(images taken from CalNaturale Website)The wonderful people at CalNaturale contacted me to see if I was interested in trying their organic soy protein drinks. Can I tell you just how happy I was that they contacted me? I am addicted to the chocolate, and cappuccino flavors now and can't wait for the stores up here to start carrying them.
A 15.9 oz container is not only cute, but it's loaded with 16g of good for you organic soy protein. It is also packed with 8g of fiber, and only 9g of sugar! So many bottled protein drinks out there are loaded with 2-4 times that in sugar per serving (no thank you!) The container is 260 calories and 10g of fat, 1.5g saturated. I was kinda wishing the fat wasn't so high, but the taste was so amazing I stopped thinking about it after the second sip.
These drinks have a nice thickness to them, it's not like you are drinking flavored water with a little something mixed in. Cappuccino is a hard flavor to get right, a lot of drinks end up tasting like fake coffee or leave you with a medicinal aftertaste. Not at all the case with svelte, it was perfect. Same goes for the chocolate flavor, no fake, syrupy sticky sweet, just real, good, chocolate. The french vanilla didn't seem as thick as the other flavors, not sure why but I kinda wish it was a little thicker. As for the chai... I've never been a fan of the flavor... in anything, so I had a friend who does like chai try it and she thought the flavor was great!
Other uses I discovered: Add some into your coffee instead of creamer, it's delicious!
UPDATE FYI: A commenter who's opinion I highly value mentioned that she didn't like how sweet these were due to the stevia used, and also felt they were bitter due to the stevia. I would have to personally disagree though, I've tried stevia sweetened sodas and hated the stevia bitterness, but I didn't taste anything like that in these. It really is up to your taste buds and for me I love these things :) and still highly recommend you trying them!
So what do you think? Want to try some? Here are the rules on how to enter:
Giveaway only open to US shipping addresses (sorry my international peeps)
1. Leave a comment picking your favorite Svelte flavor
2. Tweet about the giveaway make sure to include @steph_chows and @calnaturale and a link to the giveaway
3. Facebook about the giveaway and link to the giveaway and to Svelte
You have until 11pm (EST) on Tuesday the 8th to enter!
Can't wait for the giveaway to end or live outside the US and want to try some now?
You can go on their website to see what stores near you carry their product, or purchase them online. For all you Rochester NY folks, they are coming soon to TOPS and are currently in discussions with Wegmans (come on Wegmans put them on your shelves!! I'll totally buy it!!!)