Reviewing the banana flavor of ISS Micellar Matrix casein/whey/albumen. The only other casein product I have used before is Evopro, so everything is weighed against that. I've only just started consuming Micellar Matrix, so I can only comment on price, mixibility, and taste/texture.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/iss/mic.html
Price (no rating) - There's 35 servings for $27, so $0.77 per serving. With the order of indgredients listed for the protein (micellar casein 45%, concentrate, isolate, albumen constitute the rest) it's a decent price for a caseinate product, although there may be better pricing options out there.
Mixibility 9/10 - I was using 2% milk, in a shaker bottle. After a couple shakes almost the entire powder had seperated, and after 5-10 seconds more of shaking there were no clumps to speak of. In this catagory, I thought ISS Micellar Matrix mixed slightly better than Cytosport Evopro (although both mixed quite well).
Taste 8/10 - Refreshingly different. Banana is quite a nice flavor, although it is a bit on the sweet side. Since that is purely subjective, others may not find it that way. However, it is reminiscent of those banana flavored candies that I sometimes had as a child. While it is a bit sweet, I thoroughly enjoyed it, it's nice to have instead of the vanilla/chocolate/strawberry flavors. To my tastes, this product had a better taste than Evopro, by a good margin.
Texture 7.5/10 - I have no complaints with the texture. It's not hard to get down, it's smooth, etc. It's on par with Evopro in this aspect. It does have a bit of a grainy texture to it though, to be expected.
Summary: I would choose Micellar Matrix over Evopro, and will consider trying other flavors of it (once this runs out, of course). Overall, it's a good nighttime protein, I just mixed it into a strawberry/banana smoothie, and currently enjoying it! Of course, there are undoubtably better alternatives (there always seem to be a number of them), but I'm satisfied to use this product.
Tinyman
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04-13-2005, 10:39 PM #1BoingoBoingoBoingoBoingo
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ISS Micellar Matrix Review
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04-14-2005, 03:08 AM #2Champion Nutrition
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04-14-2005, 07:50 AM #3Rolling Along
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04-14-2005, 07:52 AM #4Registered User
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Vanilla is Good too
Big fan of ISS Reasearch Micellar Matrix as a nighttime protein. I use the vanilla and love the taste.
Good review. Totally agree.36 years old
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04-15-2005, 02:29 PM #5BoingoBoingoBoingoBoingo
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Finally figured out what this tastes like... if you've ever had the candy 'Runts' it's like the banana flavor from that. Ah, the days when we could eat those...
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04-15-2005, 05:17 PM #6Registered User
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i agree with you tiny, i have had both and i like Micellar Matrix better
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10-25-2005, 03:01 AM #7Registered User
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I also like Banana and Chocolate.
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11-16-2005, 08:34 PM #8
Micellean Matrix Alternatives
Out of curiosity, what are the better alternatives that you are referring to?
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