just got my cytogainer yesterday. used to use gnc's weight gainer 1850. i can't even begin to explain how much better the cytogainer was.
the gnc gainer always had a chalky, dry taste to it, no matter what you blended it into, and always went down like cement. i mixed the cytogainer into the same amount of water as i'd mix the gnc kind into. i evened out the amount i used so that the calories were the same as what was in the gnc as well, so it was an even playing field on all levels.
that cytogainer was so much easier to put down, and i still got the same amount of calories. with the gnc brand, it would always leave me feeling like i just swallowed a brick. this other stuff left me feeling like i just had a regular meal. the only thing i didn't like was this cytogainer is way too sweet for my taste. it's the banana flavor just so all of you know. other than that though, no brick in the stomach feeling and went down smooth, so the good definitely outweighed the bad.
oh, another very important thing as well is the gnc brand would normally give me really bad gas afterwards unless i pounded down a bunch of digestive enzymes with it. i tried this cytogainer without any enzymes, and i got no gas from it, showing it's more readily digested which most likely means higher quality ingredients. the worst part of that is that gnc's brand already has digestive enzymes in it and cytogainers doesn't, yet it STILL managed to be digested far better!
so sad that gnc, one of the "supposed" biggest supplement manufacturers, can't even make a decent gainer. after finding this sites sponsor and these far better alternatives, i'll never be back to gnc again. i'd advise anyone else using gnc's gainers to switch as well, as the difference is like night and day. not saying cytogainer is best, but i can safely assume at this point that gnc's brand is one of the worst. look around and even if you don't like cytogainer, you should easily be able to find something better than the gnc brand.