Making a nutritious breakfast or the perfect post-workout snack, smoothies and protein shakes are a great way to get plenty of fruit, vegetables, and plant based protein into your diet, and if you add a powdered supplement, also a whole range of other benefits such as vitamins, minerals, pre and probiotics, fibre, and amino acids.
Here StyleNest round up our tried and tested selection of the best protein powders and supergreens out there, to supercharge your smoothie, and your health.
With a philosophy that believes in healing the body with real, not altered, plant ingredients, it comes as no surprise that Terranova’s Life Drink includes a comprehensive range of ingredients to really nourish the body and promote wellbeing. With plant based protein, freeze dried greens and berries, pre and probiotics, digestive enzymes, mushrooms extracts, and the perfect ratio of Omega 3,6.9 oils, just one scoop of this unflavoured powder each day will definitely boost your smoothie, and your health. For a protein and greens combination, try Amazing Meal from Amazing Grass. Available in 5 flavours, original, café mocha, chocolate, vanilla chai, and pomegranate mango, Amazing Meal combines the Green SuperFood blend from Amazing Grass with 11g of plant protein. It’s organic, cold-pressed, gluten, dairy and soy free, and includes a complete range of greens, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and protein in just one supplement. Pulsin’s pea protein powder is vegan, gluten free, soya free, and maybe the best thing about it, unflavoured and completely tasteless in your smoothie. You can even add it into your porridge or homemade soups. Made from from yellow split peas, its low in carbs and contains 82% protein, as well as being a fantastic source of essential amino acids. Known as the ‘supermodel’s secret weapon’, Bodyism´s Body Brilliance contains a powerful combination of super greens, antioxidants, probiotics, green tea, and anti-inflammatory herbs and spices to nourish and heal the body, fight off sugar cravings. flush out toxins, and boost the metabolism. And if this wasn´t enough, best of all, it tastes like chocolate! It comes with its own little scoop so you can measure out the perfect amount into your smoothie, or try it mixed in with natural yogurt and blueberries for breakfast or a healthy snack. Elle Macpherson is face of WellCo´s Super Elixir, as well as half of the brains behind it. Known for her healthy lifestyle, not to mention healthy, lean figure, StyleNest didn’t need much convincing to try her supergreen powder. The Super Elixir contains a combination of alkalising super greens, such as organic wheatgrass and barleygrass, Chinese herbs, and digestive enzymes, that have all been treated gently keep their nutritional goodness intact. Just 10g daily can help to boost energy levels, help to alkalise the body, and unlike other green powders we’ve tried this one tastes surprisingly good in our smoothies. Naturya’s Hemp Protein Powder contains 49% protein in a quality comparable to that found in eggs and dairy, but as a plant-based source is suitable for vegans. Its high levels of Vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, and iron are also an added benefit. Add to your morning smoothie to keep you fuller for longer thanks to the high protein content, or in your post-workout smoothie to help repair muscles. High in potassium, iron, calcium, and fibre, as well as Vitamins A and C, Naturya’s Organic Acai Powder is the perfect antioxidant boost to your smoothie. Bright purple in colour, and with a unique flavour, Naturya suggest adding it to water, smoothies, yoghurt, and even pancakes, with recipes available on their website. Here at StyleNest we stuck to the berry theme and added our acai berry powder to a dairy-free smoothie full of summer fruits. Delicious! Sunwarrior are known for their high quality, raw, vegan, plant based protein powders, and if you like a little more flavour in your shakes, their choice of vanilla and chocolate powders are perfect for you. Their newest addition to the range is Warrior Blend, with a combination of raw organic cranberry, pea and hemp proteins, all cold extracted for superior quality and easily digestible. As well as a high protein content to repair and build muscle, the blend also contains a perfectly balanced amount of amino acids. We love blending the chocolate flavour with some dairy free milk, a banana, and some raw cacao for an extra hit of chocolate for a protein packed post workout shake. Green smoothies maybe one of the healthiest, and most fashionable smoothies of the moment, but if for you they’re not as palatable as a fruity shake, try Sunwarrior’s Ormus Greens. Sunwarrior´s cold-drying process preserves all of the vitamins, minerals, and enzymes in the wheat grass, barley grass, spinach, oat grass, ginger, parsley, and alfalfa, and thanks to peppermint and stevia, it actually tastes really good! You don’t even need to mix this one into your smoothie, two teaspoons a day in water is a quick and tasty way to get some supergreens into your diet. And finally, for when you’re on the go and need a post-workout snack, StyleNest love Pulsin’s Snack Bars for to refuel the muscles with their high protein content. Try the new Mint Choc Chip flavour with cashews and rice and pea protein to refuel muscles, green tea extract, real peppermint oil, and cacao butter and raw cacao to keep chocolate cravings at bay.
Terranova Life Drink
Amazing Meal Amazing Grass
Pulsin’s Pea Protein
Bodyism Body Brilliance
The Super Elixir by WellCo
Naturya Hemp Protein Powder
Naturya Organic Acai Powder
Sunwarrior Warrior Blend Protein Powder
Sunwarrior Ormus Greens
Pulsin Snack Bars
