Welcome to this Orgain meal replacement review! In this review, I will have a good look at Orgain; a US based company focused on organic meal replacements, protein powders and other nutritional products.

All their meals and drinks are vegan, soy-free, without artificial flavours or preservatives and made with high quality ingredients. In this Orgain meal replacement review, I will have a look to their shakes and analyze if they are as clean and as delicious as they claim to be. How good are Orgain’s organic meal replacement shakes?

Flavours: Creamy Chocolate Fudge, and Vanilla Bean.

Ingredients: Orgain Organic Protein Blend (Organic Pea Protein, Brown Rice Protein, Chia Seed); Organic Creamer Base (Acacia, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Rice Dextrin, Sunflower Lecithin, Rosemary Extract, Natural Flavours, Erythritol); Organic 50 Superfoods Blend [Millet, Amaranth, Buckwheat, Quinoa, Chia, Kale Powder, Apple Pulp, Cinnamon, Organic Sprouts Blend (Quinoa, Amaranth, Millet, Buckwheat, Garbanzo, Lentil, Adzuki, Flax, Sunflower, Pumpkin, Chia, Sesame), Organic Super Veggies, Super Berries, Super Grasses & Super Foods Blend (Acai, Cranberry, Wheat Grass, Barley Grass, Oat Grass, Banana, Mango, Beet, Carrot, Spinach, Broccoli, Tomato, Kale, Cabbage, Parsley Leaf, Brussels Sprouts, Green Bell Pepper, Cucumber, Celery, Garlic, Ginger Root, Green Onion, Cauliflower, Asparagus, Pineapple, Turmeric, Strawberry, Tart Cherry, Blackberry, Blueberry, Raspberry)]; Other [Organic Alkalized Cocoa, Natural Flavour, Sea Salt, Acacia, Guar Gum, Stevia, Xantham Gum, Organic Food Based Vitamin C (Amla Fruit Extract), Organic Food Based Vitamin B (Guava, Holy Basil, Lemon Extract)].

Summarizing this Orgain meal replacement review, I must say that it’s a good meal replacement with few shortcomings.

• It’s made of clean, real food based ingredients that ensure you are getting nutrients from food. While this and the added vegetables make Orgain a very nutrient rich shake; it falls short in some key vitamins and minerals.
• Besides the meal replacement, Orgain has great organic protein powders, and greens supplements that are worth a look. Albeit, you will have to spend a little extra for them. In fact, I believe that Orgain’s organic protein shakes are some of the best products they offer.

All in all, Orgain shakes are good for those looking to eat clean and without artificial ingredients. Nonetheless, they don’t reach the nutritional balance I would’ve hoped for.

What I like

1. Good quality real food based ingredients. Orgain’s drinks are USDA organic certificate, pass strict inspections and only provide you with nutrients from real food. You don’t have to worry about synthetic additives in your food.

2. Amount of ingredients. Nutrients from various sources are important in a healthy and varied diet. That’s what Meal Powder gives you, nutrients from dozens of veggies, sprouts and beans.

3. Also available in RTD format. Even though, they are not 100% the same, they also offer a All-in-One organic nutritional shake in ready-to-drink format. The same goodness of the powder, just in a more convenient form.

4. Good for weight loss. 230kcal might be a small meal for the average person, but it’s ideal for those looking to shave some extra pounds.

5. 20% subscription discount. At least in your first subscription discount, and then 10% after that.

What I dislike

1. Lacks some key micronutrients. Unfortunately, this is my biggest issue with Orgain Organic Meal. Usually, I look for complete shakes that provide me with all the micronutrients and essential nutrients. Organic Meal falls short in some of them.

2. Might not provide enough omega-3s. One of the nutrients that falls short on are omega-3 fatty acids. Considering that the Western diet is often lacking them, I would’ve hoped to see them in bigger quantities in these shakes.

3. Small serving size. Although, it will fit for those looking to lose weight or a post-workout snack; most adults should look for a bigger shake when replacing actual meals.

4. Only available in the US. Sadly, this product is not available in Europe.

Improvements

1. Complete nutrition. As mentioned earlier, I would like to see all the vitamins and minerals present in each shake; even though accomplishing this using only real food is not easy.

2. International delivery. Some competitors are already available in Europe. I hope this will be the case for Orgain shakes, too.

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% of Energy from Each Macronutrient

Looking at Orgain’s organic All In One nutrition review, there are two major things to highlight:

• Orgain Organic Meal Powder is not a nutritionally complete meal replacement. It lacks some essential vitamins and minerals, such as, Vitamin D, Vitamin K or Manganese. Nevertheless, it is a nutrient rich drink with plenty of micronutrients.
• All of Orgains meals and protein powders are made with real food, without any artificial ingredients; and most of them are USDA certified organic, gluten free, soy free and non-GMO.

Consequently, they are generally very healthy and clean meals. In this nutrition section, I will mainly focus on Organic Meal Powder, and I won’t review Orgain organic protein powders.

Carbohydrates

As far as carbohydrates is concerned, Organic Meal Powder falls within the lower end of the recommended per serving. Most carbohydrates come from organic rice dextrin. While this is not the best source of complex carbs; it is complimented by other excellent sources like quinoa sprout, amaranth sprout, millet and other semi-seeds. These are rich not only in complex carbohydrates, but also in other nutrients.

Furthermore, it is great to see that Orgain’s Organic Meal is very rich in fibre with 7g per serving.

On the flip side, the All in One nutritional shake also contains 5g of erythritol. This is a sugar alcohol that has 0 calories but has 70% of sugar’s sweetness.

Protein

Each 230kcal will give you 20g of protein from plant-based sources. In fact, it’s a combination of organic pea protein, rice protein and chia seeds. Rice and pea protein are often paired together to achieve a more balanced amino acid profile.

Overall, you will get good bio-available protein from Orgain Meal Powder. However, if you want more protein, you can always add a scoop of Orgain’s protein shakes.

Fats

Aside from carbs and protein, it’s important to get all the essential fatty acids. Furthermore, a good balance of polyunsaturated fatty acids and monounsaturated fatty acids is also key for healthy lifestyle.

Remarkably, Orgain’s meal replacement shake is low in saturated fats and high in MUFAs (thanks to high oleic sunflower oil). It also has some flax sprout, which could be a source of omega-3. Nonetheless, I don’t think it will provide you with enough.

Sweeteners

The only sweetener found in Organic Meal Powder is stevia, besides erythritol.

Allergens

This Orgain organic shake is gluten-free, soy-free, dairy free and free of any major allergens.

Unfortunately, we weren’t able to test all products Orgain offers, but we managed to get ourselves a good array of protein powders and bars to review.

Best flavour	Chocolate Organic RTD
Taste	Pretty good, particularly for the RTDs. There’s a little bit of sweetness, and some flavours are just not strong enough, but it also feels clean and healthy.
Texture	Quite smooth for the protein powders. The meal replacements could be different, though.
Easy to Mix	Mixes perfectly.
Satiety	OK, can keep you full for 2h or more.
Easy to Clean	It doesn’t get stuck to the walls of the shaker and a good rinse with water can be enough.
Afterthoughts	The RTD was much more pleasant, but most flavours are quite subtle. On the plus side, there’s no nasty aftertaste or weirdness to the drinks, and they feel natural and food-like. The RTDs were far better in our opinion than the powders, and we would recommend buying the All In One RTD.

Vanilla Protein Powder

This is by far the best smelling vanilla I’ve encountered. It smells like freshly baked cake, I’m sure my eyes lit up. After mixing the smell was completely gone, and just smells like any other original flavor. 

Texture was good, with medium consistency. It was mostly smooth, but did have finely milled bits in it. No clumps or unmixed spots with standard shaker with whisk.

Taste wise, it was a huge let down. After smelling so good in the packet, it was largely bland, with an aftertaste. The sugar alcohol gave it an odd sweetness, almost like too much was used for this serving size. Blending it with fruit/greens might be better, but as a standalone mix, I didn’t like it.

Chocolate Protein Powder

Smells like cheap chocolate, my expectations are low after vanilla wasn’t good. Chocolate is slightly better, with no aftertaste. The odd sweetness is more muted too. I like it better than vanilla, but only a little.

Vanilla Clean Protein RTD

This one was decent, very strong milk base. It tastes basically like a sweeter glass of milk, though there are slight medicine-like undertones. It was very mild, and wasn’t a big deal overall. I appreciate the monk fruit and agave as sweeteners over the sugar alcohol, which gave it a much better flavor profile in my opinion.

Chocolate Organic Nutrition RTD

I really enjoyed this one. Tastes just like any store bought chocolate milk. It didn’t have the slight medicine taste like the Vanilla Clean Protein. By far my favorite of everything Orgain provided.

Orgain Protein Snack Bar

The texture is a lot like taffy, mixed with a granola bar. It is soft and easy to chew and I do taste the chocolate chips and cookie-like flavor. It’s unmistakably a protein bar with its pronounced nutty flavor. It’s not bad, I like it.

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This US based company was founded by Dr Andrew Abraham, after he battled and survived cancer. It was during its treatment that this integrative medicine specialist started seeking for a nutritional shake made with real food based ingredients. Shakes that would be natural, clean and powerful without the need of any unwanted extras.

Mission

As such, all Orgain drinks follow the “Orgain way”:

• Clean Nutrition. Almost all products certified organic by the USDA, with no soy, without artificial sweeteners and no GMO ingredients.
• Delicious Taste.
• High Quality Ingredients. Only ingredients that met the highest standards are used in Orgain shakes.

Besides these, Orgain is also committed to giving back to the community through philanthropic initiatives.

Pricing & Shipping

For many, one of the main issues with the best organic meal replacement shakes is their high price tag. In this aspect, Orgain meal replacements are no different. Hence, they cost more than your average shake; even though when compared to similar shakes it fares well.

The All in One Orgain nutrition powder comes in 2.01lb tubs and costs $44.99 for 16 servings (230kcal per serving). You can further reduce this by 20% when you subscribe. Therefore, each serving will cost you $2.81 without a discount and $2.25 with.

Anyhow, let’s compare it to other natural meal replacements (also not show here, but Orgain would be a much cheaper Shakeology alternative):

Price per 400kcal	Orgain	Ample V	Garden of Life	Ambronite
Expensive ($)	4.89	5.25	4.99	6.5
Cheap ($)	3.91	4.48	4.25	3.5

On the opposite hand, the cheapest meal replacements will start at $1/400kcal.

As far as shipping goes, they only ship to the US at the time this Orgain review was written.

That said, you will get free shipping in orders over $50.

Other Orgain Meals Review

Like mentioned beforehand, Orgain is does not only do nutritional drinks. They are a manufacturer of quality nutritional meals and supplements made with organic ingredients.

Consequently, as part of this Orgain meal replacement review, I want to have a look to other products they produce that you might be interested in.

Orgain All In One Review

Regarding the first option, this is the Orgain meal replacement but in RTD form instead of powder. It will still provide you with most of the benefits highlighted in this Orgain meal replacement shake review; but in a more convenient format.

The Orgain Nutritional shake RTD is smoother and tastier than the powder; but the trade off is that it has worse nutritional values. Still, it is the perfect clean and nutritious drink for those occasions that you are in a rush. I wouldn’t say it’s the best RTD meal replacement, but certainly one of the only organic options.

Orgain Organic Protein Review

As for the second, Protein and Superfoods, this is one of the best greens powders with protein you can get. It is the perfect blend of quality plant-based protein (organic chia, pea, and rice) together with 50 green superfoods. These will provide you essential (food based vitamins & minerals) and non-essential nutrients (antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents etc) that will boost your metabolism.

All of this within 170kcal, and providing you with 20g of protein and no sugars. Healthy, clean and tasty.

Taking into consideration the nutritional philosophy behind Orgain’s meal replacements (natural, healthy and clean); the most clear contenders are Raw Organic Meal (Garden of Life), Ample V, Ambronite CMS and Ka’chava. All of these are some of the healthiest meal replacement shakes you can buy.

Overview

	Orgain	Raw & Organic	Ample V	Ambronite
kcal/serving	230	130	400	400
Macros (C/P/F)	46/34/20	24/62/14	23/20/58	41/24/35
Protein (g)	20	20	20	24
Sugar (g)	1	1	4	12
Fiber (g)	7	2	11	8
Fats (g)	5	2	26	15
Vegan	Y	Y	Y	Y
Organic	Y	Y	N	N
Real Food based	Y	Y	Y	Y
Artificial Sweeteners	N	N	N	N
Synthetic Additives	N	N	N	N
GMO	N	N	N	N

Out of all these options, only Ambronite Complete Meal Shake is actually nutritionally complete. The others contain some or most of the essential vitamins and minerals, but not all. That said, they are all rich in phytonutrients due to the fact that they are rich in vegetables and fruits.

Orgain Meal Replacement Shakes vs

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Cheaper Meal Replacement Options that I Like

So perhaps you are taken aback by the prices of these product. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of meal shakes out there that might fit your budget better. I would recommend starting with this 2 alternatives:

• Complete 360 Meal. The perfect blend of quality nutrition, excellent taste and great price. Nonetheless, this will not be an organic shake and it has synthetic vitamin and minerals. On the plus side, it does not contain any GMO ingredients, it’s fully plant based, it has 30g of protein per 400kcal and it’s nutritionally complete.
• Plenny Shake. Alternatively, you can try Plenny Shake, one of the best known vegan shakes in the market. It couples solid nutrition with good taste. In addition, each meal will cost you $1.45 (400kcal) which is a bargain for complete nutrition.

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Verdict – Orgain Meal Replacement Review

Taking everything to consideration, I must admit that Orgain’s organic meal replacements are pretty good. They offer what they promise: clean, organic and healthy nutrition from real food based ingredients.

Consequently, Organic Meal shakes will be the ideal post-workout drink or light meal for those looking to clean up their diet. Particularly, since each Orgain shake offers 20g of plant-based protein, 230kcal, 0g of added sugars, and no nasty surprises. Furthermore, you will be able to boost your diet with other products, like the superb Orgain Protein powders or the green superfoods.

In fact, this is a brand for those who are willing to spend some extra cash to ensure they get healthy nutrients from real food, and avoid synthetic additives, pesticides and other unwanted ingredients.

Personally, as stated throughout this Orgain meal replacement review, I would’ve loved to see all the essential nutrients in their shakes. Therefore, Orgain shakes are not the ideal products for me, but I would definitely consider buying their Proteins & Greens powder.