Pounds for Protein: Granola

Is it worth paying extra for granola claiming to have extra protein?

As a benchmark, for the extra protein granola, FUEL10K Protein Boosted Chunky Granola - Chocolate Loaded will be used which is priced at £7.45 for 1kg.


The regular granola is ASDA Simply Granola which is priced at £3.00 for 1kg.


FUEL Granola Nutritional Values:

100g of FUEL Granola = £7.45/10=£0.745

Therefore 75p=15.1g of protein.

Asda Simply Granola Nutritional Values:

100g of Asda Granola = £1.50/10=£0.15

Therefore 15p=10g of protein.

If you was to buy 75p worth of FUEL Granola, you would get 15.1g of protein.

If you was to buy 75p worth of Asda Granola, you would get 50g of protein.

If you was to buy 100g of FUEL Granola, you would get 15.1g of protein.

If you was to buy 100g of Asda Granola, you would get 10g of protein.

ASDA Granola     Protein     FUEL Granola

15p          =     10g    =        50p

The results are clear based on protein alone. It is more economic to purchase basic granola than protein boosted granola and eat a little more to get the same amount of protein. However, if you're trying to limit the amount you eat, its more effective to purchase protein boosted granola, than ordinary.                                                                                                                                                                                  Its worth noting that this only factors in protein and not energy, sugars, salts and so on. You should evaluate these factors too before making a purchase, but on protein alone, its more cost efficient to buy basic granola.

Summary:

If you're watching the pennies, its more efficient to purchase basic granola and eat a little more to get the same amount of protein.

If you're trying to limit how much food you consume, its best to purchase the protein boosted granola as there's a greater ratio of protein grams to serving grams.

Easy Protein Mousse for 60p

A simple guide to making a quick and easy protein mousse.

You will need:

• 1 or 2 flavoured mousses in pots
• 1 scoop of protein powder (same flavour as mousse)
• 1 bowl
• 1 spoon

Step 1:

Place a small amount of water or milk into the bowl unless you want a very thick mousse.

Step 2:

Empty 1 or 2 of the flavoured mousse pots into the bowl depending on your desired size of mousse.

Step 3:

Add 1 scoop of protein powder

Step 4:

Mix it all together with a spoon until its all blended.

Total mousse cost: £0.60

To make this low cost protein mousse, it is advised to use Asda Chocolate/Strawberry Mousses (£0.80 for 6x60g pots) which 3 servings can be attained from. It is also recommended to use whatever protein powder you currently use in this mousse, so long as it is the same flavour as the mousse. For our calculations, we have used The Protein Works Whey Protein 80 Concentrate (£54.00 for 4kg).

Easy Protein Yogurt for 52p

A simple guide to making a quick and easy protein yogurt.

You will need:

• 1 low fat natural yogurt 
• 1 scoop of protein powder
• 1 resealable tub
• 1 spoon

Step 1:

Fill your tub halfway with yogurt.

Step 2:

Add 1 scoop of protein powder.

Step 3:

Mix it all together with a spoon until its all blended.

Total yogurt cost: £0.52

To make this low cost protein yogurt, it is advised to use Henna Very Low Fat Natural Live Set Yogurt (£0.97 for 1kg) which around 5 servings can be attained from. It is also recommended to use whatever protein powder you currently use in this yogurt. For our calculations, we have used The Protein Works Whey Protein 80 Concentrate (£54.00 for 4kg).

How to Save Money on Supplements

A few simple tricks can be employed to dramatically reduce how much protein and supplements cost you.

Promo-codes:

Putting a promo-code into the offers box on the checkout page of an online supplement retailer can save you some serious cash. 

        

Keep an eye out on the site banners along with a quick social media and Google search for your chosen retailers promotional codes to get free gifts and money off. For example, The Protein Works offer 250g of Whey Protein 80 or 5 Whey Protein 80 i-Shakes when entering code DB1043190

If you're a student, make sure you take advantage of student discount codes that are available to you. Unidays is the top site to sign up for and find student discounts. 

Cashback Sites: 

Cashback sites offer money back in exchange for making a purchase via their website. All you need to do is sign up to a reputable site such as TopCashBack 

Multiple supplement retailers offer money back such as MyProtein, The Protein Works, Bulk Powders as well as many more. If you buy your supplements on eBay, you can earn cashback!

It's worth noting that the money earned via cashback isn't available right away and a waiting period is required to elapse before you can withdraw it.

Amazon Subscribe and Save

A new service that is being offered by Amazon is Subscribe and Save. It allows you to set up regularly scheduled deliveries and earn savings with Subscribe & Save. This means that if you find yourself ordering the same supplements at regular intervals, you can save money by setting up these purchases in advanced.

For example, subscribing to Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey Protein Powder every 2 months can give you a 5% saving on your purchases. If you buy 5 or more items through Subscribe and Save, you can save 15% every time. There are no sign up fee's and its free to cancel at any time.