The Pick & Mix Post // Brand Introductions

After a crispy, crunchy, choc-coated, cravings-killing low sugar snack? Well, of course you are!! No duh!Well, we're pleased and proud to announce, with the arrival of these epic multi-layered crisp protein bars, you can once again get your 'Forti-FIX' in the Mix!!FortiFX is a brand with a fair bit of heritage in the Mix....in fact, one of the first snacks I ever listed waaaay back in 2013 was the FortiFX Peanut Butter Cup bar (RIP)! The tasty triple-layer decadence of that one blew me away righ

Phew...we made it! Sunday evening!! Ever had one of those weekends where it feels like you need a weekend to recover from the weekend?! Wait...what? That's how EVERYONE feels the end of every weekend? Ah, right. That figures!!Whether a heavy night watching the rugby yesterday, dealing with snow chaos, doing some overdue payday spending or, you know, just stuck working, all too often Sunday evening is crucial downtime before a manic Monday kicks in...and one of my fave ways to switch-off? Watchin

It's official!! There's a new addiction sweeping through Team Pick&Mix...the utterly unexpected Spudsy Sweet Potato Puffs!! Forget popcorn...keep your chips, crisps and crunchers...trust us, puffs are where it's at, folks!Light but crispy, crunchy and hugely satisfying, these generous bags of fun, all natural puffed snacks have got to be the first sweet potato based snacks of their kind (if not? How have we missed this for so long!! They're AWESOME!) and did we mention they're flavoured

Whilst the enjoyment of tasty treats and hearty festive fare at this time of year is absolutely NOT something anyone should feel guilty about - unless you're that one heinous individual who selfishly snatches all the Maltesers out of the Celebrations tub! - an opportunity to appropriately (over)indulge that sweet-tooth without *totally* embracing diabetes is very welcome...and especially when we're talking things that taste THIS good!!With #NotGuilty firmly in mind, meet...Skinny Food Co!Skinny

Pink Friday behind us, it's time to introduce you to a brand new, outta-this-world-delicious CHOCOLATEY, CARAMELLY, CRUNCHY hazelnut-infused peanut butter from a, likewise, brand new company...SMACKDOWN Peanut Butter!This divine new handmade butter is the first to come out of the Smackdown PB blenders and we knew it had Pick&Mix written allll over it from the first spoonful!!Officially, 'Chocolate Salted Praline' is the flavour (sexy enough in its own right!!) but what this name signifi

...by the beard of Zeus, what have we here?! The shiny, new and utterly out of this world Superior Protein by Olympus Labs has INVADED the Mix!!We've got to start this by addressing the 'Trojan Horse' in the room...WHAT is going on with this branding?! Before we even get into the wonders lurking inside these tubs, it's got to be said that Olympus Labs have quite possibly the most distinctive and, well, MAD packaging we've ever seen; imagine 300 crossed with Star Trek by way of Tron and you're ab

BOOM!!! Here's something a little different, folks...the MTS Nutrition OUTRIGHT bar has made it the UK and in to the Mix!The isn't just another protein bar (although it DOES get you 15g of the good stuff...and in large part from MTS's own awesome whey isolate!) and nor is it just any old 'all natural' bar, either; Marc Lobliner's entrance to the functional food market was always going to 'upset the apple cart' a bit but we definitely didn't call THIS!We're going to save you the suspens

Our life's mission to collect every awesome sugarfree energy drink known to man at The Protein Pick and Mix took a MAJOR step forward today!! We're proud (and, now, that we've smashed through a bunch of cans, literally BUZZING) to introduce you UK/EU folks to 3D Energy, straight in from the States courtesy of the big man himself...the YouTube 'vlogging' sensation, Mr Christian Guzman (who, when he's not running gyms, Summer Shredding competitions or his Alphalete Clothing company,