Ingredients: The AG1 blend contains 75 vitamins, minerals, and food-derived nutrients per serving, all sourced from ingredients like alfalfa, artichoke, and spirulina. It also includes probiotics and a long list of adaptogens, like ashwagandha, licorice, and shiitake mushroom.
Claimed Benefits: According to the website, Athletic Greens will increase your nutrient intake while promoting better gut health, supporting immunity, boosting energy, and helping with recovery. They are also NSF certified, which means they use third-party testing to ensure their products include exactly what’s on the label and that they’re free of heavy metals and other contaminants.
Why We Love It: “I like that this product contains lots of greens, probiotics, and prebiotics, which is the best environment for these components to thrive in,” says Amy Shapiro, MS, RD, CDN. However, she dislikes the use of three different sweeteners (honey, molasses, and stevia) in a single product. Mascha Davis, MPH, RDN also praises the mix of greens, but notes that “part of the reason that all of these greens are so highly touted for their health benefits is that when they are eaten as whole foods, they are super filling and essentially can take the place of other less healthy foods.” In other words, eating these greens raw is the most effective method.
Form: Powder
Taste + Texture: Many of the powders we tasted had assertive flavors, but the Beauty Chef’s organic greens powder had a subtler taste that won a couple devoted fans. They noted hints of kale, apple, broccoli, and sesame, describing a mellow flavor profile that prompted one noted greens powder hater to write “I actually like this! I would drink this!”
Ingredients: Cleanse Blend (green banana resistant starch powder, sprouted pea fibre powder, Jerusalem artichoke inulin powder, barley grass powder, choline bitartrate, milk thistle extract powder, globe artichoke extract powder, apple cider vinegar powder, collard greens powder, kale powder, spinach powder, chlorella powder, spirulina powder, Digestive Enzyme Blend (amylase, protease, lipase, lactase and cellulase), broccoli sprout powder, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GUT5Y), Bio-Fermented Nutrient Blend with Flora Culture (chickpeas, mung beans, brown rice, sweet potato, lentils, buckwheat, millet, quinoa, turmeric powder, anthocyanins (from black carrot extract), sea minerals, linseed, pepitas, sunflower seeds, maqui berry powder, molasses, agave, queen garnet plum, ginger powder, lemon juice concentrate), natural apple flavor, thickener: acacia gum powder, natural sweetener: stevia extract powder.
Claimed Benefits: The Beauty Chef is an organic skin care company created by Carla Oates, the Australian author of the book Feeding Your Skin. The Cleanse Inner Beauty Powder claims to “help detox and purify your body on the inside, promoting smoother, clearer skin on the outside” through a blend of bio-fermented greens.
Why We Love It: “I am a fan of this product. There are many different greens here, and I love that the probiotics are paired with fiber. When probiotics have a prebiotic to feed off of, they have a higher likelihood of surviving transport through your gut,” Shapiro tells us. She was very impressed by the high dose of vitamin K (one serving has a whopping 85% of the recommended daily dose), and lack of added sugars. This greens powder supplement also contains vitamin A and vitamin C. There’s no shortage of micronutrients here.