nerdboy here has spent ages working on getting the uber cheapest whey & shakes over the last few years.
he's currently shifting weights around in my front room atm, since his gym membership recently expired, but off the top of my head, the one he's stuck with for the last few years has been
this one from My Protein in the 5kg sized bags, which is usually the cheapest option (£35.99 a bag, if you buy 4 bags). he normally buys it in bulk twice a year using a 20% off code, making it about
£5.76 per kilo. which is really cheap. you can usually find a 10% off code floating around for it on the net somewhere. they normally email you with a 20% off one if you've ordered once, and then don't reorder for a while, which is why he waits and does bulk orders once he gets that code, because it brings the price down considerably
you can add your own flavour yourself, if you can't take the basic unflavoured one, rather than pay more dosh for the flavoured types. vanilla, or orange extract mixes well, as does lo-cal chocolate powder.
he finds the cheapest way to get his casein from quark and own brand supermarket cottage cheese, so doesn't bother buying that in powder form
obviously never buy it any of the bulks or premixes from supermarkets or generics like H & B, since it's always insanely overpriced, even when it's on offer, as you just discovered
he just emailed me this info for you:
Prices of whey and all milk products are quite high at the mo
apparently cos of the huge increase in demand from China as they're
diets becoming more westernised.
anyhoo
basic unflavoured whey conc. that i get
http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/impact_whey_protein
also at bulk powders
pretty much the same
http://www.bulkpowders.co.uk/whey-protein-concentrate-82-instantised.html
myprotein tends to be a bit cheaper when bought in bulk/ with extra
discounts etc
I only get the unsweetened, unflavoured whey. I have no idea what any
of the other flavoured stuff is like and have zero interest in it.
Loads of options for vegans pea protein, soya protein. hemp protein,
rice protein (hemp and rice expensive) whey isolate if you're lactose
intolerant
pea protein tastes nutty but is ok
soya is great
hemp is yum
One thing i notice in the reviews on that site and others is that
there are so many people complaining about the taste and mixability of
all the diff shakes and powders. This is because they're all
completely ignorant bell ends and have unrealistic expectations about
how well a powder should dissolve or how sweet it should be. Ignore
all that imo