These powders are packed with nutrient-dense fruits and veggies, vitamins, and minerals, but don’t think of them as replacements for the real thing. Instead, they’ll give a potent boost to your morning or post-workout beverage. Even better, they’re entirely portable and don’t taste half bad.
1. Nuun’s ($30 for 60 servings) adds vitamins A through E to your water, and not a single gram of sugar.
2. The raisins, eggplant, and other fruits and veggies that make up Health Kismet’s ($40 for 30 servings) are high in anthocyanins, which control blood-sugar levels and assist cognitive function.
3. Just because you’re traveling doesn’t mean you have to downgrade your diet. Aloha’s ($19 for six servings) contains two helpings of fruits and vegetables, including moringa, one of the planet’s most nutrient-dense foods, and spirulina for your protein fix.
4. Studies have shown that the nitric oxide in beets can increase stamina during exercise. But eating enough of them on race day? No fun. Neogenis Sport ($30 for ten servings) promises the boost without the GI distress; each packet contains the nutrients of six beets.
5. Why eat blueberries in powder form? Because they don’t pack well and they’re expensive when they aren’t in season. Arctic Power Berries ($12 for ten servings) crushes more than a pound of them into each 50-gram bag.
6. Turmeric is a natural anti-inflammatory, thanks to the antioxidant curcumin, which blocks the molecules related to chronic swelling. MegaFood’s ($20 for 30 servings) mixes easily into a smoothie and doesn’t make it taste like, well, turmeric.
Get Yours Custom-Made: ($65 per month) is like a bespoke tailor. The company determines your specific deficiencies via an exhaustive questionnaire, then mixes up a special batch and mails it to you. The nutrition label can get encyclopedic, but the powder comes in simple chocolate or vanilla.