit extra.
In conclusion the taste of this protein can take a little getting used to if you usually use whey but the consistency is smooth and not grainy. It provides a great amount of protein per serving aswell at 30g and it is brilliant for anyone who is vegan or wanting to eat clean.
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I tried this too and came to almost exactly the same conclusion. The taste takes some getting used to, but overall it seems like a quality protein powder.
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