Huel Complete Protein is a nutritionally complete vegan protein powder that is high in protein with 20g per 105 kcal serve, sugar-free, and contains fibre and all 26 vitamins and minerals.
Huel Complete Protein contains no lactose, soy, or any animal products.
Huel Complete Protein meets the Japanese Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) for macro- and all micronutrients [1]. Unlike Huel Powder and Black Edition, which are both 400kcal meals, Complete Protein should not be used as a meal for your sole source of nutrition. It’s perfect any time to give your body a quick protein boost whenever you need it.
Continue reading to find out more about Huel Complete Protein.
The principal macronutrients that we obtain energy from food are carbohydrate, fat, protein, and fibre. Unlike Huel Powder and Black Edition, Complete Protein is not a meal – as such, the macronutrient ratio is 12:10:75:3 respectively; i.e only 12% of the energy comes from carbohydrates, 10% from fat, a whopping 75% from protein and 3% from fibre.
Amino acids are the most basic units of protein, and several amino acids are essential for life, with others being crucial for good health, so any diet should include a significant amount of protein, especially if you’re an active individual.
There are also fatty acids that are essential for life and good health, so including sources of fat is crucial too. Even though Huel Complete Protein has been formulated primarily to provide protein and thereby has very little fat, we’ve incorporated additional essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6, ensuring that it’s nutritionally complete.
Carbohydrates, however, are not as essential. Although carbs have significant benefits to sustaining even energy levels, some people prefer to have a lower intake of carbs for some meals and snacks. We’ve designed Huel Complete Protein at ratios to suit people who are looking for a high protein, low carb snack.
The DRI for protein is 81g per day, but this only covers our very basic needs and prevents protein deficiency [1]. If you’re an active individual or someone who frequently participates in exercise, most likely the 81g DRI for protein will not be sufficient to meet your increased demands for protein.
When we exercise, regardless of the type i.e endurance or strength-based exercise, we experience an increased rate of muscle protein breakdown. For the body to recover from exercise and adapt, it needs to be provided with the building blocks of protein, i.e. amino acids.
The ‘optimal’ amount of protein in a meal to maximally stimulate muscle protein synthesis (MPS), in other words, the process of building new muscle, falls somewhere between 20-40g protein for healthy individuals. The range is dependent upon the individual’s lean mass (the amount of muscle someone has), height, the type of exercise you do, metabolic rate and other factors [2]. Huel Complete Protein provides 20g protein per serve.
Huel Complete Protein is suitable for vegans made from a unique blend of three plant protein sources, brown rice, faba, and pea, and provides adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids. Typically, vegan protein powders are notorious for having a poor flavour profile; however, we’ve combined the more brown rice and pea proteins and layered them with faba protein to produce a smooth and creamy profile.
Protein is made up of amino acids. There are over 500 amino acids in nature, 20 of which are known as the standard amino acids as these are the ones that are coded genetically and are subsequently involved in primary protein synthesis in animals. Of these 20, nine are essential as they cannot be synthesized from other amino acids.
The nine essential amino acids are:
The other eleven are:
All protein sources are not equal: some are classed as ‘complete proteins’ and some are not. A complete protein contains sufficient quantities of all nine essential amino acids (EAAs). Generally, proteins derived from animal foods (meat, fish, poultry, milk and eggs) are complete. Indeed, some proteins derived from plant foods (legumes, seeds, grains and vegetables) are often complete as well; examples include soybeans, quinoa, buckwheat, hempseed. Many plant foods have insufficient amounts of one or more of the EAAs, and are thereby considered ‘incomplete’. Some are notably low, such as corn protein, which is low in lysine and isoleucine.
Animal-based proteins e.g. whey – which are ‘complete proteins’ – are often thought of as superior compared to many individual ‘incomplete’ plant-based proteins. However, when two or more plant based proteins are combined, often the resulting total EAAs content is plenty. The protein in Huel Complete Protein comes from three of the main ingredients: brown rice protein, faba protein and pea protein. This ensures a good range of all amino acids and that there are sufficient amounts of the EAAs. Brown rice protein is high in the sulphur-containing amino acids cysteine and methionine, plus it contains good amounts of all the others but is comparatively low in lysine. The pea and faba proteins are lower in cysteine and methionine but high in lysine. This is why we selected these three sources, ensuring everything was covered whilst keeping Huel Complete Protein vegan-suitable.
Why does the total amount of EAAs matter? Well, it appears that only the EAAs are required for kick-starting the process of rebuilding/making new proteins otherwise known as muscle protein synthesis [3]. Three of the EAAs are categorised as branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), and these are leucine, isoleucine and valine. Not only are BCAAs substrates of the MPS process, but leucine is of particular importance as it acts as a stimulatory signal for MPS [4] – think of it as the ignition of a car engine. Huel Complete Protein has a total of 7.2g EAAs and 3.3g BCAAs per serve.
The fibre in Huel Complete Protein is a mixture of soluble and insoluble forms. The fibre content of Huel Complete Protein helps to ensure the formation of normal, solid stools in healthy users.
Many of the vitamins and minerals – also known as micronutrients – in Huel Complete Protein are from natural ingredients. However, to meet the demands of a Western lifestyle, we’ve added a unique vitamin and mineral formula to provide, in some cases, more than 100% of the recommended amounts. There have been numerous studies demonstrating that, for many micronutrients, levels higher than the DR! may have beneficial effects to health.
For example, it’s widely considered that the amount of vitamin C we’re recommended to consume is too low [5-7], so we’ve added a high inclusion in the Huel Complete Protein formula. The benefits of consuming more vitamin C include a healthy immune system, healthy skin and antioxidant properties, and it also helps the absorption of some minerals like iron and zinc [7].
Choline is a conditionally essential vitamin, and although, strictly speaking, it can be synthesised in our bodies, it’s more efficient to obtain it from our diets [8]. It’s of particular importance for postmenopausal women [9,10]. As Huel is all about optimum health, the inclusion of choline was felt to be fundamental.
Huel Complete Protein is a nutritionally complete plant-based protein powder; it contains fibre, vitamins & minerals and essential amino acids (EAAs). Unlike Huel Powder and Black Edition, Complete Protein should not be used as a meal for your sole source of nutrition. It’s perfect any time to give your body a quick protein boost whenever you need it.
チョコレートファッジブラウニー味
原材料:えんどう豆蛋白、そら豆たんぱく、玄米たんぱく、ココアパウダー、亜麻仁油パウダー、食塩、納豆菌エキ スパウダー、昆布パウダー/香料、塩化K、クエン酸K、安定剤(キサンタンガム)、炭酸Ca、リン酸 Mg、V.C、甘味料(ステビア抽出物、スクラロース)、V.A、ナイアシン、V.D、パントテン酸Ca、V.B12、V.B6、V.B2、酸化防止剤(V.E)、V.B1 、葉酸
本品で使用している海藻は、えび・かにが生息する海域で採取しています。
ストロベリークリーム味
原材料:えんどう豆蛋白、そら豆たんぱく、玄米たんぱく、水溶性食物繊維、亜麻仁油パウダー、納豆菌エキ スパウダー、昆布パウダー/香料、塩化K、クエン酸K、安定剤(キサンタンガム)、炭酸Ca、リン酸 Mg、V.C、甘味料(スクラロース)、V.A、ナイアシン、V.D、パントテン酸Ca、V.B12、V.B6、V.B2、酸化防止剤(V.E)、V.B1 、葉酸
本品で使用している海藻は、えび・かにが生息する海域で採取しています。
バニラキャラメル味
原材料:えんどう豆蛋白、そら豆たんぱく、玄米たんぱく、亜麻仁油パウダー、水溶性食物繊維、納豆菌エキ スパウダー、昆布パウダー/香料、塩化K、クエン酸K、安定剤(キサンタンガム)、炭酸Ca、リン酸 Mg、V.C、甘味料(スクラロース、ステビア抽出物)、V.A、ナイアシン、V.D、パントテン酸Ca、V.B12、V.B6、V.B2、酸化防止剤(V.E)、V.B1 、葉酸
本品で使用している海藻は、えび・かにが生息する海域で採取しています。
チョコレートファッジブラウニー味
原材料:えんどう豆蛋白、そら豆たんぱく、玄米たんぱく、ココアパウダー、亜麻仁油パウダー、食塩、納豆菌エキ スパウダー、昆布パウダー/香料、塩化K、クエン酸K、安定剤(キサンタンガム)、炭酸Ca、リン酸 Mg、V.C、甘味料(ステビア抽出物、スクラロース)、V.A、ナイアシン、V.D、パントテン酸Ca、V.B12、V.B6、V.B2、酸化防止剤(V.E)、V.B1 、葉酸
本品で使用している海藻は、えび・かにが生息する海域で採取しています。
Each bag contains 1.51kg
Serving size: 29g
Per 29g serving | Per 2000kcal | |
Energy | 105kcal | 2000kcal |
Protein | 20g | 373g |
Fat | 1g | 26g |
saturated fatty acids | 0.4g | 7g |
n-3 Fatty Acids | 0.1g | 2g |
n-6 Fatty Acids | 0.6g | 10.5g |
cholesterol | 0mg | 0mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 5g | 87g |
carbohydrate | 3g | 50g |
sugar content | 0g | 2g |
fibre | 2g | 37g |
Salt Equivalent | 0.5g | 9g |
Each bag contains 1.51kg
Serving size: 29g
Per 29g serving | Per 2000kcal | Per 29g serving compared to Japanese guidelines (%)* | Per 2000kcal compared to Japanese guidelines (%)** | |
Zinc | 2.4mg | 45mg | 27% | 511% |
Potassium | 410mg | 7800mg | 15% | 279% |
Calcium | 131mg | 2500mg | 19% | 368% |
Chromium | 5µg | 100µg | 50% | 1000% |
Selenium | 12µg | 230µg | 43% | 821% |
Iron | 4.2mg | 80mg | 62% | 1176% |
Copper | 0.3mg | 6mg | 33% | 667% |
Magnesium | 53mg | 1000mg | 17% | 313% |
Manganese | 0.6mg | 11mg | 16% | 289% |
Molybdenum | 16µg | 300µg | 64% | 1200% |
Iodine | 20µg | 375µg | 15% | 288% |
Phosphorus | 213mg | 4050mg | 24% | 450% |
Niacin | 2mg | 40mg | 15% | 308% |
Pantothenic Acid | 0.8mg | 15mg | 17% | 313% |
Biotin | 8µg | 150µg | 16% | 300% |
Vitamin A | 137µg | 2600µg | 18% | 338% |
Vitamin B1 | 0.2mg | 3.4mg | 17% | 283% |
Vitamin B2 | 0.2mg | 4mg | 15% | 286% |
Vitamin B6 | 0.2mg | 4mg | 15% | 308% |
Vitamin B12 | 0.4µg | 7µg | 17% | 292% |
Vitamin C | 32mg | 600mg | 32% | 600% |
Vitamin D | 2.9µg | 55.3µg | 53% | 1005% |
Vitamin E | 1.1mg | 20mg | 17% | 317% |
Vitamin K | 24µg | 452µg | 16% | 301% |
Folic Acid | 39µg | 750µg | 16% | 313% |
Per 29g Serving | Per 2000kcal | |
Chloride | ||
Choline | 79mg | 1500mg |
Lutein | ||
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids | 0.4g | 7g |
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids | 0.7g | 12.5g |
*The percentage of nutrients standard values (in 2015) (18 years old or more, standard calorie 2,200kcal)
**Huel is nutritionally complete per 2000kcal and the Japanese nutrition guidelines are per 2200kcal.
ストロベリークリーム味
原材料:えんどう豆蛋白、そら豆たんぱく、玄米たんぱく、水溶性食物繊維、亜麻仁油パウダー、納豆菌エキ スパウダー、昆布パウダー/香料、塩化K、クエン酸K、安定剤(キサンタンガム)、炭酸Ca、リン酸 Mg、V.C、甘味料(スクラロース)、V.A、ナイアシン、V.D、パントテン酸Ca、V.B12、V.B6、V.B2、酸化防止剤(V.E)、V.B1 、葉酸
本品で使用している海藻は、えび・かにが生息する海域で採取しています。
Each bag contains 1.51kg
Serving size: 29g
Per 29g serving | Per 2000kcal | |
Energy | 105kcal | 2000kcal |
Protein | 20g | 375g |
Fat | 1g | 22g |
saturated fatty acids | 0.2g | 4g |
n-3 Fatty Acids | 0.1g | 2.5g |
n-6 Fatty Acids | 0.5g | 9.5g |
cholesterol | 0mg | 0mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 5g | 91g |
carbohydrate | 3g | 60g |
sugar content | 0g | 3g |
fibre | 2g | 31g |
Salt Equivalent | 0.4g | 8g |
Each bag contains 1.51kg
Serving size: 29g
Per 29g serving | Per 2000kcal | Per 29g serving compared to Japanese guidelines (%)* | Per 2000kcal compared to Japanese guidelines (%)** | |
Zinc | 2.4mg | 45mg | 27% | 511% |
Potassium | 410mg | 7800mg | 15% | 279% |
Calcium | 131mg | 2500mg | 19% | 368% |
Chromium | 2µg | 45µg | 20% | 450% |
Selenium | 12µg | 230µg | 43% | 821% |
Iron | 4.2mg | 80mg | 62% | 1176% |
Copper | 0.3mg | 5mg | 33% | 556% |
Magnesium | 47mg | 900mg | 15% | 281% |
Manganese | 0.6mg | 10.5mg | 16% | 276% |
Molybdenum | 16µg | 300µg | 64% | 1200% |
Iodine | 20µg | 375µg | 15% | 288% |
Phosphorus | 207mg | 3950mg | 23% | 439% |
Niacin | 2mg | 40mg | 15% | 308% |
Pantothenic Acid | 0.8mg | 15mg | 17% | 313% |
Biotin | 8µg | 150µg | 16% | 300% |
Vitamin A | 137µg | 2600µg | 18% | 338% |
Vitamin B1 | 0.2mg | 3.4mg | 17% | 283% |
Vitamin B2 | 0.2mg | 4mg | 15% | 286% |
Vitamin B6 | 0.2mg | 4mg | 15% | 308% |
Vitamin B12 | 0.4µg | 7µg | 17% | 292% |
Vitamin C | 31mg | 590mg | 31% | 590% |
Vitamin D | 2.9µg | 55.3µg | 53% | 1005% |
Vitamin E | 1.1mg | 20mg | 17% | 317% |
Vitamin K | 24µg | 450µg | 16% | 300% |
Folic Acid | 39µg | 750µg | 16% | 313% |
Per 29g Serving | Per 2000kcal | |
Chloride | ||
Choline | 79mg | 1500mg |
Lutein | ||
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids | 0.3g | 5.7g |
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids | 0.6g | 12g |
*The percentage of nutrients standard values (in 2015) (18 years old or more, standard calorie 2,200kcal)
**Huel is nutritionally complete per 2000kcal and the Japanese nutrition guidelines are per 2200kcal.
バニラキャラメル味
原材料:えんどう豆蛋白、そら豆たんぱく、玄米たんぱく、亜麻仁油パウダー、水溶性食物繊維、納豆菌エキ スパウダー、昆布パウダー/香料、塩化K、クエン酸K、安定剤(キサンタンガム)、炭酸Ca、リン酸 Mg、V.C、甘味料(スクラロース、ステビア抽出物)、V.A、ナイアシン、V.D、パントテン酸Ca、V.B12、V.B6、V.B2、酸化防止剤(V.E)、V.B1 、葉酸
本品で使用している海藻は、えび・かにが生息する海域で採取しています。
Each bag contains 1.51kg
Serving size: 29g
Per 29g serving | Per 2000kcal | |
Energy | 105kcal | 2000kcal |
Protein | 20g | 375g |
Fat | 1g | 22g |
saturated fatty acids | 0.2g | 4g |
n-3 Fatty Acids | 0.1g | 2.5g |
n-6 Fatty Acids | 0.5g | 9.5g |
cholesterol | 0mg | 0mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 5g | 91g |
carbohydrate | 3g | 60g |
sugar content | 0g | 3g |
fibre | 2g | 31g |
Salt Equivalent | 0.4g | 8g |
Each bag contains 1.51kg
Serving size: 29g
Per 29g serving | Per 2000kcal | Per 29g serving compared to Japanese guidelines (%)* | Per 2000kcal compared to Japanese guidelines (%)** | |
Zinc | 2.4mg | 45mg | 27% | 511% |
Potassium | 410mg | 7800mg | 15% | 279% |
Calcium | 131mg | 2500mg | 19% | 368% |
Chromium | 2µg | 45µg | 20% | 450% |
Selenium | 12µg | 230µg | 43% | 821% |
Iron | 4.2mg | 80mg | 62% | 1176% |
Copper | 0.3mg | 5mg | 33% | 556% |
Magnesium | 47mg | 900mg | 15% | 281% |
Manganese | 0.6mg | 10.5mg | 16% | 276% |
Molybdenum | 16µg | 300µg | 64% | 1200% |
Iodine | 20µg | 375µg | 15% | 288% |
Phosphorus | 207mg | 3950mg | 23% | 439% |
Niacin | 2mg | 40mg | 15% | 308% |
Pantothenic Acid | 0.8mg | 15mg | 17% | 313% |
Biotin | 8µg | 150µg | 16% | 300% |
Vitamin A | 137µg | 2600µg | 18% | 338% |
Vitamin B1 | 0.2mg | 3.4mg | 17% | 283% |
Vitamin B2 | 0.2mg | 4mg | 15% | 286% |
Vitamin B6 | 0.2mg | 4mg | 15% | 308% |
Vitamin B12 | 0.4µg | 7µg | 17% | 292% |
Vitamin C | 31mg | 590mg | 31% | 590% |
Vitamin D | 2.9µg | 55µg | 53% | 1000% |
Vitamin E | 1.1mg | 20mg | 17% | 317% |
Vitamin K | 24µg | 452µg | 16% | 301% |
Folic Acid | 39µg | 750µg | 16% | 313% |
Per 29g Serving | Per 2000kcal | |
Chloride | ||
Choline | 79mg | 1500mg |
Lutein | ||
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids | 0.3g | 5.7g |
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids | 0.6g | 12g |
*The percentage of nutrients standard values (in 2015) (18 years old or more, standard calorie 2,200kcal)
**Huel is nutritionally complete per 2000kcal and the Japanese nutrition guidelines are per 2200kcal.
Huel Complete Protein is food, therefore it is suitable for people with most conditions. However, as some conditions require dietary intervention, like with any food, please heed the notes below for the following conditions:
Huel Complete Protein is fine to consume if you’re using most medication. Although there are no obvious reasons why Huel Complete Protein should be an issue, there may be specific drug-nutrient interactions relating to a particular medicine you're using, so we recommend you read the drug information provided with your prescription, and if you have any further concerns, please discuss them with your doctor.
All Huel products are 100% vegan. We thoroughly assess our ingredients and the processes we use to make Huel and whenever we identify potential routes of allergen contamination we will first take steps to eliminate the possibility of any contamination of our product.
However, where it is not possible to remove the risk we will highlight any allergens that might be present on our product packaging (and ingredient lists) in line with current UK and EU food safety guidelines. However, we recognise that individuals can have allergies to any protein in any ingredient therefore if you have a specific allergy that is outside of the remit above, please contact us directly and we will do our best to guide you on which products are suitable.
Huel Complete Protein is gluten-free. It’s also avenin-free: it does not contain any oats so is also suitable for those with an oat intolerance and coeliacs who have an adverse reaction to oats.
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