Ensure Chocolate

Taste 4.3

86% of 3,248 Amazon ratings were 4 or 5 stars (Amazon shows no taste-only rating for this product). Customer ratings are about the whole product, and some may not be genuine.

Affordability 4.6

₹102 for one complete meal (55 g of the product + 190 ml water), as the directions say to take it. Compared with the cheapest of the meal replacement shakes we rate that are priced the same way: the cheapest scores 5, and twice its price scores 2.5. Amazon price ₹695 for 375 g on 8 Nov 2026.

Ingredient quality 2.9

• ✕Added sugar — About 10.3 g added sugar a serving (18.8 g per 100 g powder); sucrose and fructose addedPoor
• ~Carbohydrate quality, no fillers — Skimmed milk powder leads; maltodextrin is added as a filler, third on the list (the added sucrose and fructose are judged under Added sugar)Partly
• ~Fat quality — Saturated fat up to 4.0 of 11.5 g per 100 g (about 35%, just over a third); trans fat not more than 0.2 g per 100 g; high oleic sunflower and soy oils namedPartly
• ~Formula focused on the aim — Formulated for muscle strength, immunity and energy as we age, not for fullness or calorie controlPartly
• ✓Transparency — Every ingredient named on the pack label, a full nutrition panel with 32 nutrients, and amounts for cocoa and FOS; the seller's written list differs from the pack label, which we followGood
• ✓Additives of concern — No preservatives, non-nutritive sweeteners or artificial colours (colour is caramel); flavouring partly artificial; mixed tocopherol as antioxidantGood

Graded with our meal replacement shakes matrix (how we judge ingredients).

Formula and evidence 2.1

• ✓Calories per meal suit calorie control — About 231 kcal a serving: 55 g powder in 190 ml waterGood
• ✕Protein per meal, for fullness and muscle — About 8.3 g protein a serving (15.1 g per 100 g powder)Poor
• ✕Fibre per meal, for fullness — About 1.9 g fibre a serving, all fructo-oligosaccharide; no other fibre declaredPoor
• ✓Vitamins and minerals for a complete meal — 32 nutrients: a broad vitamin and mineral mix, each with amounts on the label (image 2)Good

Formula 2.1 of 5 × category evidence 2.5 of 2.5 ÷ 2.5: the science counts only as far as this product is like the ones studied. Meal replacements are among the most studied dietary approaches for weight management: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials found greater weight reduction at one year than food-based diets (Astbury et al., Obesity Reviews, 2019). Each 55 g serving made with water gives 231 kcal with 8.3 g protein, 1.9 g fibre (FOS) and 10.3 g added sugar, as shown on the listing. The pack is sold as a nutrition supplement for adults, not as a meal replacement. This does not promise any result.