SlimFast Review (UPDATE: 2020)

What is SlimFast?

SlimFast is a company that specializes in diet shakes, prepackaged meals, diet bars, and weight loss snacks. This brand was first established back in 1977. The company headquarters is located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The core focus of this brand is weight loss and diet products.

Specifically, this range of products includes the original SlimFast shake (ready to drink), meal replacement bars, snack bars, and meal replacement shake mixes. All of these supplements are available online and in common stores such as Walgreens, Target, Walmart, CVS Pharmacy, and grocery stores.

Here are the retail prices for these diet products.

SlimFast Shakes - $54.98 (20 shakes)

Meal Replacement Bars - $9.68 (5 bars)

Snack Bars - $6.93 (6 bars)

Shake Powder - $16.99 (31.18 ounces)

SlimFast Product Specifics

SlimFast is the number one favorite weight loss plan in America, according to the company website. In order to follow this program, you simply replace two of your daily meals with the Slim Fast shakes or bars. The shakes come in flavors such as French vanilla, strawberries and cream, cappuccino delight, and creamy milk chocolate. The bar flavors include chocolate mint, chewy chocolate crisp, peanut butter, double chocolate, chocolate cookie dough, chocolate fudge brownie, and chocolate peanut caramel.

You are allowed to have up to three 100-caloire snacks each day as well. This is where the Slim Fast snack bars come into the picture. Each bar only has 100 calories, and these snack bars come in flavors like greek yogurt and honey, peanut butter crunch time, chocolate mint, and double dutch chocolate.

The nutrients each SlimFast shake provides are 10 grams of protein, 5 grams of dietary fiber, 220 calories, 2.5 grams of fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 35 grams of sugar, and 24 different vitamins and minerals. These ready-to-drink diet shakes are both kosher and gluten-free. However, they do contain dairy. A complete list of ingredients for the SlimFast creamy milk chocolate flavor shake is listed below.

SlimFast Ingredients
  • Fat Free Milk
  • Water 
  • Sugar
  • Cocoa Processed with Alkali
  • Canola Oil
  • Milk Protein Concentrate 
  • Fructose
  • Gum Arabic
  • Cellulose Gel
  • Mono and Diglycerides
  • Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
  • High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • Potassium Phosphate
  • Maltodextrin
  • Soy Lecithin
  • Cellulose Gum
  • Carrageenan
  • Natural and Artificial Flavor
  • Sodium Bicarbonate
  • Sucralose and Acesulfame Potassium Nonnutritive Sweeteners
  • Sodium Citrate
  • Citric Acid
  • Magnesium Phosphate
  • Calcium Phosphate
  • Sodium Ascorbate
  • Vitamin E Acetate
  • Zinc Gluconate
  • Ferric Orthophosphate
  • Niacinamide
  • Calcium Pantothenate
  • Manganese Sulfate
  • Vitamin A Palmitate
  • Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
  • Riboflavin
  • Thiamin Mononitrate
  • Folic Acid
  • Chromium Chloride
  • Biotin
  • Sodium Molybdate
  • Potassium Iodine
  • Phylloquinone Vitamin K1
  • Sodium Selenite
  • Cyanocobalamin Vitamin B12
  • Cholecalciferol Vitamin D3
SlimFast Pros
  • Healthy meal recipes are provided on the SlimFast website. 
  • These shakes and bars are very convenient. 
  • This company has been around since 1977. 
  • These shakes provide a decent amount of protein and fiber. 
  • There are several flavors available. 
  • It is easy to find these diet products in common stores. 
SlimFast Cons
  • Some people will not want to replace two meals a day with a shake or bar. 
  • There are artificial sweeteners used in SlimFast products. 
  • There are a lot of customer complaints about the price increase for these diet shakes. 
  • Some people complain about the taste of these shakes and bars. 
  • Each shake contains a lot of sugar. 
The Skinny on SlimFast 

There is no doubt that SlimFast has stood the test of time in the diet market. Clearly plenty of women and men are still buying these shakes and bars to aid with weight loss. The variety of products has certainly increased over the years, but clearly the price has gone up significantly as well. If you take a look at online customer reviews, you will see a lot of complaints about the price increase for Slim Fast supplements. One thing is for sure, you have to be committed to replacing two meals a day with these shakes and bars. This may prove challenging for many dieters. 

2 comments:

  1. These Slimfast shakes will give you diarrhea. Trust me, I tried this diet for a couple of weeks. Diarrhea like crazy. Must be all the sugar in them. Maybe the bars are the way to go. Not sure. Carol

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  2. Yikes! You are right. It could definitely be the sugar. If you are not drinking plenty of water as well, this could also be a factor. Thanks for the honest feedback.

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