Product Ratings
Rated for weight management
Each product is rated only on how well it suits weight management, from its taste, affordability, ingredients and evidence. Ranked within its own category
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Meal replacement shakes
Shakes sold to replace a meal. Meal replacement bars are rated in their own category.
7 rated
Top rated:
NeuMeal
Nutty Harmony4.5
out of 5
Very good fit for weight management
Effervescent tablets
Fizzy tablets dissolved in water, sold to support weight management, each rated on its own main active.
1 rated
Top rated:
Plix (The Plant Fix)
Apple Cider Vinegar with the Mother Bubbly Effervescent, Apple Flavour1.4
out of 5
Poor fit for weight management
Powder supplements
Powders sold to support weight management (fibre, L-carnitine, protein and other actives), each rated on its own main active.
1 rated
Top rated:
The Good Bug
Metabolically Lean Synbiotic SuperGut Powder Lemon2.2
out of 5
Limited fit for weight management
Newest ratings
Plix (The Plant Fix)
Apple Cider Vinegar with the Mother Bubbly Effervescent, Apple Flavour
1st of 1 in effervescent tablets
1.4
out of 5
Poor fit for weight management
- Formula and evidence
- 0.0
- Ingredient quality
- 2.5
- Taste
- 3.7
- Affordability
- 2.5
NeuMeal
Spicy
3rd of 7 in meal replacement shakes
4.0
out of 5
Good fit for weight management
- Formula and evidence
- 4.3
- Ingredient quality
- 4.6
- Taste
- 3.5
- Affordability
- 2.5
Horlicks
PRO Fitness Chocolate Flavour
5th of 7 in meal replacement shakes
3.8
out of 5
Good fit for weight management
- Formula and evidence
- 3.6
- Ingredient quality
- 4.2
- Taste
- 4.0
- Affordability
- 3.6
The Good Bug
Metabolically Lean Synbiotic SuperGut Powder Lemon
1st of 1 in powder supplements
2.2
out of 5
Limited fit for weight management
- Formula and evidence
- 1.0
- Ingredient quality
- 4.0
- Taste
- 3.8
- Affordability
- 2.5
How we rate
Formula and evidence
How closely the formula matches the products science has studied for weight management, times how strong that science is. No promise of results.
Ingredient quality
How clean and clear the label is: sugar, fillers, fat, transparency and additives, with a matrix for each category.
Taste
Our reviewer's own tasting, or else Amazon customer ratings (needs at least 30). Each page says which.
Affordability
Price of one complete meal, or per gram of the main ingredient. The cheapest scores 5; twice its price scores 2.5.
The overall rating weights them: formula and evidence 50%, ingredient quality 20%, taste 15% and affordability 15%. Limits are not averaged in, so good scores elsewhere cannot hide them: a missing FSSAI licence number caps the rating at 2.0, a prohibited claim at 2.5, no reliable evidence or an unsafe dose at 1.5, and a weak formula at 3.4. Payment never changes a rating. Full methodology.
What is in these products? Our ingredient guide explains each active ingredient: its FSSAI status, the dose used in studies and what the research says.