Introduction to Plenny Shake v3.0

Plenny Shake v3.0 is a nutritionally complete meal that is high in fibre and plant protein, low in sugar and salt, and a source of omega-3. 

One meal of Plenny Shake provides you 20% of the daily recommended intakes for all macronutrients and micronutrients your body needs for optimal health: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and all the 26 essential vitamins and minerals, plus two small but powerful ingredients: probiotics and choline. 

One portion contains 400 kcal, of which 42% comes from carbohydrates, 34% from fat, 20% from protein and 4% from fibre.

The shakes are available in 10 tasty flavours: Vanilla, Banana, Chocolate, Strawberry, Coffee (added caffeine), Pistachio, Coconut, Wild Berries, Lemon Pie and Speculoos.

  

Nutritional Information Per meal of Plenny Shake v3.0 Vanilla 

*Reference intake of an average adult (8400 kJ/2000 kcal)

Ingredients in Plenny Shake v3.0

• Oat flour
• Soy flour
• Sunflower oil
• Rice flour
• Soy protein isolate
• Inulin
• Ground golden flax seeds
• Vitamin and mineral mix
• Sweetener: sucralose
• Bacillus Coagulans

• Depending on the flavour: Fruit powder, cocoa powder, beetroot powder, beta-carotene, and aromas when applicable.

 

Proteins

The protein in Plenny Shake is provided by the soy protein isolate, oats, soy flour and flaxseeds. Each portion of Plenny Shake provides 20 grams of protein so that you hit the daily recommended intake. Besides that, a meal such as Plenny Shake, which is high in protein, can give prolonged satiety feeling because protein takes longer to digest than carbohydrates. 

We use soy as the main protein source because of its high digestibility and absorption rate. In combination with the other protein sources, the following amino acid profile is achieved;

As you can see, Plenny Shake meets the daily recommended intakes the World Health Organization has established for all 9 essential amino acids, helping you reach your personal protein needs and providing you with enough building blocks to maintain your muscle health.

The Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) is a method of evaluating the quality of a protein based on both the amino acid requirements of humans and their ability to digest it. 

The soy used in Plenny Shake has a PDCAAS of 1, matching that of milk protein. In addition to being the only plant-based protein that scored this well, we also chose soy isolate because it has a smooth texture and taste. It creates the optimal flavour profile and health benefits.

 

Fats

Most of the fats in the Plenny pot come from sunflower oil. Sunflower oil has mainly polyunsaturated fats such as omega 6. Besides the sunflower oil, we add soy flour. The majority of the fats in soy flour are polyunsaturated fats and provide a part of the omega-6 in the final product. 

Because we don’t want to leave you hanging with the omega-3s, we add golden flaxseed because of its high content of α-Linolenic acid (omega-3) and linoleic acid (omega-6).  Lastly, the oats help a little bit out with the fat content of the meal. Fat has a low direct effect on blood sugar levels, is a major energy source for your body, and helps you absorb vitamins and nutrients.

According to the EFSA, a food containing at least 0.3g of alpha-linolenic acid per 100kcal is a source of omega 3. Each PS will provide 1400mg of omega-3. The EFSA further advises that 250 mg should be ingested daily at the very least to maintain normal heart function.

A diet solely based on Plenny Shake would leave you with 4.5% of the total energy (E%) coming from saturated fatty acids (SFA), of which a maximum level of 10 E% is established. 

Carbohydrates

Most of the carbohydrates in our Plenny Shake come from oats, which are especially interesting because of their content of beta-glucans and their low Glycemic Index (GI). This means that blood glucose levels will fluctuate less, and so will your energy levels, thanks to their fibre content. Besides oats, rice flour is added as a form of immediate energy free from sugar. Before milling it into flour, the rice is cleaned and purified from foreign bodies and stabilised by heat treatment.

 

Fibres

The primary sources of fibres in our Plenny Shake are inulin, oats and flaxseed. They help in lowering blood pressure and smoothen your digestion. In particular, inulin, extracted from chicory, is added to achieve a wider variety of fibre sources and upgrade the amount of fibre per portion. 

 

Micronutrients

The vitamin and mineral mix that we add to the meals provides all the needed 26 micronutrients. We use the most bioavailable forms of micronutrients so that your body can absorb each bit of all the vitamins and minerals easily and at the highest rate. 

For instance, we add vitamin D in the form of vegan cholecalciferol (D3) and vitamin K in the form of menaquinone-7 (K2 MK7). You can read more about our micronutrient mix here.

Per portion (~95g)

 

 

Last but not least, Choline

We wanted to add extra functional benefits to our meals, for which we dug into the best ingredients out there and decided to add choline and probiotics. Choline is a small organic molecule that your body needs to function properly. It is an essential nutrient because it is a key element in metabolic pathways that govern our bodies and run our cells; more specifically, it carries important building bricks called methyl groups, which are very important in food processes and the brain, for example. We have added 110mg of choline per meal.

 

Probiotics in Plenny Shake  

Moreover, probiotics came into our thoughts because of their ability to possibly enhance and strengthen our gut microbiome. Because of the high fibre content in Plenny Shakes, they have a symbiotic effect, meaning that probiotics become more resistant and provide a more substantial health effect thanks to the fibres which they eat and live from, so basically, one ingredient strengthens the other one, sweet right? 

Can’t wait to benefit from the tasty and nutritional advantages of the Plenny Shake v3.0? Try it today!