Sugar/Maltodextrin free gainers!

[X-Mark-X]

I'm not a fan of gainers that use maltodextrin as their carb source (which is 95% of them). So I did some poking around the site and figured I would make the search easier for the next person that tries it.

Here is my list of the best gainers out there, none of which contain sugar or maltodextrin:

1. MHP Up Your Mass (carbs from oats, barley, and oat fiber).

Price from bodybuilding.com = $32.48 for 5lbs
Serving Size = 132g, 17 servings for 5lbs
Calories = 510
Calories/dollar spent = 267 calories/$
Fat = 11g (2 sat)
Carbs = 58g (11 fiber)
Protein = 46g

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/mhp/mass.html

Note: This product does contain soy protein, which is a turnoff for some people. I personally think it's the best gainer I've found, despite the soy protein.

2. Bionic Edge Mass Builder (carbs from brown rice, oatmeal, and sweet potatoes).

Price from bodybuilding.com = $89.99 for 10lbs ($45 for 5lbs for comparison).
Serving Size = 165g, 28 servings for 10lbs (14 for 5lbs)
Calories = 632
Calories/dollar spent = 197 calories/$
Fat = 3.5g (2.5 sat)
Carbs = 100g (8 fiber)
Protein = 50g

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/rtn/massbuilder.html

3. Reflex Instant Mass (carbs from oats and barley).

Not available from bodybuilding.com (or anywhere outside of the UK/Australia for some reason).

If anybody knows of any other gainers that use a carb source other than sugar or maltodextrin, please post them here!

[qwertqwert1122]

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[X-Mark-X]

Originally Posted by qwertqwert1122

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Stay out of my thread with your shenanigans! Learn English while you're at it. Twat.

[kerplunk]

I'd go with the 2nd one. Idk how it will taste

[longsnapper50]

there are a few that use oat powders/ starch powders ext but they tend to be very expensive.

your best bet id to get some whey and make your own using oats/honey/oat powder as your carb source.

[X-Mark-X]

Originally Posted by longsnapper50

there are a few that use oat powders/ starch powders ext but they tend to be very expensive.

your best bet id to get some whey and make your own using oats/honey/oat powder as your carb source.

I don't know why I keep seeing people recommend honey for a home made gainer, if I wanted sugar in my gainer I'd order one with maltodextrin. Sugar is sugar, I don't care where it comes from. And I do make my own, but what's the purpose of making your own gainer shake instead of eating the food that you put in it? Oh that's right, convenience. Now, what's the purpose of purchasing a pre-made gainer instead of making your own? Oh that's right, convenience. I hate it when people come into gainer conversations and just say make your own. The entire purpose of buying a pre-made gainer over a home made one is convenience, which is the entire purpose of making a home made one over actually eating the food that you put in it.

I can make a home made gainer, but I have to make it at home and bring it with me. If I let my home made gainer sit for too long, it becomes undrinkable (more of a grainy paste than a shake). The benefit of a gainer is that I can put the powder in a baggie and then just add water to it whenever I need to. Yes, whole food is better, but if it comes down to drinking a gainer shake or not eating, I'm drinking the shake. But I'd much rather drink one made with oats than with maltodextrin.

Anyway ya, some of them are very expensive, but the Up Your Mass isn't bad at 267 calories for every dollar. This thread is to help people find the best store bought gainer, if you want to talk about home made ones make a thread about them, or jump in one of the countless threads already going about them.

[Seven_McNuggets]

I'm currently using Bionic Edge Mass Builder, the chocolate one and I've never tasted a gainer as good as this one. You've got to try it to believe it.. each time I drink it I forget that Im drinking a weight gainer and not chocolate milk because that's exactly what it tastes like. Chocolate milk lol. It's delicious.

[X-Mark-X]

Originally Posted by Seven_McNuggets

I'm currently using Bionic Edge Mass Builder, the chocolate one and I've never tasted a gainer as good as this one. You've got to try it to believe it.. each time I drink it I forget that Im drinking a weight gainer and not chocolate milk because that's exactly what it tastes like. Chocolate milk lol. It's delicious.

Cool, you're the first person I've heard from that has tried Mass Builder. I recently ordered all 3 flavors of Up Your Mass and have mixed them with water. The fudge brownie tastes like hot chocolate, and the cookies and cream tastes almost exactly like a hershey's cookies and cream bar, it's so good. Cinnabun is my least favorite of the 3, but it's not bad. Cookies and cream definitely tastes the best though.

[RxAJ]

I don't like Up Your Mass, a lot of soy