I couldn't stand any of them until I found Jay Robb. Jay Robb is delicious! My favorites are strawberry and orange cream yum yum, the chocolate is good to! It is sweetened with stevia. You can buy it online.

You can buy sample packs instead of a whole tub.

http://www.unjury.com/store/protein/unjury-protein/unjury-protein-samples/unjury-unflavored-sample.html

I highly recommend doing it that way. I bought two huge jugs of SEI Max based on recommendations and I totally and completely found it gross.

You might also want to try some of the pre-mixed ready to drink shakes, I found those easier to deal with in the beginning. costco, gnc and amazon all carry those (Premier Protein, Isopure, etc).

Well, I tried 30 different varieties and finally found that I loved GNC Pro Performance Whey Protien. I like to add ice and milk in the blender so it is like a thick shake. Good luck!!

Ahhh, the protein shake issue. It is amazing how people's taste is so different on these. I found one I like and I was able to try a sample first, which I recommend like Brooklyn.

Tera's Whey is the one I found; it is organic and the ingredient list is half as long as most of the other protein powders. They have a plain, that you can add your own flavor to and they have some single serving packs so you can try it without a big investment. Whole foods has it and here is the website:

http://www.teraswhey.com/single-serving-packets/

I had to go to premade only. I could not tolerate any powder of any kind. I only by premade. Not awesome, but I am making it through. I have the vanilla ones from costco and when they started to bother me I bought some SF Chocolate Toriani syrup, it makes them bareable.

I found Designer Whey which is good (to me) and does NOT have a nasty protein taste. Jay Robb is good too, but a little sweeter and harder to shake in blender bottle. Designer Whey mixed very easily.

I got tired of same flavors, chcolate, vanilla, strawberry, so I started adding some Torani sugar free syrup to it to make my own flavors. It is great!

Hang in there and Good Luck!!

A great newbie protein source is Celebrate Vitamins ENS... protein and lots of vitamins and really yummy flavors... Vanilla Cake Batter, Chocolate Milk, Strawberry.

I drink it as a shake or lately I love it mixed into yogurt as a dip or on its own. I also use it to make these frozen protein drops (nice little ice cream fix) http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2012/01/frozen-protein-drops.html

I tried the EAS as recommended by my doctor (17 grams protein). I loved the flavor. They didn't agree with me (I have IBS). So I stopped them. Then I felt as if I wasn't getting enough protein so I got Muscle Milk (lactose free - 20 grams of protein). I don't like the taste as much as the EAS. They ran right through me too, but that is from C-Diff. But, if I had to choose, the EAS were great. The strawberry was awesome. I imagine mixing with ice & putting in a blender would be pretty darn good.

bariatriceating.com and a few of the other bariatric food sites also offer mixed packs of sample protein packs so you can try different ones. Even the sample pack mixed packs ain't cheap, but it's better than getting locked into a tub of something you hate. If you buy from GNC or Vitamin Shoppe, you might be able to return them too...

Good luck!

I cant tollerate the flavored powders or premade shakes. I found new foods pure protien powder locally then on line at bodybuilders.com. The unflavored is great it goes easily into anything milk, crystal lt, coffee , pudding , mashed potatoes. but if you put it in hot foods you have to make a paste first. hope you find something soon

What are the ingrediants in the Tera's Whey? It really isn't listed on their website. I have to use whey protein isolate with my bariatric program. I haven't had WLS yet but need to get samples to start trying them now.

Going through proteins until you find some you like is part of our process. Always shop at places that takes refunds. Keep trying until you find ones you like. It may take a while so just as with everything else it takes perserverance. I love Maxpro from Muscle Max!

Pam, the ingredients in the dark chocolate Tera's Whey are:
-organic cow whey protein concentrate
-organic cocoa
-organic natural flavors
-stevia leaf extract
-IP soy lecithin

sounds like it is NOT a whey protein isolate so it has some lactose, which is a problem for some people after WLS (luckily I don't have a problem with a little bit)

Thanks Penpond. I didn't think it had the isolate in it and that is what they want me on after surgery. I will keep looking. There are so many out there. I think getting an unflavored one to keep on hand is the way to go, along with some samples of flavored ones. Locally I know the my Medicine Shoppe sells Nectar so if in a pinch I could just get it locally if need be but I would like to be prepared preop to have it on hand along with all the vitamins I will need to get through either Celebrate or Bariatric Advantage. The Bariatric Advantage ones I can also get locally at Medicine Shoppe if need be but I am sure its all cheaper online.
Thanks again!