Bariatric Advantage® Vendor

The chocolate flavor tastes very good. One drawback is that I'm supposed to have 1500 mg a day and each of these chews is only 250 apiece. So, I have to eat 6 per day to get what I need.

I am anemic and dread taking any iron. I love the taste but I get what I call garlic burps afterwards and that is what makes this hard to keep using. I wish there was a way to avoid the burps.

Confused as I have read bariatrics should only use calcium citrate stated AS calcium citrate on BACK label. If it is listed as calc. from calc. citrate, or calcium (calc. citrate), etc then we cannot absorb it all. Here is an article about that http://www.ehow.com/how_5621233_choose-supplement-after-gastric-bypass.html

You have to take 3-4 large chalky tablets. Taste is ok, but dissolves on tongue almost immediately and you feel you need a drink to wash it down. It is a mouthful.

I ordered multi vit's (chewable French Vanilla), calc. cit.(Chewable Mint), Meal Replacement powder (unflav.) and Chewable B-12 (peppermint). The B-12 is on backorder so I have not yet rcvd and have not yet tried the meal rep pwdr. The multi vit in french vanilla tastes GREAT and the calc cit is sort of large and chalky, but doable. I am a little confused that a Barriatric geared company is providing their calcium citrate as "calcium from calcium citrate" I have heard that this is not quite what we need and have to adjust accordingly and take more. In that case, it is not cost-worthy. Any calcium citrate should be listed only as "calcium citrate" on the BACK label. This is an article explaining it. http://www.ehow.com/how_5621233_choose-supplement-after-gastric-bypass.html

Taste just like the Starbucks cold coffee you buy at the store. Its so good.

I bought a sample pack and all of the samples tasted really good, but the cost of the items added with shipping makes me think they might not be worth it. I did find some chewable Centrium vitamins at CVS that are orange flavor (really good) and they only costed about $10 for 100 tablets and @ 1 per day that is a three(+) month supply!!!

Tastes too foamy and causes burping.

I tried my first Bariatric Advantage meal replacement shake today (I am using them once a day right now pre op)and I was quite impressed. I used the vanilla with 6 oz of milk, 4 ice cubes and 1/2 cup of pineapple and it actually did fill me up and tasted pretty good.

I liked the intense flavor of the wild cherry.

i love all of thier protein powders! i tried the stuff at the local health food store and could barely make myself drink it! when i first tried these products i thought i was in heaven! definately encourages compliance!