Scoops, not guesswork

How much protein powder in a smoothie?

One scoop is the default answer, and it is usually the wrong one. Work backwards from your bodyweight, your goal and what is already in the blender.

1 Your bodyweight
165 lb Drives the daily protein target
2 What are you training for?
3 What is this smoothie doing?
4 Which powder is in the tub?

The standard tub. Slight thickening as it hydrates.

5 What else goes in the blender? · their protein counts toward the target
Almond Milk (unsweetened) 1× 1 cup Frozen Banana 1× 1 cup (sliced)
Add to the blender
Whey concentrate
1.5
scoops · 48 g

Getting powdery. Add liquid and blend a few seconds longer.

Target for this smoothie 34 g
Already in your ingredients 3 g
Gap the powder fills 31 g
Protein in the finished drink 39 g
135g Daily target
365 Calories
195 From powder

Powder drinks liquid. Add about 2 tbsp more than usual and blend a few seconds longer so it hydrates instead of clumping.

See the full macros for this smoothie →

Estimates, not advice. Every figure on this page is calculated from published per-100 g reference values and standard household measures, so your own brands, portions and equipment will move it. Nothing here is medical, nutritional or dietetic advice — talk to a qualified professional before acting on it, particularly if you are pregnant, managing a health condition, or feeding a child.

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