I blended strawberries and bananas together then put the vsl3ds in and mixed it once more. Can't taste it at all

I'm glad you posted this. I mix it with OJ and the same type of juice  you have described  Never heard acidity could impact the probiotic. I also have success w yogurt. If you pick one w berries etc in it it may help it go down easier. I often just hold my breath if mixing with water and gulp it down and you can eat something right after to help also.

I drink it straight in about a 1/4 cup water.  No problem at all with the taste.  To me it tastes good, just as good as protein powder or metamucil powder.  You guys should try drinking liquid potassium or volumen some time.  There are many far more vile substances that those of us with IBD must consume.  VSL#3 DS is a vanilla milkshake compared to lots of stuff.

 

I firmly believe that it's mental in your head.  I took a first date out for sushi a few weeks ago- she never had it before, and it was her idea - and watching her try to get down a piece of tekka maki was really something else, a total comedy show.  The stuff is the bomb, raw tuna you know, and very, very high grade, but she looked like she had swallowed a large dose of cyanide.  It's 100% mental, in your head, between the ears.  Stop fighting it! Just rear back and let it fly down your throat like a shot of Fireball.

We don't all experience taste the same way. Some of us cannot even register tastes that others find quite strong. So, you cannot really say it is mental and just slam it back. Gagging is a reflex. 

 

I suppose you could buy some empty gelatin capsules and fill them with the VSL#3. Don't know how many capsules that would take though.

 

Jan 

l put VSL#3D in my protein drink.   Protein  powder, Almond milk, coconut water, water, banana, baby spinach and what ever else you want to add. I always have a bowl of oatmeal about an hour before taking the drink.  It really doesn't bother me but I do have more bowl movements.  Does anyone have any answers to that?  I always take the VSL in morning and take the antibiotics at night.  I try to get as much calories so I can gain  weight.  I am struggling with that.      Grace

I mix two sachets into approximately one tablespoon of plain or honey flavoured  full fat Greek yoghurt and I do not taste any odd flavour but when I use a lower fat yoghurt (flavoured or otherwise ) it tastes very odd. The lower fat products also seem to change to a more slimey consistency which seems umpleasant when the powder is added.

Try the full fat product and see if it helps

I've never heard of the acidity in juice destroying VSL#3 before.  I've heard the acidity of our digestive systems might do so and consider that wrong.  If it was all wiped out with acidity then no one would ever benefit using it.  Has anyone else heard of this? The box my VSL#3DS comes in reads "can be mixed into any cold, non-carbonated beverage or any cold food such as yogurt, ice cream or applesauce, and then consumed...".  

 

I've had it in applesauce, yogurt, ice cream, pudding and protein smoothies that contain fruits & vegetables without any problem. The thing it tasted gross in was cottage cheese. My taste buds changed after the surgeries.  Some things I use to love I don't like anymore or are too spicy.  After my husband's surgery he thought coffee didn't taste the same for a while.  So I understand how someone wouldn't like the way something tastes.  

The VSL#3 website states that any noncarbonated drink or food is fine to mix, as long as it is not hot. It is heat that affects the probiotics. Your stomach acid is much more caustic than anything you can drink.

 

http://www.vsl3.com/discover/faq.asp

 

Jan

I couldn't stand the taste either, so my doctor said to take any probiotic (regardless of research studies on VSL).   I have taken Align (in capsule form) for almost 2 years with only one episode of pouchitis (which was probably related to my taking Advil at the time anyway).

I just started taking VSL DS last month.  I tried it once with water and hated the taste. I now mix it with cinnamon applesauce and that works really well for me.