A protein smoothie asks for a few decisions: the order things go in, how much powder, whether you need the blender, which liquid, and how it will taste.
Pour the liquid into the blender first, add the scoop, then the fruit, and blend until the fruit has disappeared. Ice and frozen fruit go in last. Taste it before adding anything else, because the fruit may have sweetened it already.
A plain version to start with: a cup of liquid in the jar, a scoop on top, one banana, a handful of berries, then ice. If the glass comes out too thick, pour in more liquid a splash at a time. If it comes out thin, add more fruit or ice and blend again for ten seconds. Write down what you put in the first time you like one, because the second time you will not remember it.
Try It Yourself
Start with one scoop. A scoop of NØRSE CØDE carries 20g of protein and a bag holds 14 servings, so one scoop in a daily smoothie lasts two weeks. Milk and yogurt add some protein of their own.
Level the scoop with the back of a knife so every glass matches the last. After your first glass, decide whether it needs more. If it does, add a half scoop next time rather than a whole second one. If you are building the smoothie around a specific goal, our guide to the best protein powder covers what to look for before you buy a bag.
You need a blender for the fruit and the ice. The powder does not need one. NØRSE CØDE dissolves in hot or cold liquid with a scoop and a spoon, so a smoothie of only powder and liquid takes one glass and one spoon.
We spent over a thousand formulation iterations over two years on a texture we call SmoothBlend, and the goal was a powder that wets evenly without help. One customer put it this way:
"Really like Norse Code, blends well in smoothie and tastes great"
When the smoothie has a frozen banana in it, use the blender. When it is a scoop and a glass of milk on a day with no time, the spoon is enough.
Use whatever you already drink: water, milk, a plant milk or a mix. Water gives a lighter smoothie, milk a creamier one, and a spoonful of yogurt a thicker one.
If you cannot decide, begin with the milk you have in the fridge and change one thing at a time. A customer wrote that it "mixes well with milk, yogurt, fruit, etc." and that is the pattern: the powder goes into the base you chose and the base decides the body of the glass. Cold liquid makes a smoothie that tastes cooler and a little thinner, and a frozen banana does the opposite. Pick the texture first and the liquid second.
Yes. Every powder brings its own flavor and sweetness into the glass, which makes the first smoothie a taste test. Ours is sweetened with allulose and monk fruit, so both flavors have 0g total sugar and 0g added sugar.
That leaves the sweetness in your glass to the fruit you add, and no sugar alcohol is sweetening it behind your back. In a blind taste test, 55% preferred it against Orgain and a leading whey protein, which was more people than chose the other two combined. Sweetness stays a personal call, so make the first one plain, taste it, and only then add honey or more fruit. If you want to see how our label sits next to a familiar plant powder, we put them side by side on our NØRSE CØDE vs Orgain page.
Pick by what else is going in the glass. Chocolate is the natural partner for banana or peanut butter. Vanilla leaves more room for berries and mango.
Both flavors are made the same way, so the choice comes down to the smoothie. One customer started on chocolate and wrote, "Love the chocolate flavor! Anxious to try the Vanilla." That is a reasonable plan if you are unsure: buy the flavor that matches the smoothie you already make, and try the other on the next bag.
A scoop brings the protein and the flavor, and the thickness of the glass comes from the liquid, yogurt and fruit you blend with it. The scoop holds nine natural ingredients, a pea, rice and barley protein blend plus prebiotic acacia fiber, with no artificial sweeteners, gums or fillers.
With no gum in the scoop to thicken anything, a thick smoothie is thick because of the banana, the yogurt or the ice, and a thin one is fixed with those same three. Pea, rice and barley make up the protein, and the chocolate or vanilla you choose sits on top of it, so the flavor you taste is the one you picked plus whatever fruit you add. When a smoothie tastes off, the scoop accounts for nine ingredients and everything else in the glass is yours, so change one fruit at a time. We make every bag ourselves in our own facility in Petaluma, California, so a note about a smoothie that went wrong reaches the people who can change the formula. If bloating is a concern, our page on the best vegan protein powder for bloating covers that question on its own.
One customer picked up our flier at a Spartan Race, held on to it for a year, and then wrote about trying the powder with their family:
"I have been holding on to this flier for all this time and finally decided I needed to give it a try, and I am so glad I did. It's smooth, clean, and tastes great."
A first bag comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee.
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