Oh Yeah! is a brand of sports supplements that contains a variety of products ranging from creatine to protein powders. I found the ready-to-drink Oh Yeah! Shake at my local supermarket and decided to review it in case others were wondering about it. In this review, I'll look at the ingredients and nutritional breakdown of the 14 oz Oh Yeah! Shake and tell you how it tastes too. I'll look specifically at the Chocolate Milkshake flavor.
Oh Yeah Shake Calories
According to the bottle I have, a Serving Size of the Oh Yeah! Shake 1 bottle. Each bottle is is 14 oz (414 ml). Each 14 oz bottle has the following calories and fat calories:
From this information, we can determine the percentage of fat that is in this shake. This is more useful than just knowing the calories from fat.
Honestly, I've always thought listing “calories from fat” was pretty confusing to most people – me too. I feel that knowing the percent of fat in the food (or supplement) is more easily understood.
To figure this out, all we have to do is divide the total calories into the fat calories and multiply this by 100.
In other words, 80/220 =0.3636. If we multiply 0.3636 X 100, this equals 36.36% fat. Round that to 36.4% fat.
Technically this makes the Oh Yeah! shake high in fat. We are allowed to have a certain amount of fat per day. One bottle of of the Oh Yeah! shake gives us 36.4% of what we are allowed to have in a day. That's quite a lot of fat for just 14 oz.
Oh Yeah! Nutrition Facts
Here is the Nutrition Facts label for the Oh Yeah! shake. Remember we get these amounts for every 14 oz we drink:
In the table above, “N/A” means not applicable because no Daily Value has been established for that nutrient.
As we read the table above, remember that the Daily Value volume can be our friend, as long as we remember the following 2 points of reference:
- When you see 5% or less, it means it's “Low” in that nutrient
- When you see 20% or more, it means it's “High” in that nutrient
Keeping this in mind, we can see that the Oh Yeah! Shake is within striking distance of being high for sodium (15% DV). It also contains a good amount of total fat too, at 14%.
Oh Yeah! Protein
The area where the Oh Yeah! Shake does stand out is that it provides 32 grams of protein per 14 oz bottle. That comes out to 64 % of our Daily Value for protein, if we are eating 2000 calories per day. If we eat more than this, it's less. If we eat less than 2000 calories, then this comes out to more.
The protein comes from a “Protein Blend” that is composed of the following ingredients:
- Milk protein concentrate
- Whey protein concentrate
- Calcium caseinate
I've put them in the same order as they appear in the ingredients list. This tell us that the proprietary blend has the most milk protein concentrate and the least calcium casinate.
Oh Yeah! Shake Ingredients
Here are the ingredients in the Oh Yeah! Nutritional Shake (Chocolate Milk Shake flavor).
Honestly, I wanted to say “Oh No!” to the Oh Yeah! shake ingredients. There was so many of them and not only were the words small to read but some of the ingredients had overly complicated names were used in place of easy names that we all know better. For example:
- They call vitamin K “Phytomenadione“
- The call copper, “copper amino acid”
- They call vitamin D “Cholecalciferol”
- They call vitamin E “Tocopherol acetate”
I don't think they had to do this because I also noticed that they call folic acid, by its more common name – folic acid.
Why do labels resort to overly complicated languages? I know they have to be specific sometimes, but I don't think we should have to call copper “copper amino acid.
What's DATEM?
I noticed one of the ingredients in the Oh Yeah! shake was called DATEM. I never saw this before so I looked it up. DATEM is short for “Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Monoglycerides.” According to Wikipedia, DETEM is an ingredient that is used to help the ingredients mix well together.
Wikipedia does mention that DATEM is used to help form a “strong gluten” but the Oh Yeah! Shake is gluten free.
What Are The Vitamins And Minerals?
Here are the vitamins and Minerals in the Oh Yeah! Nutritional Shake:
Overall the amount of each vitamin and mineral is pretty moderate – not too much and not too little. This is fine, because my guess is that most of the people who would be drinking the Oh Yeah! Shake probably already get a lot of these nutrients from the other healthy foods they eat. Also, more vitamins ore minerals don't improve fitness in healthy people.
What Are The Sweeteners?
The label tell us that the Oh Yeah! Shake contains the following sweeteners:
Acesulfame
Sucrulose
I've put them in order as they appear in the ingredients. So there is more acesfulfame than sucrulose.
Is It Gluten Free?
Yes, the Oh Yeah! shake is gluten free.
Does It Contain Milk?
Yes, the Oh Yeah! shake I have indicates that it contains milk.
Does It Have Lactose?
The Oh Yeah shake is lactose free. Remember, there are many different types of Oh Yeah shakes. I am reviewing the 14 oz ready-to-drink Oh Yeah Shake, chocolate milkshake flavor. Always read the ingredients label carefully to make sure.
The Safety Seal
The Oh Yeah! Shake has not only a safety seal wrapper around the outside of the cap. It also has a safety seal that covers the opening of the bottle after the cap is removed. The safety lip was a little difficult to remove, which I appreciated. I liked this double layer of defense. I've seen this in several ready-to-drink shakes I've reviewed.
Oh Yeah! Shake Taste Test
Before I tasted the shake, I could smell the chocolate flavor in the glass. It had a rich, chocolate aroma. The Oh Yeah Shake had a smooth texture to it and a nice chocolate taste. I didn't detect any bad aftertaste other than chocolate, so that's good.
Is Oh Yeah! NSF Certified?
NSF is an independent organization that certifies that supplements don't contain any ingredient that could cause an athlete to fail a drug test. According to the OhYeahNutrition.com website, the Oh Yeah! Shake is NSF certified. The bottle I have though, does not list the NSF certification. I'll assume it is.
Who Makes The Oh Yeah! Shake?
The bottle I have says the the Oh Yeah! Shake is distributed by Integrated Sports Science. They call themselves “ISS” for short. Their website is IssResearch.com. They list their address as 5400 W.T. Harris Blvd, Suite L
Charlotte, NC 28269. Their contact number is: 888- 231-2684.
I tried to see what the company looked like on Google maps. I wanted to know if the Oh Yeah! shake -and other supplements – where made here or not. I was not able to get a good look at the building.
The address does say that Integrated Sports Science is located at “Suite L” which makes me wonder if they are one of several companies located at this location.
Does It Work?
Overall, the Oh Yeah! shake isn't bad. It doesn't give you an overabundance of vitamins or minerals, which is fine because people who workout don't need more (because their clean eating provides a bunch of vitamins and minerals). One bottle does provide 32 grams of protein, which is just above the often quoted “sweet spot” as far as the right amount of protein to stimulate muscle protein synthesis (20-25 grams). I do wish there was less fat in the shake though.
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