Horlicks Protein is complete protein for adults, available as a ready-to-drink bottled milkshake and as Horlicks Protein Powder in pre-dosed 36g sachets. Both are made for daily protein top-ups rather than sports supplementation.
Horlicks Protein: Complete Protein That Fits Your Lifestyle
Horlicks Protein is a complete protein built for adults who do not get a clean run at their meals. It comes in two formats. A ready-to-drink bottle you open and finish, and a pre-dosed 36g powder sachet you shake into water, milk, or whatever you are already making.
Both carry protein scored at PDCAAS 1.0, the highest mark for protein quality, along with prebiotic fibre for the gut. It is the Horlicks your family has trusted for years, now shaped around your routine instead of asking you to build a new one.
Horlicks Protein Powder: For the Serve You Build Yourself
24 grams of protein and 4g of prebiotic fibre in every 36g sachet, built on fermented yeast protein, with whey protein concentrate added in the Unflavoured variant. Each sachet is pre-dosed, so there is no scoop to find and nothing to measure. Add one to 200ml of cold water or milk in a shaker and it is done.
The powder also carries 72mg of digestive enzyme to support protein digestion. It comes in Unflavoured, Chocolate and Coffee, in a 1kg zipper pack of 28 sachets or a 180g box of 5. And since it mixes rather than pours, it goes places the bottle cannot: high-protein buttermilk, overnight oats, a smoothie bowl, even uttapam batter.
| Protein Powder Sachet | |
|---|---|
| Protein per serve | 24g |
| Prebiotic fibre | 4g |
| Preparation | Shake into 200ml water or milk. |
| Best for | At home, at the desk, in recipes |
| Flavours | Unflavoured, Chocolate, Coffee |
| Carry format | Single-serve 36g sachet |
The sachet covers the days you are around a glass and a shaker.
The Protein Science
Protein is not just about the quantity. It is about how much of it your body can actually use.
Both formats deliver complete protein at PDCAAS 1.0, which means all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, in a form the body digests well. The powder brings 4.8g of BCAAs and 10.5g of EAAs in the Chocolate and Coffee variants, and 4.9g BCAAs with 11.2g EAAs in the Unflavoured.
Why Choose Horlicks Protein
Choosing a protein comes down to three questions: whether the protein number is honest, what provides the sweetness, and what else is in the formulation.
The powder uses no artificial sweeteners at all, drawing its sweetness from monk fruit powder, and every batch is cleared against more than 150 quality and compliance tests covering heavy metals, aflatoxin, antibiotics, pesticides and adulterants.
Crafted by expert nutritionists and made in India by Hindustan Unilever, backed by a hundred years of Horlicks in Indian homes.
You can buy Horlicks Protein online across both formats and pack sizes. For a different taste on the same base, there is the Proffee Protein Shake for coffee lovers and the Peanut Butter Protein Shake for something nuttier.
How to Use Horlicks Protein
The powder takes about ten seconds. One 36g sachet into 200ml of cold water or milk, shake, drink. One serving a day is the recommendation, or whatever your dietician suggests. If protein supplements are new to you, ease in with half a sachet in 100ml for the first five days and move to a full sachet from day six. It tastes best cold, though lukewarm water or milk works fine.
FAQS
Pick the bottle when there is no time or place to prepare anything, such as a commute or a meeting break. Pick the powder when you want to mix your own serve, control the base, or use protein in recipes.
The bottle carries 20g per serve alongside 171 kcal. The powder carries 24g per 36g sachet with 4g of fibre. Both are complete protein at PDCAAS 1.0, with all nine essential amino acids.
The bottle is built on ultra-filtered milk, sweetened with maltitol, with edible fibre and 16 vitamins and minerals. The powder is built on fermented yeast protein with chicory root fibre, monk fruit powder and papain digestive enzyme, plus whey protein concentrate in the Unflavoured variant.
Neither format has added sugar. The bottle is sweetened with maltitol, a permitted sugar alcohol, so it is not sugar-free. The powder uses no artificial sweeteners and takes its sweetness from monk fruit powder.
Both formats carry prebiotic fibre, 3.5g in the bottle and 4g in the powder. The powder adds 72mg of digestive enzyme to support protein digestion. The bottle has roughly 50% less lactose than regular milk.
Adults aged 18 and above, from desk-bound professionals to people who train lightly and active seniors. It is not meant for children. Pregnant or lactating women and anyone with a medical condition should consult a healthcare professional before use.
The bottle contains milk, barley, wheat and soy, and may contain nuts. Horlicks Protein Powder Unflavoured contains milk and may contain wheat, barley, soy, oats and nuts. The Chocolate and Coffee powders may contain milk, wheat, barley, soy, oats and nuts. All variants are vegetarian.
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