I usually get unflavoured vegan proteins but decided to get the chocolate flavour Vegan Blend, it's delicious and mixes well. Goes Well With:Water, Soya, Almond, Coconut, Rice or Oat milk. Porridge

I've just bought this Vegan Blend (Jan 2013) in Choc Smooth so it's early days. I switched to this from the Whey Isolate (Choc Smooth) as I read up about Whey protein - lets face it, if your chugging protein shakes 4-6 times per week, that's a few hundred shakes per year! So a plant based protein seemed like a healthier long term option! The taste is not as sweet as people seem to make out (Whey Isolate Choc Smooth is like eating a dunkin donut in comparison!), and I tended to notice the hemp taste coming through the Choc Smooth flavour more! But overall it's bearable either in water or almond milk! The mixability is totally fine, and one scoop in 300ml water is actually quite thick. It's too early to comment on effectiveness, but I have noticed no post-drink phlegm in my mouth (as with the Whey Isolate), and zero bloated feeling or burping! One scoop gives about 22g protein and a little less with the Choc flavour, so it's less than the Whey, but hopefully the absorption rate and health benefits will compensate for that. I will post up results in a months time.

I bought this Vegan Blend out of interest and because I sometimes have a vegan friend around. Usually I use MP's Total Protein which obviously my friend can't "borrow". The Vegan blend requires at least twice as much water to achieve the same consistency as my previous choice. This isn't an exaggeration, I measured it with weighed protein and water. Even then the texture has a fibrous nature which may just be down to the different origin of the proteins. Taste wise it's "tolerable" with the chocolate flavour masking about 70-90% of the underlying flavour but in no way is the chocolate flavour to the fore or comparable with TP in the same flavour. We'll see if I manage to stick to it and use it before I can comment on effectiveness, but at this stage I would say the only reason to buy this one is because you're a vegan.

I got myself 2.5kg of the Vegan Blend unflavored version to aid me in my quest to become a vegan warrior. I tried it with just water initially and it didn't taste nice, nevertheless I downed the lot like a hero. The next day I decided to blend it with half a banana and a teaspoon of honey to try and mask the taste - result! It was actually quite palatable, bordering on slightly pleasant even. No comments on it's effectiveness just yet but I'll report back in a couple of months. It'd probably be better with stevia powder instead of honey though. I didn't want the flavoured version as I don't trust sucralose.

Too many reviews are based on taste alone, or on mixability. These should be secondary considerations when selecting protein or any other sports supplement. More importantly is the results that can be achieved by using the supplement! I have been using Vegan Blend for a number of months now and have seen excellent gains and definition in muscle. I lift moderate weights three times a week and do cardio twice a week. I mix Vegan Blend with Instant Oats from MP for the extra carbs, and sometimes use this mix as a meal replacement. Vegan Blend is an excellent alternative to Whey, and I believe more vegan sports supplements should be on the market. With the moral and environmental aspects associated with mass dairy farming, vegan products should definitely have more investment. Before purchasing a product people should understand what goes into it and how it was made! For those that do want to know about taste/mixabilty: chocolate smooth tastes fantastic and it mixes really well with water.