PB2?

Anyone here use PB2? 2 tablespoons is 1g sugar, 5g carbs, 1.5g fat, 2g fiber, And 45 calories. I was looking to only add HALF a serving to protein shakes in a couple weeks when I am more recovered.

Anyone use it, and what is your opinion on it?

It works well in shakes. Doesn't taste weird or anything..

Yep. PB2 saved me when I was early out. It added a little something to my shakes and I also liked it stirred into the Dannon Light & Fit Greek yogurt!

It is good stirred into cottage cheese too.

There are a million flavors of protein shakes. I just found one that had the flavor I wanted without adding anything to it, and saved the calories.

Add-ins is one of the routes to regain. It starts with a careful portion of something somewhat healthy, and it always evolves into large quantities of crap. Best just to skip it.

I actually took the exact opposite approach and used Peanut Powder (not PB2, more on that in a minute) in lieu of protein shakes as I didn't want such a highly processed meal.

EXAMPLE: From the label of Premier Protein - high oleic sunflower oil, inulin, cellulose gel and cellulose gum, potassium citrate, sodium hexametaphosphate, magnesium phosphate, datem, salt, natural and artificial flavors, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan

I don't know what most of that stuff is, and I'm not saying it's harmful, but I take the approach that it certainly won't be harmful to NOT put it in my body as much as possible.

Instead, I used Peanut Powder to make my own, natural, protein shakes. Specifically I used a banana, peanut powder, cocoa powder and unsweetened Chocolate Almond Milk. I would have these for breakfast for almost the entire duration of my weight loss phase. When I would make a "full" one it had 287 Calories and 27.2g Protein. For the first 6 months I generally had a half portion. And they are DELICIOUS.

Obviously if you are a low/no-carber that doesn't eat fruit, this would not work for you.

As for PB2, I don't think it's particularly bad version of peanut powder, but I have no need for that 1g of sugar or added salt. I just found peanut powder that was nothing but ground peanuts - my preferred brand was Hoosier Hill Farm which can be found on Amazon. It is just 100% USA Grown ground peanuts.

I like adding it to my chocolate protein shake with a tsp of instant coffee granules. It makes for a tasty choc peanut butter shake. It reminds me of the Big Train Ice Rage that they sell at the coffee shops.

I put one tablespoon in a tub of sugar-free strawberry Greek yogurt. It tastes like a PB&J!

I just add 100% nut butter (e.g. almond, peanut, etc.) when I want to add a little flavor to shakes or yogurt instead of using PB2, which is a processed food product with added sugar. I strongly believe consuming real food instead of processed food and/or artificial sweeteners is best for me short term and long term.

I will take the 1/2 gram of added sugar to PB2 (which btw, is otherwise just ground peanuts and salt) to the 90 calories in one TBSP of peanut butter.

I now eat both, but while losing there would have been no contest.