Heldi Chai

Whey protein isolate and milk protein concentrate both come from milk. We blend them with chai spices and a little coconut sugar. Made with natural ingredients. In full, largest first: Whey protein isolate (MILK) 53.7% · milk protein concentrate (MILK) 18.2% · coconut sugar 10% · ginger · cardamom · Ceylon cinnamon · black pepper · clove · sunflower lecithin. Nothing in that list contains caffeine, so the blend itself is caffeine free, though the tea or coffee you stir it into usually is not. Contains milk (whey and milk protein concentrate). Blended and packed in the UK.

Ingredients appear in weight order, as the label requires. We publish the amount of each milk protein and the coconut sugar; the spice ratios stay with our recipe. Read how that recipe began.

Make your chai, tea or coffee just as always. Let it cool: never add Heldi to boiling liquid. Once the cup is cool enough to drink, stir in a level tablespoon (8g) just before you drink. Store the rest in the jar by the kettle, ready for next time. Level, not heaped: a mug is not a pot, and Khana's heaped spoon would be too much here.

The waiting matters. The milk protein in Chai starts to clump into little white specks well before the boil, so the rule is simple: if it is cool enough to drink, you can stir Heldi in. If a few specks do show up, pour the cup through a tea strainer and drink it as normal.

Use that end-of-mug step for tea, coffee, hot chocolate and warm milk too. Make the drink first, then stir.

An 8g serving, about one level tablespoon, contains 5.1g of protein. The blend contains 64g per 100g. On the front of the pouch and in everyday copy, we round down to 5g per mug. Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.

These figures are calculated from the recipe, using the whey certificate of analysis and typical published composition values for MPC85 in the way the labelling rules allow. Bacarel's own supplier specification is still outstanding. These calculations are the basis of Chai's nutrition declaration. Read the honest truth about protein.

Vegetarian, not vegan. The protein is whey and milk protein concentrate, both from milk, made without animal rennet. Heldi is not yet formally halal certified; it contains no meat, no alcohol and no animal rennet. If certification matters to your table, email info@heldi.co.uk.

Dairy allergy? Heldi Chai contains milk, as whey and as milk protein concentrate, so it is not for you. Lactose intolerant rather than allergic? Chai carries about 2.2g of lactose per 100g, which is 0.2g in a mug: a figure calculated from the whey certificate and typical values for the milk protein concentrate, not a test, so we say the number and do not call it lactose-free.

Watching sugar? Chai contains coconut sugar, with 0.9g of sugars in a mug. It is not a no-added-sugar product. We can't give medical advice, so show the label to your GP or dietitian. More on kids, pregnancy and kidneys in the full FAQ.

*RI = adult Reference Intake (8400 kJ / 2000 kcal, 70g fat, 20g saturates, 260g carbohydrate, 90g sugars, 50g protein, 6g salt). No RI is set for fibre.

A 250g pouch makes about 31 mugs at an 8g serving, about one level tablespoon, per mug. Open Nutrition & amino acids near the top of the page for the full amino acid profile. The figures are calculated from the recipe on the same basis as the nutrition declaration.

We send UK orders by Royal Mail Tracked 48. The rates will appear here when the shop opens.

Every pouch carries a best-before on the base. Once open, keep it in the jar by the kettle or the resealed pouch, cool and dry and away from the steam above the mug, and use a dry spoon.