The new falvours!

[Pyrre]

Hello fellow Jake users!
This thread is made for prople who want to get a general idea of what the new flavours are like (I'm one of them!)

At first I would always drink Jake as is, and only with water, the taste is VERY oaty, which I'm not hating on.. it's just not a very tasty taste (this is in my own opinion), later I tried it with milk instead and yuck! for some reason it only tastes like salt then I tried to mix it with banana, and it was then I met heaven! It's soooo tasty! Now I can barely drink the shake without banana mixed in!

So.. How well does these new flavours add up to ones expertations?
Are they still VERY oaty with a hint of either banana or Forest Fruits? I mean .. the Vanilla flavour should be named Barely Vanilla

EDIT: Before anyone throws a tantrum, I know it says OATY Vanilla.. but still!

[NXS]

Oh dang you've already had the banana flavoured one? Luckily, I was just running out so I just ordered in Banana and Forest Fruits.

Can't wait

(Just kidding waited for about 2 years now)

[Pyrre]

Not sure if I don't understand what you mean or if you missread what I said, I've sadly only had Jake Light Oaty Vanilla mixed with one whole banana. And that tastes SOOO GEEEEEWD!

[NXS]

Oh my bad, misread that one. Have you tried it with strawberries though? It's goood

Also tried it with lemon ... don't try it with lemon. In fact, anything sour doesn't mix well. However, try eating an orange BEFORE having your shake. No idea what happens, but it's glorious.

[JariKay]

Oh yes, I tried Forest Fruit today.

I was expecting something sweet but it wasn't. It's fresh. Like actual fruit fresh. I already liked the vanilla one, but I definitely prefer this now

[Pyrre]

I just got my Forest Fuit, and oh god.. is it horrible or what?

I've tried:
Jake Original Oaty Vanilla
Jake Light Oaty Vanilla
Jake Light Forest Fruit
Jake bar banana and cinnamon

What tastes good:
Jake Oaty Vanilla mixed in a blender with 1 banana

My legit reactions to Jake bar and Forest Fruit flavour:

EDIT: Click on the picture to view the whole thing..

I'm also very sad that I've put so much money on useless stuff... I mean I gave away my entire Jake Bar box with 20 (19) bars in it, becuase I really couln't stand the flavour, and now THIS!.. grrr... I'm gonna try and see if I can tolerate the taste if I mix forest fruit with a banana... otherwise I've just thrown 119 euro in the lake.. I'm super annoyed at the moment!

[tritri24]

Same here, we didn't like the new flavors. We're eating it just because we don't want to waste money... but it is a pitty to have dinners like that

[Flackster]

Same here. Just bought banana and forest fruits and it’s taste very bitter.
Used 6 meals of 20 and never finished any of the make ones.
Don’t know what to do with this rest 14 meals

[Pyrre]

Yeah.. one could wonder if they actually tasted their product before releasing it

[Thorleif]

Banana is not my favourite either. Bought 20 to try it out...4 left today! Will not be re-ordering.

Forest fruit is not bad, but in the future I will probably just stick to oaty vanilla, and rather add the flavouring I want some times.

I often use 1 table-spoon of pure dark cocoa-powder in my jake oaty vanilla, and it tasts quite nice IMO. Also quite healthy actually. Another 2 tsp of instant coffee, and i get a kick-ass mocha-choca breakfast shake

[Johan_Bartholomeus]

Same here, Ordered 40 of the forest fruit (used to have vanilla oates light and loved it)....not edible, extreme bitter plus it came down wrong on my stomach as well, used one, the rest is for the bin im afraid

[JetroP]

I really like the new flavours, forest is a bitter but nothing wrong with the Banana. then again, have been eating Jake for a year so i just love the change and prolly makes me biased lol.

you could try experimenting, add some honey to remove the bitterness, I personally hope that Jake will start bringing out new flavours on a more regular basis

[Nico]

I received a box of both the new flavours last week and must say I also really don't like the Forest Fruit flavour. Too bitter and shakes harder, and also a bit harder to get away. adding more water helped.

The new Banana flavour is a bit synthetical, but I liked the flavour. A bit harder to shake, but I can work with that. So I emailed Jake if I could switch my remaining Forest Fruit shakes for Banana shakes. Quick reaction that this was not a problem at all, after providing them with the tracking page for the returned shipment, he even made sure to ship me a new full box the same day, so I didn't had to wait before the shipment was returned and processed in their warehouse before it was shipped to me. Although I had to pay for shipping the returned meals myself, which was not a lot since I live in the Netherlands, where their warehouse is located, this great customer service definitely made me happy.

Maybe worth trying to email Jake for some of you who don't like the new flavours.

[Pyrre]

I will agree with that they have really good customer service and they offered the same thing to me, my issue is that I live in Sweden and it is alot more expensive for me

I will send it back tho because I really can't make the forest fruit ones to taste good, I tried adding different stuff like strawberries but nothing made it better.

I just have to wait untill my next payday to afford sending it back

[Pyrre]

That was some interesting suggestions, I will have to try them out

[Pyrre]

I just got my first order of Jake Banana, I'm deeply disappointed how much I hate the new flavours... WHY?! why can't they just taste even a little good?! I think I can mix the banana flavour with real banana and make it doable atleast.. still sit with my 2 boxes of Forest fruit that I can't make taste good in any way possible with added stuff....
I'm just so very disappointed..

EDIT: I must say I got abit over my head when I felt the need to just shout out in the forum that the banana was horrible aswell, because the taste is actually very doable. I have to note that the taste is very bitter, exactly like the one in forest fruit, but the after taste is banana instead of in forest fruit the aftertaste is just pure bitterness...

[henrik]

I ordered the sample pack to try the new flavors. The bars are excellent (but I knew that).

I had high hopes for the banana flavor, but like a couple of others I was unable to finish it all. To me it tasted as if something was wrong with it(though I doubt that to be the case). The banana bar has a bit of a synthetic banana flavor that I like. It reminds me of McDonalds banana shake from my childhood and was hoping the shake would taste in the ballpark of that.

I did not enjoy the forest fruit either. The vanilla flavor works very well, so I would encourage you to keep experimenting.

[Johan_Bartholomeus]

I add a fresh banana and sugar to mask the taste of the forest fruit, as suggested above. That works for me, but ill be going back to vanilla light after this

[Thom]

From my experience, the light vanilla shake is best. I've come to appreciate the flavour more and more over time. It's subtle, has different enjoyable hints and is very balanced - no particular flavour drowns out the others and the texture is very smooth at 350 ml water. Close to perfect.

I can appreciate what they've tried with forest fruit. It's not too sweet and kind of sour, which also holds true for actual fruit. However, a lot of bad flavours shine through. Chemical flavouring, bitter hints, a grittier texture and an aftertaste that doesn't really match the shake.

Banana is better but in many ways the same as forest fruit. Also, vanilla works nicely in combination with fruit, coffee and cacao, which is a plus. Vanilla + a banana > Banana. Whilst banana and forest fruit don't seem to mix as well.

[Pyrre]

Thank you, you explained it very well, and it's exactly what I think also!
Just the difference with me is that I take even more than 400ml water, I always fill the jake shake bottle till it just hits above the bottom of the Jake loggo on the bottle, which is roughly 450ml i think.