I have been a fan of this product since the released years ago. I used to pay $20 for the 2lb size. I stocked up. I use the product for muffins, protein pancakes, and anything else you can think of. It was hard to find for a while and now the price has gone up by 50%. THEY USE XYLITOL now. This is a more recent addition. Now it hurts my stomach, causes bloating, gas and every other nonsensical thing sugar alcohols are known to cause. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. I used this for my meal prep business and went through about 25lbs a month. Now it’s on to something without garbage.<br />Check your label. Things have changed.

I went into a local supplement shop looking for a protein powder that fits my criteria:<br />- gluten / whey free<br />- dairy free<br />- vegetarian<br />- low in sugar<br />- AND TASTES GOOD!<br />Of course the shop had nothing like that in stock but the helpful clerk told me about raw fusion. This actually fits all of my criteria - yes it even tastes good! Yay! The vanilla bean is my favorites. I drink this every morning and feel so energized that I gave up coffee without even trying.... I just gradually lost my taste for it. (And I Couldn't even think of starting my day without a cup of joe since I was a teenager!). Try this please - you'll love it. I love to blend mine in the billet with a little unsweetened almond milk with 1/2 a Banaba and a little ice - mmmmm!!

Some of the most important things you want to look for with any protein supplement are the amino acid profile, sodium level, saturated fat level, carbohydrate level, and protein level. This has a full amino acid profile unlike most vegetable protein sources. That is HUGE! There's no saturated fat, the sodium level is acceptable (188mg/scoop), and only 5g carbs per scoop! AWESOME! Oh yeah and 21g protein per scoop is perfect. If you're a hard trainer, 2 scoops is sufficient. For normal use, one scoop. Last but not least, the TASTE and texture are GREAT.<br /><br />This protein mixes well, and though it does settle easily, it easily mixes back in. It's also smooth unlike many other vegan proteins. Don't put the powder in your shaker first though, it WILL stick to the bottom of the cup, and you'll need to scrape it out. I'm already on my 2nd 2lb tub in a matter of weeks, and I just ordered the chocolate to see how that tastes.<br /><br />Long story short, the vanilla is the BEST vegan protein I've ever had! THE PRICE IS GREAT TOO!!!!

Most of the vegan* protein powders out there are, in a word, revolting. Gritty and bitter are descriptions that come to mind most frequently when I look at my depressingly-large stack of protein-powder failures. San's Raw Fusion is a nice exception. The powder is very fine, almost talcum-like (and it behaves like talcum, floating everywhere!), and there is hardly any bitterness at all. Nor does it have that, um, "earthy" - to be polite - flavor one often associates with pea protein isolates. It contains both fructose and stevia, and it is very sweet, right on the edge of too sweet, which did cost the product one star. I dislike the stevia aftertaste that some people don't even notice and some people actually like, but I didn't notice much of that in Raw Fusion. I did initially experience some bloating, which may have been from the fructose. The vanilla flavor is quite strong but not bad for most sweet uses; thankfully it doesn't have that cloying "cheap fake vanilla" taste that is so common in protein powders, vegan or not. It would be really great if San made an unflavored/unsweetened version for savory uses, or even sweets when you just don't want the vanilla flavor. This does do quite well in sweet items in which a vanilla flavor is either welcome or overpowered with something else, like chocolate. When added to a generic grocery-store brownie mix with baby-food prunes substituted for half of the oil - seriously, you don't taste "prunes", and they taste much better with chocolate than applesauce - the result was a thin, pleasantly dense, chewy bar closer in texture to the old Little Debbie brownies (but better) than the dry commercial brownie-style protein bars. (In December 2012 San announced that a chocolate flavor would be "coming soon" but no specific release date was given.)<br /><br />I have mixed it using both a blender bottle (the sort with the spherical wire whisk inside, not the chintzy thing with the plastic grid) and a plain cheapo discount-store electric blender, and I recommend using the latter when possible. It mixes acceptably but not wonderfully in the blender bottle, with minimal lumps and gunk stuck to the inside of the bottle and lid, but I don't think the texture is as nice as when it's gone through the blender - not gritty, but what I'd call "powdery" or perhaps starchy on the tongue. Still, miles better than almost all the other vegan protein powders I've had. Buzzed in a blender with fruit, ice, almond (or whatever you like) milk, nut butters and other tasty things like that, much of that powderiness disappears especially when a creamy ingredient is present like nut butter, yogurt, or frozen banana, and it makes a tasty, fairly stable beverage; some of these things separate at a nasty look! Although plain cold water is suggested on the package as a mixer, _I_ really don't recommend it unless you just want something to chug down fast after a workout - while it's not disgusting, and it's certainly less unpleasant than most of the other proteins I've tried in the same unadulterated fashion, it's not what I'd call a real taste sensation either. It has great potential, though.<br /><br />*Note: I cannot include soy protein powders in that assessment, because soy protein and I do not get along very well. I am not vegan, or even vegetarian, but whey bloats me up something fierce (I am not lactose-intolerant though) and the one egg-white protein I've tried so far caused some room-clearing aftereffects!<br /><br />Edit: The above review was based on using single-serving packets. Someone - not San - gave me a jar and it's somewhat different from the packets. (I wonder why this happens - this is the third product that's done it. The only thing I can think of is some ingredients might settle out of the mixture in a jar, while they can't in a packet?) The most noticeable difference is in the texture. While it is still less gritty than the vast majority of its competitors in the veggie-protein arena, it is significantly coarser on the tongue in a beverage even when combined with a creamy substance like nut butter. Smoothies separate more quickly than before, too. I'll still keep it in my selection of protein powders - probably primarily for baking and homemade protein bars/balls/candy - and I still look forward to trying the chocolate version when it hits the shelves, and it IS most definitely well above average.

Shipping was prompt, price is excellent. Vegan, no GMO, gluten free sweetened with stevia and no soy protein powders tend to be expensive, but I am well pleased with this product. The serving size is one scoop which makes if very economical, and also low in calorie. It mixes well with water. It does not contain any whey or casein or soy, so it is very easy on the tummy. The only reason it did not get 5 stars from me is that the flavor is not stellar. It is a great mild mixer, but to give it any zip, I add instant coffee or powdered cocoa.

I have to give this product credit for being raw, plant based and on the whole a much healthier alternative than most of the protein supplements on the market.<br /><br />That being said, it has Synthetic Fructose as one of it's ingredients. Synthetic Fructose is made from high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is made from genetically modified corn (GMO) corn. GMO corn, specifically high fructose corn syrup, is something I won't put into my body anymore. It's terribly unhealthy, but it's cheap and sure that's why it's in there. At around 50% of the cost of Vega proteins it's really a seductive buy, unfortunately you get what you pay for. I'm sure a low cost alternative or removal of the fructose is an option.<br /><br />I really wish that they'd take out the GMOs and added sugar in general. As soon as that happens, I'll come back.