Animal [UN] - Juiced Amino's [Enhanced BCAA] - Orange Juiced - REVIEW [w/PICS]

[ilove2run]

Animal [UN] - Juiced Amino's [Enhanced BCAA] - Orange [TANG] Juiced

First off, just wanted to say thank you to all the individuals at Universal Nutrition/Animal for allowing me to try their new branched chain amino acid line, Juiced Amino's, via their promo http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=164252761. Special thank you to mikedito and thenaturalguy.



Review Criteria… (1) Overall Taste/Flavor/Smell; (2) How Well Does It Mix; (3) Price; (4) Profile.

(1) Overall Taste/Flavor

[3 Categories: Powder, Water, Cottage Cheese/Greek Yogurt]

Going into this I had high, high hopes; especially after mikedito was describing the Orange Juiced flavor to be similar to that of TANG [see pic below if unaware]. TANG and I go way, way back. When I was a wee-one, I would take one to two scoops of TANG and top it off on some Vanilla Ice-cream with a bit of Chocolate Sauce to basically make a Creamsicle. By far, one of my all time treats. Heck, sometimes I even took a spoonful of TANG because it was that good.



[Powder] In order to see if these new Juiced Amino's were on the same level as TANG...the first thing I did was take a 1/2 a tbsp of the powder and ate it. My thoughts.....TANG. No chemical aftertaste, and it almost tasted like a version of sour patch kids in powdered form; but with the robust orange flavor. Which...the smell of this was intense as well. Right when I popped open the lid I almost had a head rush from the aroma....in a good way



[Water] The next taste/flavor test would be that with water. A full scoop is roughly ~13.0g, and via the instructions on the bottle, one scoop should accompany 10-oz of Water. Curious to how much flavor is packed into this product, I decided to almost triple the recommended water dosage (because I was going to be training with this, and needed some additional water); and mixed 1 scoop with 28-oz of water. The result....tasted just like someone squeezed a fresh cup of OJ, from the oranges harvested right off my grandparents tree in Arizona [one of the best places on earth to acquire fresh citrus fruit]. With how much flavor I got out of 28-oz, I feel like 10-oz would be overpowering. But to each their own on that one.

[Cottage Cheese/Greek Yogurt] Yes you read that right, I sprinkled powder on both cottage cheese and greek yogurt....BUT, before you write this off and call me crazy....think of it this way, it's identical almost to the "vanilla icecream" thing above, yet...healthier. By far my favorite was the greek yogurt, ~150g of plain FF greek yogurt with ~5-7g of BCAA + a little bit of stevia (or any other sweetner), and you have a high protein creamsicle on your hands.



Overall TASTE Rating....I have yet to give something a perfect score....but for taste....this gets a 10/10 for me. Well done Universal Nutrition, well done.

(2) Mixing Ability

Zero [0] mixing issues. Threw a scoop in water and it instantly began dissolving. After a few shakes it was perfect consistency throughout, and you didn't need to keep re-shaking it to redistribute the solute in the solvent like some BCAA's I have had in the past...10/10 once again.

(3) Price
Can't really comment on the price yet, due to the fact it has yet to be released in the bodybuilding.com [http://ca.bodybuilding.com/store/uni...uestid=2221712] store. But my hunches is that it will be a contender with some of the top guns as far as BCAA's go.



(4) Profile:
This is going to be my only negative about this product, and that would be due to the fact it is a propitiatory blend. It has every single thing you want from a BCAA supplements, including L-Glutamine and Citrulline Malate (which some BCAA lack these two key ingredients); but not knowing the distribution of each ingredient is always a downside in my eyes. But...even though I don't know how many grams specifically of L-Leucine is in the product, knowing Universal Sports and the quality they bring with their other products (e.g., Animal Pak), it is probably a very good quality BCAA.

Netherless though...being it as it may, I have to dock it a few points here....7/10

Final Thoughts
Overall rating, 9/10. One of the best tasting BCAA's I have had thus far, and I have tried everything...(MusclePharm, Core Nutritionals, Xtend, BB.com, etc.). Once this product is released in stores, HIGHLY recommend everyone pick up a tub (I know I will). Anything that gives me a benefit when training (increased muscle protein synthesis via the easily digestible amino acids) and brings me back to my childhood (TANG) is a huge, huge win in my books.

Final Comment - Thank you, thank you, thank you to Universal Nutrition, Animal, mikedito, and thenaturalguy for allowing me to try this; and I know from here on out that this product will more then likely be sitting on my supplement shelf once released. I'm just going to be sad when my sample runs out here

[brazilianbadboy]

You better sniff that up!!!!

[The Solution]

Damn
tates like Tang?
universal Doing it BIG

[mikedito]

Animal [UN] - Juiced Amino's [Enhanced BCAA] - Orange [TANG] Juiced

First off, just wanted to say thank you to all the individuals at Universal Nutrition/Animal for allowing me to try their new branched chain amino acid line, Juiced Amino's, via their promo http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=164252761. Special thank you to mikedito and thenaturalguy.



Review Criteria… (1) Overall Taste/Flavor/Smell; (2) How Well Does It Mix; (3) Price; (4) Profile.

(1) Overall Taste/Flavor

[3 Categories: Powder, Water, Cottage Cheese/Greek Yogurt]

Going into this I had high, high hopes; especially after mikedito was describing the Orange Juiced flavor to be similar to that of TANG [see pic below if unaware]. TANG and I go way, way back. When I was a wee-one, I would take one to two scoops of TANG and top it off on some Vanilla Ice-cream with a bit of Chocolate Sauce to basically make a Creamsicle. By far, one of my all time treats. Heck, sometimes I even took a spoonful of TANG because it was that good.



[Powder] In order to see if these new Juiced Amino's were on the same level as TANG...the first thing I did was take a 1/2 a tbsp of the powder and ate it. My thoughts.....TANG. No chemical aftertaste, and it almost tasted like a version of sour patch kids in powdered form; but with the robust orange flavor. Which...the smell of this was intense as well. Right when I popped open the lid I almost had a head rush from the aroma....in a good way



[Water] The next taste/flavor test would be that with water. A full scoop is roughly ~13.0g, and via the instructions on the bottle, one scoop should accompany 10-oz of Water. Curious to how much flavor is packed into this product, I decided to almost triple the recommended water dosage (because I was going to be training with this, and needed some additional water); and mixed 1 scoop with 28-oz of water. The result....tasted just like someone squeezed a fresh cup of OJ, from the oranges harvested right off my grandparents tree in Arizona [one of the best places on earth to acquire fresh citrus fruit]. With how much flavor I got out of 28-oz, I feel like 10-oz would be overpowering. But to each their own on that one.

[Cottage Cheese/Greek Yogurt] Yes you read that right, I sprinkled powder on both cottage cheese and greek yogurt....BUT, before you write this off and call me crazy....think of it this way, it's identical almost to the "vanilla icecream" thing above, yet...healthier. By far my favorite was the greek yogurt, ~150g of plain FF greek yogurt with ~5-7g of BCAA + a little bit of stevia (or any other sweetner), and you have a high protein creamsicle on your hands.



Overall TASTE Rating....I have yet to give something a perfect score....but for taste....this gets a 10/10 for me. Well done Universal Nutrition, well done.

(2) Mixing Ability

Zero [0] mixing issues. Threw a scoop in water and it instantly began dissolving. After a few shakes it was perfect consistency throughout, and you didn't need to keep re-shaking it to redistribute the solute in the solvent like some BCAA's I have had in the past...10/10 once again.

(3) Price
Can't really comment on the price yet, due to the fact it has yet to be released in the bodybuilding.com [http://ca.bodybuilding.com/store/uni...uestid=2221712] store. But my hunches is that it will be a contender with some of the top guns as far as BCAA's go.



(4) Profile:
This is going to be my only negative about this product, and that would be due to the fact it is a propitiatory blend. It has every single thing you want from a BCAA supplements, including L-Glutamine and Citrulline Malate (which some BCAA lack these two key ingredients); but not knowing the distribution of each ingredient is always a downside in my eyes. But...even though I don't know how many grams specifically of L-Leucine is in the product, knowing Universal Sports and the quality they bring with their other products (e.g., Animal Pak), it is probably a very good quality BCAA.

Netherless though...being it as it may, I have to dock it a few points here....7/10

Final Thoughts
Overall rating, 9/10. One of the best tasting BCAA's I have had thus far, and I have tried everything...(MusclePharm, Core Nutritionals, Xtend, BB.com, etc.). Once this product is released in stores, HIGHLY recommend everyone pick up a tub (I know I will). Anything that gives me a benefit when training (increased muscle protein synthesis via the easily digestible amino acids) and brings me back to my childhood (TANG) is a huge, huge win in my books.

Final Comment - Thank you, thank you, thank you to Universal Nutrition, Animal, mikedito, and thenaturalguy for allowing me to try this; and I know from here on out that this product will more then likely be sitting on my supplement shelf once released. I'm just going to be sad when my sample runs out here

Thanks for putting up such a detailed review! Much appreciated. Happy to hear you enjoyed it.

[pkilcarr]

Can't waste even a sprinkle of this stuff hahah

Great review ilove2run! very adventurous and detailed!

[ilove2run]

You better sniff that up!!!!

......

Damn
tates like Tang?
universal Doing it BIG

Agree. Was skeptical at first, but when I finally got to try it, instantly was reassured that it had one amazing flavor profile.

Thanks for putting up such a detailed review! Much appreciated. Happy to hear you enjoyed it.

No worries, and it was my pleasure. Thanks again for the samples.

Can't waste even a sprinkle of this stuff hahah

Great review ilove2run! very adventurous and detailed!

Thanks and x9000, that line is actually on a piece of paper, and I made damn sure it all went back in the tub...hah

[Firefist44]

Good stuff man, glad you enjoyed. Thanks for the review.

[kr0ss31]

awesome review man! cant wait to get my sample and try it out!!

[mikedito]

I'm curious about this greek yogurt/cottage cheese/ juiced aminos blend you made up. I would never think to go that route haha

[kr0ss31]

I'm curious about this greek yogurt/cottage cheese/ juiced aminos blend you made up. I would never think to go that route haha

Don't think im brave enough lol might come out as quick as it went in.

[ilove2run]

Good stuff man, glad you enjoyed. Thanks for the review.

awesome review man! cant wait to get my sample and try it out!!

Thanks.

I'm curious about this greek yogurt/cottage cheese/ juiced aminos blend you made up. I would never think to go that route haha

Don't think im brave enough lol might come out as quick as it went in.

You both must have had some form of Creamsicle Icecream, yah? It basically tastes like a mock version of this...



Even if you dislike greek yogurt - use regular vanilla. Just as good.

[Razor44]

Awesome review dude. Much appreciated brotha and you're spot on about the Tang similarity haha. Love it.

[ilove2run]

Awesome review dude. Much appreciated brotha and you're spot on about the Tang similarity haha. Love it.

Hah, thank you sir! But 100% agree on the TANG part. So good.

[kr0ss31]

I got mine today and whoah!! its awesome, will be doing my review tonight on it and it tastes awesome all i can say

[mikedito]

I got mine today and whoah!! its awesome, will be doing my review tonight on it and it tastes awesome all i can say

Looking forward to seeing it!

[ilove2run]

I got mine today and whoah!! its awesome, will be doing my review tonight on it and it tastes awesome all i can say

Looking forward to seeing it!