30 grams of protein?

Debra, I do the same with my cocoa...I also use Ghiradelli & Nestle Dark Dutch and they are very hard to find here is Southwest  Florida. I make it at night with the unflavored unjury since I am allergic to aspartame which is in most powders...I just add some splenda, a dash of sea salt & I use regular cream, it the only time I use a milk product but I do enjoy it. Allergies are the reason I keep with Slimfast Lo Carb, they also use splenda in this particular shake, all their others have aspartame and AceK. I may try the syrups to come up with something new.   Have a good evening.

I really want to thank everyone for your replies. I know the protein issue is a passionate one, after all, protein is our key to a healthy life. As we all know, we need to do whatever our doctors and nutritionists advise us to do. Please remember, we are all in this together - learning from each other, supporting each other like no one else can. I am proud to be in the company of such informative, caring people, thank you all for being there for me. I do hope we continue to learn from each other.

I tried to do Internet research on this very subject in the begining, and I too, could not find any actual scientific published research on this.  A lot of the anecdotal stuff out there is from the people who are trying to sell you their protein.  What it came down to for me, is that there is no reason to think we are not absorbing it all except for the malabsorption factor built into the RnY [an even that is not a hard and fast number for everyone, nor is it a constant thru our life as our bodies adapt]. 

I count all my protein intake.  I have always aimed high and physically feel better when I meet my goals.  I DEFINATLEY count ALL the CALORIES I intake as well.  I hope I still malabsorb some, but I still very much work on calories in calories out.  It's worked for me this far, I am one year out today and healthy and as of this morning, 14 pounds from goal.