Ascent 100% Whey Protein Powder - Post Workout Whey Protein Isolate, Zero Artificial Flavors & Sweeteners, Gluten Free, 5.7g BCAA, 2.7g Leucine, Essential Amino Acids, Chocolate 2 lb

I have been searching for a whey protein powder with no artificial sweeteners or other artificial ingredients. I use Ascent in my morning smoothies with a frozen banana, some peanut butter, and a couple of tablespoons of oatmeal, whirled in a blender. Sometimes I throw in some Hersheys Special Dark cocoa powder. Delicious!

Took a chance on a fellow teammate recommendation. Tastes pretty good and my kids are picky so that is a win in itself.

Very fine, always tastes good and the price is decent per serving.

This product, in terms of quality, is top tier. Just look at the ingredients. There’s no amino spiking, no garbage. Just pure quality protein. Which I’m sure some of you don’t know about spiking, but most of your protein powders that say 25g or more are actually lying and you’re probably only getting 14g-17g of quality muscle building protein. Yes, it’s a little pricey, but understandably so. Regarding taste, it’s good. I’ve only had chocolate, but have found nothing offensive about it. Now it doesn’t have that super creamy backbone that some look for, but that’s probably a result of other poor ingredients to give you that mouth feel. I don’t find it to be overly sweet like some of the comments mention. In fact other products like Syntha 6 and such I find to be much sweeter than this one. To the people who said be aware of allergy concerns “it contains MILK!” Just shut up. Like honestly stop speaking. Where do you think whey comes from? You got bigger problems and need to do more education and research before you start taking supplements if you can’t make that connection.

Im impressed with the ingredients, both the types and quantities. Just a handful of ingredients vs. 20+ with other proteins. The product smells like cocoa, a very faint cocoa, but it just smells like a real food. As weird as it probably sounds, I like that it doesnt have sand in it, like most protein mixes. I know the sand used in other protein mixes is safe to consume, but I never really enjoyed the thought that I was drinking sand. I drink this type of stuff for sustenance, so Im not too picky on the taste, but it actually has a decent taste. With 8 ounces of water, its too thin to taste like much. 6 ounces of water and you can taste the chocolate a little more, its good enough, but certainly not great. With 4 ounces of water, it just tastes like a hot chocolate drink that has cooled. This is the first protein powder Ive tried where it actually tastes good with just 4 ounces of water. The less liquid I have to drink to get the protein Im looking for, the happier I am. Others have more sugar or sugar substitute added so that it tastes better based on the 8 ounce standard. This has less sugar and so it cant support that much liquid and still taste good. I dont see it as a problem though because now its just like a quick shot of chocolate protein and Im good. Not some drink that Im trying to choke down. My only complaint is the packaging. I cant stand these bags that some protein manufacturers use. Maybe its more environmentally friendly, I dont know. I ended up pouring it into a large tupperware type container thats used for storing flour. Protein needs to be shaken up every now and then and its risky to do so with these types of bags because they are very hard to seal. So put it in a solid contain so you can shake it up without flinging protein dust everywhere. Good stuff though. After 10 years of consuming maybe 30 different brands of protein, I think Ive found a good one here.

To anyone who may come across this review, I ran out of my usual protein supply which is Forza Pro and is sold exclusively by Nutrishop (that I’m aware of) so I decided to go to the one down the street from my apartment. Turns out they were moving locations so I couldn’t get my usual protein. I went on Amazon and decided to purchase what I thought would be something that I could use to replace it in the meantime. I searched chocolate protein (I usually prefer chocolate flavored proteins) and came across this Ascent Native Fuel protein powder. Wanted some protein right away and it had next day shipping so I decided to give it a try without really reading too much on it or reading any reviews. All I saw was 120 calories for 25g of protein which is really pretty solid as far as protein powders go. I figured since it was $40 for 2lbs that it probably doesn’t taste too bad or anything. I was most definitely mistaken. It literally tastes like dirt mixed with cotton candy. I honestly can’t figure out the exact flavor but that’s the closest thing I can come up with to describe what it tastes like. I don’t even like to drink protein powders. I don’t like to make smoothies or anything, I mix it with water and just chug and I can tell you right now that it’s possibly the WORST tasting protein powder I’ve come across. I know that for the macros it has it’s hard to expect it to taste that good but this stuff actually tastes like dirt when I’m chugging it. And then when I finish I get this large aftertaste of cotton candy as if it’s going to make me go “wow now that’s great!” Now maybe it tastes better with milk or mixed into a smoothie but there are definitely other protein powders out there that I’ve had that have very similar macros and don’t taste nearly as bad. If you’re paying $40 for only 2lbs then it’d better taste pretty solid. For sure NOT getting this again. Going to just make sure to get my usual Forza Pro protein powder ahead of time before I run out so I don’t run into this issue again. EDIT: after reading some reviews I cannot believe that people are saying this stuff tastes great. They must literally have the most bland tastebuds on earth because this stuff actually tastes horrible. If you’re a normal human being that isn’t a gym freak on roids or Tren then don’t buy this ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.

This is by far my favorite protein powder. I have tried many and they either taste bad or make me feel bloated. Ascent tastes great with water, mixed in a smoothie or in yogurt. It is also easy to digest. Highly recommend

This protein isn’t going to amaze you with the flavor profile. It’s definitely something that could be better implemented in a smoothie. That said, I’ve gone through half the bag with cold water or almond milk in a shaker bottle—no problem. The other flavors appear to use stevia, which is sometimes too sweet, so this is definitely the high bar for a minimally sweet, non-artificially flavored protein. Will purchase again from Ascent … possibly strawberry again.

I got the lemon sorbet because I love citrate fruit. I expected it to be sour like a lemonade. However, I describe the flavor more like a melted lemon vanilla ice cream. Not what I expected, but is not bad! I also I hate protein shakes that are super sweet, this protein is minimally sweet!

Worth the money. I first picked this up at a local supermarket and I never went back. Great taste with quality ingredients, without the added extra fat and calories that a lot of other protein powders have.