Best protein powder in SA

CrypticZA said:
The rebates and allowances account for things like swell allowances, DC storage costs, staff packing your stuff on shelf, advertising (minimal advertising), its quite a massive cost sadly.

They basically bought from us every month (this was both Dis-Chem & Clicks) and then you get a bill with your rebate and allowances and it would be deducted from your payment.

Whenever Dis-Chem or Clicks open a new store you pay about R2200 so Dis-Chem basically fund their own new store openings from suppliers money. I sold to Shoprite/Checkers/PNP, Spar they all have it, the supplier pays for everything so in the end you have to hike up your price to accommodate these fees. These percentages also increase most years as well so the increase would be inflation + an extra fee to cover added operational costs.

The biggest BS i saw was PNP rearranging their stores and you getting a bill for each store where your product was moved... Sometimes it moved 10cm and you get a R1500 bill PER STORE
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The food industry is basically bullied by the big supermarket chains.

Smaller new entrants cannot crack the market, due to all the charges they have to pay.
 
Avbob se stoep said:
I have not used Titan Whey before but the company as a whole is legit. They offer the best dosed Pre-workouts on the market, by far. Like I could rant all day about how underdosed the south african pre-workout market is. But holy smokes whey protein is so expensive!
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There are a few companies i am very skeptical of as well they have these "fully dosed" pre's and you take it and it does nothing for you but then you take some cheap kak from Clicks and it hits you harder than anything :ROFL:. I experimented with a lot and when i need to take i am just using SSA which is not amazing but it gives just a slight kick
 
CrypticZA said:
There are a few companies i am very skeptical of as well they have these "fully dosed" pre's and you take it and it does nothing for you but then you take some cheap kak from Clicks and it hits you harder than anything :ROFL:. I experimented with a lot and when i need to take i am just using SSA which is not amazing but it gives just a slight kick
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What is in that stuff that's supposed to give you a kick, a heroic dose of caffeine?
 
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CrypticZA said:
There are a few companies i am very skeptical of as well they have these "fully dosed" pre's and you take it and it does nothing for you but then you take some cheap kak from Clicks and it hits you harder than anything :ROFL:. I experimented with a lot and when i need to take i am just using SSA which is not amazing but it gives just a slight kick
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Obviously I hoping that the label is accurate, but you know mos that most cheap pre-workouts are anyways dosed with 300 - 400mg of caffeine anyways, and for a normal person it hits pretty hard. For someone like me, with a low caffeine tolerance, it hits so hard that I need to watch out to not push myself too hard that I need to run to the pot . But ya SSA is also highly underdosed with everything except for caffeine, which most South African pre-workouts get right. You would honestly get a better bang for buck if you just buy caffeine capsules.
 
pinball wizard said:
I keep telling people beef is tastier and less than a third of the price per kg.
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But afaik Beef/Chicken is about 30g of protein per 100g whereas Protein powder is close to 80g.

So in terms of pure protein works out the same?
 
wise_guy said:
But afaik Beef/Chicken is about 30g of protein per 100g whereas Protein powder is close to 80g.

So in terms of pure protein works out the same?
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Who's going to cook a steak/chicken for extra protein? Or do you all like eating old food (meal-prep :sick:)
 
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Sworaxe said:
Jir, the cost for protein has gotten out of hand. Pre-covid you could buy 2kg Iso for R600.
Now you pay that much for 500g.
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I pay R699 for 3kg

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wise_guy said:
But afaik Beef/Chicken is about 30g of protein per 100g whereas Protein powder is close to 80g.

So in terms of pure protein works out the same?
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Whey powder is a better quality form of protein than beef/chicken. Also, I am not sure about how much protein I get from whey powder vs beef/chicken, but what I do know is that I get more than 10 times the amount of meals in from whey than with normal beef/chicken. Whey powder is "whey" cheaper as a protein source. I always buy the Biogen lean whey product.
 
*SynergyX* said:
yeah when somethings got words like anabolic, axis and protocol on it....i would keep my money
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would you mind telling us why ? i'm genuinely asking.
I just started losing weight and now trying to increase my strenght a bit

i use this powder - seems to tick all the boxes although i have no experience in these things
one of the main reasons i chose this was because it has the creatine in it as well

what would you guys recommend then ? i'm looking for something with creatine if possible so i dont have to remember to take another shake/powder.
 
Anyone have a protein that doesn't have an after tatste ? Kauai had some great protein powder but its extremly expensive and note readily available. Most use it for smoothies or morning protein oats bowls
 
L-Dog said:
Anyone have a protein that doesn't have an after tatste ? Kauai had some great protein powder but its extremly expensive and note readily available. Most use it for smoothies or morning protein oats bowls
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Do you mean unflavoured? If not, Clear Whey is a good one, but only comes in chocolate and vanilla flavours, and the Nutritech has great whey products. I've sampled a few different brands, and these are the better ones. Go for the 'simple' flavours with the nutritech stuff, they're usually a safe bet.
 
DHimself said:
Do you mean unflavoured? If not, Clear Whey is a good one, but only comes in chocolate and vanilla flavours, and the Nutritech has great whey products. I've sampled a few different brands, and these are the better ones. Go for the 'simple' flavours with the nutritech stuff, they're usually a safe bet.
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Not clear I mean chocolate / vanilla flavours. Many protein shakes have a fake / synthetic after tatse difficult to describe but almost like the taste you get after eating cheap chocolate. Will give nutritech a go.
 
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