So I just placed another order for 5 kg of Hard Rhino whey protein isolate.
Some months ago, I switched from NOW wpi to the Hard Rhino and did a review of it; in that review I talked about how they had raised their prices on the bulk packages, looks like they did it again.
If you are just getting in to doing your own DIY soylent, Hard Rhino can be a good source because it sells packages all the way down to 500 g for $15. With the new pricing, the bulk saving have gotten smaller.
| prices May 2014 | ||||||
| brand | pound | kg | price | per KG | per lb | per 55g serving |
| NOW | 10.00 | 4.55 | 115.31 | 25.37 | 11.53 | 1.395 |
| NOW | 5.00 | 2.27 | 64.99 | 28.60 | 13.00 | 1.573 |
| hard rhino | 1.10 | 0.50 | 14.99 | 29.98 | 13.63 | 1.649 |
| hard rhino | 2.20 | 1.00 | 27.99 | 27.99 | 12.72 | 1.539 |
| hard rhino | 11.00 | 5.00 | 104.99 | 21.00 | 9.54 | 1.155 |
| hard rhino | 22.00 | 10.00 | 199.99 | 20.00 | 9.09 | 1.100 |
| prices July 2014 | ||||||
| brand | pound | kg | price | per KG | per lb | per 55g serving |
| NOW | 10.00 | 4.55 | 119.82 | 26.36 | 11.98 | 1.450 |
| NOW | 5.00 | 2.27 | 71.02 | 31.25 | 14.20 | 1.719 |
| hard rhino | 1.10 | 0.50 | 14.99 | 29.98 | 13.63 | 1.649 |
| hard rhino | 2.20 | 1.00 | 27.99 | 27.99 | 12.72 | 1.539 |
| hard rhino | 11.00 | 5.00 | 135.99 | 27.20 | 12.36 | 1.496 |
| hard rhino | 22.00 | 10.00 | 265.99 | 26.60 | 12.09 | 1.463 |
With the price changes, it’s now less expensive to buy the 10 pound box of NOW wpi. Right as I started to write this paragraph I realized that, called Hard Rhino, and cancelled my order so I could order the NOW wpi from Amazon. Anyhow, as it stands the NOW whey protein isolate is currently the least expensive if you buy it in the 10 pound box.
Another cost increase is GNC Mega Man Sport. Ever since I started doing DIY you could get 50% off a second container if you bought 2 at the same time. Add a GNC Gold Card discount and you could get it for much less than the official $50 a container ($67.48 for two). Well the 50% off on the second container has ended. Your only option for a discount now is getting the Gold Card. Why do I stick with GNC? well to start with: it’s fun to have bright yellow pee from all the B vitamins! Seriously though there are a lot of things in the GNC that have been hinted at helping your body but don’t have a RDA. It’s also conveniently powdered and isn’t terribly expensive. Other people use vitamin pills from Kirkland to great effect, I just haven’t wanted to get into balancing out all the micro nutrients. I tried it once about 4 months ago but just came back to MaxK’s original recipe.
The end result is the cost of people chow has gone up some. It’s still cheaper than going to McDonalds every day (and far better for you) but cost increases suck. I still have some stuff I bought at the lower prices but (probably tomorrow) I’m going to raise the prices I charge people for a week of People Chow.
