Not the best protein choice

The product is very chocolatey. Too much so for me. If you're looking to increase the amount of protein in your diet, there are better products available. If you need a quick start to your day, this might be suitable. Added vitamins and minerals are pretty good, but too much sugar.

I purchased this for my son because he was always skipping breakfast. He didn't really like it. The powder does not completely disolve in the milk. We even tried putting it in the blender. I tried it too but wouldn't buy it again.

J'ai acheter une boite vue que je ne dejeune pas le matin.....sur les 3 fois que j'en est pris les 3 fois je me suis pas senti bien....mal de coeur et vertige. Le gout etait pas pire mais je devais mettre plus de lait !!! Meme au chocolat...moi c fini...la boite dort dans mon armoire ca fait 1 an....

Carnation Breakfast Essentials Powder Drink Mix is a good product for those busy days. It is delicious and creamy. Little goes a long way. Liked the individual packages.

I was lucky enough to try the Carnation Breakfast Essentials Powder Drink Mix for free for my honest review. I received the flavour chocolate and normally I am not a fan of chocolate but this chocolate drink is actually very tasty! My only problem with the drink mix is it doesn't always mix evenly, and it is very high in sugar.

I received a box of the chocolate power to sample.
It was unfortunate that the taste of this wasn't very good and tasted 'fake'. It also took quite a bit of effort to ensure all the powder was mixed; perhaps if I had one of those 'shaker' containers, it would have been easier, but not all of the powder dissolved.
I certainly like the idea of instant breakfasts, but I wouldn't recommend this or purchase again

I received this free as part of Chick Advisor's Product Review Club. I wouldn't buy this for myself. I find drinking a whole glass of milk in the morning leaves me feeling really heavy, but then hungry again just an hour or two later. The taste is kind of chalky and bland, and it doesn't really deliver on the promises it makes. The packaging leads you to believe that the powder is what contains all the protein and vitamins, but if you read the label, you're getting most of that from the milk. You'd get just as much benefit and better taste from drinking chocolate milk.

I recieved this product free-to-try and although i found the flavor of the chocolate shake to be tadtefully good, i dint like how this didnt mix completely(even in my shaker cup)
I prefer the premixed liquid as appose to powder.

I like to make a quick breakfast and the carnation breakfast essentials fits the bill. It is easy to prepare (just add milk; I use almond milk ) and reminds me of the chocolate milk powder I drank as a kid but has the added bonus of being full of good things for me. I liked how it tasted but I wouldn't mind if the chocolate flavour was more pronounced. I plan on picking up another box next time I see this on sale.


I received this product as a part of the product review club in exchange for review.

I received Carnation breakfast Essentials powdered drink mix in chocolate to review for Chick Advisor.
I was very excited to be able to try this product. I was looking for something different to change up my normal protein mix and thought this could replace it.
After reviewing the product information, I was shocked as to how much sugars are in one single package, 21 grams of sugar! It's listed as the second ingredient.
What I also found very misleading was the amount of protein. At first glance it looks as if the package is containing 15g of protein, however that is only when mix with 250ml of whole mix. So essentially the mix is just 7 grams of actual protein. Whole milk is not something I regularly purchase to mix with my protein supplements.
Now for what I didn't mind about this product. It mixed well and dissolved instantly. It tasted like chocolate milk and wasn't lumpy or gross in texture.
Would I use it again? Likely not because of the high sugar, low protein mix, and the misleading package information. Thankfully I read through the package in detail and found this out before ditching my tried and true protein supplement.