Saturo Meal Replacement Shake Saturo, Nutritional Shake with Protein (Chocolate, 12x500ml)

If you're looking for a chocolatey delicious shake... You're probably not looking in the right place. These shakes aren't designed to be delicious. They're designed to meet dietary needs and be palatable.Smell - pretty neutral, doesn't smell like chocolate, smells like a meal replacement shake.Taste - you can taste chocolate, not milk chocolate, but a coco chocolate. Its palatable taste.Consistency - no lumps, no bumps, just a surprisingly smooth consistency.Price - overly priced like every shake on the market.I went for the saturo because its 100 extra more calories than its leading competitor.There isn't much to say really. Most shakes designed as meal replacements, are pretty bland and taste fine if you aren't picky. They're all seemingly made to meet dietary and nutritional needs. I don't exactly savour the taste as much as I drink it in one and go about my day knowing I've just had a meal.Pros -500 calories per servingSmooth and palatableSeemingly dietary/nutritionally balancedCons -Expensive

Bought this to make it easier count calories and loose a little bit of weight quickly ( please dont judge) in time for a holiday in a few weeks times.I've tried Huel, the powdered version before last year and i just got really bad bloating and did not enjoy the faff of making it etc so this time i thought i'll try this.Plan is to replace all my meals for 2 weeks with saturo. I've also bought some carb killa drinks just in case i get any bad hunger pangs as i totally want to stay on shakes for at least 2 weeks to make sure my calories are counted exactly. Will count my calories burnt from day to day & exercise too via my samsung watch 2. Update: seems Galaxy watch doesn't measure calories based on heart rate. arghStarting stats are5ft 8,80.5kg,24% bodyfat,BMR 1766 ( BMR from samsung watch)Will keep updating this as i go along in a few days time to see how it pans outSo far, the shake is nice and thick and seems to have kept the hunger pangs at bay, next few days will be the test.Taste delicious!Day 1. 2035 Calories Burnt, 698 consumed. Zero hunger issuesDay 2. 79.7KG

Great product for me. Has a chocolate taste but some hints of milk and aspartame (artificial sweetener) too. I'm fine with the sweetener, it's good that this drink is low in sugar and the sweeteners are safe to consume.Thanks for being gluten-free, unlike Soylent.It tastes fine at room temperature, there's no need to refrigerate before drinking like it says on the label in my opinion.Quite expensive however, even for 500 Calories.Worth noting that this DOES NOT make me feel full, so I'm sceptical of its abilities for weight loss. It's also less than 25% of my daily requirement as a moderately active person.It also contains vitamin D and, in the case of the coffee flavour, caffeine, both of which can cause insomnia if consumed in the evening. This is why vitamin D supplements say to consume them in the morning. So this might be better suited as a breakfast or lunch replacement.

Purchased for my father who is 85 and has Parkinson’s disease. Due to the constant tremble in his muscles he expends energy all of the time and his protein levels had fallen along with his iron. Initially we tried him on protein specific shakes used for bodybuilding etc but in his words they were bloody revolting. In desperation I searched the web until I found these gems. In for a penny I bought twelve and they have been brilliant - he has half a drink a day heated up as hot chocolate before bed (with a crafty spoonful of sugar to give him a little more energy). He sleeps brilliantly now he is maintaining weight, he looks and feels better. Best of all however is that they taste great so no more gritty, chalky protein drinks or piles of vitamins and minerals 😀

I ordered these as my usual meal replacement shakes were out of stock and I need a ready to drink shake for my breakfast. I was hoping they would at least be ok, but they're not. the chocolate flavour is passable, but the texture of the drink is very unpleasant, powdery, almost chalky, with sometimes nasty clumps in it, even when you shake well before drinking. The drink isn't sweet at all, which makes it taste weird, the oats in it give it a horrible, almost green under taste and it left a terrible taste in my mouth which wouldn't wash away for a long time. Worst of all, instead of feeling full for a good four hours, I was hungry again within half an hour of drinking this. These shakes were very expensive, and in these days wasting food is not to be thought of, so I will have to drink another ten of these, but it's not going to be fun, and I certainly won't buy anymore.

£40 to simply try the product was pretty excessive. I did try it anyway to experiment and write this review. If you're concerned about taste it's fine, just keep it cold. You can feel the high level of sweeteners which I do find concerning. After using it for a month I didn't find much change except large amounts of bloating.If you're looking to do meal replacements because you're concerned about your nutrition. I'd recommend instead trying to find either pills or something else that covers:Vitamin D3Vitamin K1 (used in conjunction with D3)MagnesiumZincIf possible, B6 and B12.I can get a years supply of the above for around £40 and it covers most of what you need.After using just the above I felt much better than drinking so many bottles which I then had to worry about the enviromental impact of.