Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love Beet Root, and is an important part of my diet during training. You are probably wondering what the difference is between this beet root powder and other more expensive beet root juice powders. I don't have any analytical data to show differences in nitrate composition, for example. However I can tell you qualitatively they are quite different in terms of how you can use/prepare them. Beet root JUICE powder is often spray dried from extracted juice, and it's possible it was heat treated during the extraction. However. the JUICE powder dissolves very nicely in water, and is fairly pleasant to drink by itself. The powder (from products I've used) is often very dark violet. Beet root powder (here) looks to be ground up dehydrated beets, so all the other fibrous material is included. The powder does not dissolve as nicely as the juice-based powder, and has a somewhat chalky grittiness to it and not the clean taste you get from just beet root juice. The powder is a lighter violet than juice-based powders. On the basis of cost, the Beet root powder (here) is a much better bang for the buck. If you need to get one cup of beet root juice equivalent per day, you will burn through the expensive juice-based powders (over $30/pound) whereas you can stock up with a 5kg supply of powder, deal with the slight chalky grittiness by just diluting with more water, and not worry about the taste. After all, you're probably stacking beet root with beta alanine or HMB or other supplements so who cares about taste at that point. Edit: Just measuring out and shaking/blending the powder, while most convenient, doesn't give the best results. There are some hard powder clumps that just take a long time to dissolve. What I've found that helps with the taste and preparation problems is to put the powder in a large 2L nalgene bottle, fill it with water, shake, and leave it in the fridge. The particles eventually dissolve, and the gritty part seems to segregate and settle, I think you can decant the good part which I've tasted and is quite tolerable. Edit 2: You might not want to have too large a supply of dissolved powder in the fridge. There are no preservatives in the raw powder, so there is nothing to keep it from spoiling. I've learned this the hard way. A 5 day supply that I let stretch out to 10 days didn't have any noticeable funk, but it did have an impact on my digestive system, and perhaps also on my muscles. I would say, drink your dissolved powder within a day or two, and wash the container thoroughly each time. Edit 3: A friend suggested that I could use coffee filters and a french press to separate the sludge from the juice after dissolving. I've tried just coffee filters and gravity (takes forever, more trouble than it's worth, I think) but have not tried the french press method (I don't drink coffee, and don't have a french press) but it might be worth it for some of you who can't tolerate the sludge part.