Guarantee Max Protein Shake | French Vanilla | Meal Complement Shake | Able to Drink | 30g Protein for Muscle Constructing | 1g Sugar, 4g Fiber | 11 fl oz – 12 Pack

30g protein, 150 calories, tastes good (better if refrigerated or on ice)
Getting protein is hard, and as we age AARP and doctors say we need even more protein. UT Southwestern Emergency Room Hospital’s Dietician said my 160 pound, 80-year-old mom needs 68g of protein daily when bedridden and AARP recommends as much as 90g of protein a day when she is able to get around. Ensure MAX Protein drinks have been a savior with just 150 calories, 25 vitamins & minerals and 30g of protein! Trying to get 90g of protein a day into a person who eats like a bird is nearly impossible without this product!!To determine which flavor(s) she/I liked, we bought different 4 packs and did taste tests. Once we worked out that the best flavor to us unrefrigerated was strawberry, I began ordering them with auto-ship through Amazon for the convenience of arriving on my doorstep without having to track quantities. This also saved me from the headache of the local retail stores all having empty shelves of the good flavors! We have found over time that serving them chilled does improve the flavor. I prefer strawberry flavor if room temperature or refrigerated, while she wants some variety, so I’ve expanded to offer refrigerated strawberry, milk chocolate and French vanilla. Refrigerated she prefers milk chocolate and unrefrigerated she prefers strawberry. However, she does not want to drink the same flavor every day, so I keep a ‘Neapolitan’ of flavors in our fridge door for her: creamy strawberry, French vanilla and milk chocolate.Not getting enough protein does have health consequences. I kept trying to tell her eating like she was and only drinking one Ensure MAX Protein a day was not enough protein. She needed/needs 2 a day. Despite 2x weekly physical therapy for 2 hours, she kept getting weaker. Finally, her physical therapist asked if she was getting enough protein because she kept getting weaker. Please learn from our mistake and be sure to get enough protein. It is extra hard to have to make up for the loss of muscle that happens from trying to build strength but not having the proper fuel in your body. I feel very badly for my mom, and ‘I told you so’ is not satisfying as now I watch her struggle with extra weakness. THIS IS A LIFE CHANGER PRODUCT!! Also love that it is only 150 calories, so it isn’t packing on the pounds at the same time as providing protein.HIGHLY RECOMMEND CREAMY STRAWBERRY ENSURE MAX PROTEIN!! I hope this review helps someone else.

Could be 5 stars, but I was unaware of the corn fiber. Chocolate and French Vanilla review
I started with another brand, but after being shorted on my order and the seller not making good on promises to provide a new order, I decided to switch to a different brand. I also wanted to try vanilla and couldn’t seem to find it in the other brand.I was able to order French Vanilla and Chocolate in the Ensure, but I couldn’t find the Creamy Peach that is supposed to be a new flavor.This is a comparison.The other product I ordered was Premier Protein. It’s a quality product, but cost me nearly 23 cents an ounce. It was thick and creamy and very tasty. The thicker fluid seemed more shake-like, but I didn’t find that particularly important. The Ensure can be partially frozen to be more shake-like if the thickness is important to you. To me there is a slight, but not unpleasant aftertaste and tongue coating in all protein drinks. The tongue coating is similar to what happens after drinking a glass of milk.I could only order chocolate in the Premier Protein, so I can’t compare the vanilla to vanilla, but the chocolates were both fine. Because of the thinner consistency, the Ensure reminded me a bit of a Yahoo drink, but it’s not as sweet.As I said, the Ensure is thinner, but both flavors are equally good in taste. Both brands are 11 fluid oz, 30g protein. Premier has 24 vitamins and minerals while Ensure has 25. Both had 1 g sugar.The difference: After trying to research Ensure prior to ordering, I found out after the fact, there is corn fiber in it. Corn syrup can give me a lot of joint pain, especially in my hips. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the corn fiber will not have the same effect. If it does, I will update my review.The Ensure was 19 cents per fluid ounce, but while I was figuring out what I would say in this review, the price increased by $1.32 per box of 12, right in front of my eyes. So, at this point, Ensure will cost you 20 cents per fluid oz. So, at this point, there is a difference of about 33 cents per container. That may not seem like much, but over a year of use, it adds up to anyone that may be on a very tight budget.The Ensure comes in smaller boxes of 12. The Premier I ordered was sold as a box of 18, but it was only 15.I ordered a box of 12 Ensure that came with 3 packs of 4, packaged as they would be on a store shelf. The 4 packs were in a very sturdy box and the boxes inside another box. It’s a good thing they were well packed, as the outside box had received some abuse. My product was fine.I ordered the Ensure Friday afternoon and by late Saturday afternoon, I had the product instead of waiting nearly 2 weeks as I did from the other seller of the Premier Protein.As I said, the price is better for the Ensure, I found the taste very similar. There is very little different in the nutritional components and the seller/delivery was superior. The two differences are the thickness and that Ensure does have corn fiber.If you need extra protein in your diet, or get busy and forget about lunch etc. like I do, I think you will appreciate the convenience of these drinks.

Great!!!
Love this! Easy and delightful way to get lots and lots of important nutrients with low fat and low calories. I have had it on auto-ship for years now. Tried others and this is by far the best.