I stumbled on BPI Sports Best Aminos BCAAs with Glutamine truly by chance one day. It was on sale at my local Walgreens, and I was running low on my other BCAAs, so I thought I might as well grab it and give it a shot. It's been about a month of me drinking these BCAAs daily, and I've used it all but maybe a scoop or two, so I think I've tested it thoroughly to give a good review.<br /><br />Pros:<br /><br />A look at the nutritional breakdown of the Best Aminos BCAAs shows the three essential branched chain amino acids in a 2-1-1 ratio, which is commonly recommended as the optimum ration of absorption and protein synthesis in the body So, seeing those on the supplement label is no surprise, as that's what we're paying for, right?<br /><br />I did ;some research on the benefits of the other ingredients in the CLA Matrix, and here's a quick breakdown:<br /><br />Safflower oil: can be beneficial for high cholesterol and seems to be overall beneficial for heart health.<br />Avocado Oil Powder: seems to provide the same benefits as consuming avocados, providing healthy fat and other cholesterol/heart healthy benefits.<br />Coconut oil powder: provides the multiple benefits of coconut oil<br />Agmatine: this is a biprouct of arginine, another amino acid found in the body. Agmatine can increase energy production and lower cortisol levels.<br />Glutamine: Lastly, the holy grail of many supplements, glutamine is said to encourage the rebuilding of muscles and to enhance recovery.<br /><br />So overall, it's looking like BPI Sports packed some pretty good energy boosters and supplementary ingredients for their consumers. Of course, do your own research and if for any reason you have an allergy to a listed ingredient it's important you fully inspect the ingredient list.<br /><br />I take my BCAAs first thing in the morning to help me wake up, because I can't stand coffee and I've found that in general, BCAAs do give me a nice energy boost. Most people take BCAAs as an intra-workout, or post-workout, but it's always worked best taking them first thing in the morning for me. I do think that BPI's Best Aminos helped give me energy in the morning, and on days after lifting, it helped eliminated DOMS. The purpose of BCAAs is to encourage protein synthesis, and I certainly feel that my muscles have been growing efficiently and easily--however, I've been taking protein supplements are other things like creatine, so while I can't quite give these BCAAs the credit, I can say that they've worked well together with the other supplements in my arsenal to keep these gains coming fast.<br /><br />Cons:<br />Here's the tough part of this review. These Best Aminos aren't quite the &quot;best&quot; at everything. One thing that I truly had trouble with the flavor. I opted for Fruit Punch because that's usually safe flavor for me, and I just really love fruit punch in general. However, there's a VERY strong chemical taste to this product, it tastes almost like cough syrup to me. I played around with different levels of dilution with water, adding more, using less, and the result was always the same. It was this very strong artificially sweet flavor. And here's the thing--my dad was a candy salesman ;almost my entire life--I can handle sweetness. But this flavor wasn't a good kind. I suspect the culprit is one of the artificial sweetners, possibly the Acesulfame-K. Now, for me, this flavor wasn't absolutely unbearable, but it did make me have to chug my BCAAs rather quickly and get them down in just a few gulps. Normally, I like to sip on these in the morning while I get settled in at work, but I really couldn't do that with these.<br /><br />Another small gripe I had with these was a slight clumpiness. I tried both methods of putting the powder into a cup already filled with water, and then conversely putting the water into a cup already filled with the BCAA powder. Both methods lead to little powder clumps that float around and even with vigorous shaking of my blender bottle, I'd sometimes have to grab a spoon and press the clumps out.<br /><br />Last last issue I had was more of a personal nitpick, but I really hate FD&amp;C Red No. 40 dye. Firstly, I don't quite understand its purpose in this particular product because I don't think it needs to be any certain color. I get it, red makes you think of fruit punch so it's a color coordination thing. But there are other, better ways to get red color as well. If I could make a formula change, I'd immediately eliminate the Red No. 40.<br /><br />Final Verdict: I'm not unhappy with the BPI Sports Best Aminos BCAAs, but I wasn't too impressed either. I'm open to trying their other flavors, but I will heavily research and make sure the tastes of the other flavors isn't so chemical-y.

I don't like the fact that the bottle is only half full so I'm not sure if customers are actually getting what they pay for.<br />It's a little like false advertising.

I’m an avid hiker, I hike 400+ miles a year and I have been looking for a way to recover faster and not be as sore the next day. A friend of mine who is always at the gym suggested a BCAA recovery drink. I ended up getting this. The fruint punch flavor isn’t bad but I’ve noticed that even with 20oz of water one scoop doesn’t completely dissolve. I don’t mind though, it still works. Since taking this I wake up the next morning with much less soreness than before and feel more alive. So I’d say this works for me! I will keep buying

The Fruit Punch has a great flavor. Less artificial sweetener after taste than a lot of the others I've tried. I have not used it long enough to speak on how well it works.<br />For those complaining that the tub is not full of powder. This is the same for all brands, and is why they put the # of servings on the label. Maybe you should read it before you post your negative reviews

Opened the container and it was only half full. Complete rip off. NEVER AGAIN!

Flavor is okay kinda Gritty at the end of drink but it still does the job. Makes muscle recovery so much easier after leg day!