Not all of us have a perfect diet. With the hustle and bustle of daily life, it can be a struggle to eat all the healthy green veg and fruit to provide your body with the micro and macro nutrients your body needs to perform at its best. 

That’s where greens powders come in. 

The very best greens powders (like Supplement Needs Greens+) have been created and formulated to deliver the micronutrients your body needs, but in the form of an easy-to-consume drink. That way, you can maintain your health whilst on the move!

What are greens powders? 

We appreciate that not everyone is going to understand what we mean when we talk about micronutrients. 

So, what exactly are they? What are greens powders? And, what do they contain? 

Micronutrients are - as their name suggests - are the vitamins and minerals that are present in foods in trace amounts. As you’ll see from our guide to multivitamins and minerals, they play an incredibly important role in maintaining the metabolic functions of your body. 

You need micronutrients to live - it’s that simple!

With that point answered, let’s move onto the next questions. What are greens powders? And, what do they contain? 

No two greens powders are the same, however in general they can be defined as powders that are derived from a variety of leafy green vegetables (known as greens), fibres, red berries (known as reds), blue berries (known as blues), purple fruits (known as purples), polyphenols, antimicrobials, and - in the case of premium greens powders - mushroom extracts. 

Combined, these ingredients are formulated to create a soluble powder that can help you achieve your recommended daily vitamin and mineral intake. 

The average greens powder you pick up in the supermarket (or the ones you see in those flashy online adverts), will have in the range of 20 to 25 individual ingredients. Sounds impressive, doesn’t it?

Well, that’s until you compare it to Supplement Needs Greens+ which has a massive 36 ingredients - all carefully dosed by Dr. Dean St Mart PhD. 

What do greens powders do? 

Put simply, they help you consume the vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) your body needs for its core metabolic processes. 

As such, greens powders can play a number of roles within the diet. These roles include aiding in daily micronutrient intake goals when fruit and vegetables may be lacking from the diet. 

This is important when you consider that - according to the OECD’s Health at a Glance report - two out of three people in the UK do not eat the recommended ‘five a day’ portions of fruit and veg.

Greens powders can also be used to ensure micronutrient intake during periods of recovery.

What are the best greens powders? 

The term ‘best’ is always subjective when it comes to supplements, however, there are certainly a few indicators of quality that you should always look for when selecting a greens powder for personal consumption. 

Below, the Supplement Needs team has set out the key things to look for when you want to buy the best greens powder:

Composition and dosage

If there’s only one thing you need to remember from this text, it’s this. Look very carefully at the composition and dosage of your chosen greens powder. 

There are many brands that utilise marketing claims and hype without being entirely transparent as to what their greens powders actually contain. 

In some high profile examples (which - for obvious reasons - we cannot name), a large proportion of a standard serving is taken up by cheaper, non-active ingredients. In one instance, we found that a high-profile greens powder recommended a 12g serving - of which, 6g was made up of carbs!!!

Now, compare this to Supplement Needs Greens+...

We recommend a 11g serving. Of this, 9.484g (or 86%) is made up of active ingredients. 

It’s an eye-opening comparison, and one that we’re sure you’ll agree shows that many of the high-profile supplement brands don’t have your best interests at heart. 

That’s dosage sorted, but what about composition? 

As we mentioned earlier, many greens powders ‘top out’ at around 20 to 25 individual ingredients. Why this is, is a matter for those particular brands. 

But, here at Supplement Needs our product Formulator Dr. Dean St Mart PhD wanted to create a greens powder without compromise, composed of the absolute highest quality, active ingredients. 

It’s for that reason that Greens+ contains 36 ingredients. 

These ingredients break down as follows: 

  • 5.699g of greens/reds/blues/purples - greens include; Kale, Kelp, Spinach, Chlorella Cracked Wall, Alfalfa, Spirulina (algae), Parsley, Broccoli. Reds include; Acia, Goji, Montmorency Cherry, Raspberry, Noni, Gooseberry, Tomato Powder. Blues/purples include; Bilberry, Blueberry, Blackberry, Elderberry, Hibiscus, Purple Cabbage.
  • 1g of polyphenol ingredients - these include antioxidant-rich ingredients such as Green Tea Extract, Pomegranate, Grapeseed, and Beetroot. 
  • 1g of mushrooms - including Reishi, Chaga, and Shitake.
  • 1.6g fruit fibre blend - such as Oat Bran, Apple Fibre, Glucomannan, and Acacia Fibre. 
  • 0.250g of antimicrobial herbs - including Rosemary, Oregano, Basil and Garlic Powder (for Allicin).

That is an incredibly dense and rich mix of ingredients, which - in our opinion - far surpasses, and offers far more value - than the majority of the ‘big name’ greens powders on the market.

Developed by experts

Some supplement brands may be ‘big’, but they’re rather anonymous. Do you really know who is behind their products? 

At Supplement Needs, you can be assured that our greens powder has been developed by a true industry-leader. Dr. Dean St. Mart PhD holds a double first class honours degree in chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry. He also holds a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry and fluorescence spectroscopy.

He’s also active on social media, providing the kind of advice, tips and information that you’ll find on the Supplement Needs blog. 

Can other supplement brands say the same thing? 

Quality manufacture

Supplement Needs Greens+ is manufactured here in the UK in line with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and ISO 22000:2018. 

Greens+ is also manufactured in such a way that each ingredient is carefully dosed with precision and added during the blend process - resulting in a high-value, quality product. 

Complementary supplements

A mark of a quality, well-thought-out greens powder is that it has been designed to be stacked alongside a complementary supplement. 

Supplement Needs has designed Greens+ so that it can be safely used along with the Supplement Needs Multivitamin and Mineral PRO+ to ensure you are able to obtain an optimal level of vitamins and minerals within your diet.

Taste profile

There’s no getting away from the fact that many greens powders have a reputation for having a soil-like or chalky taste. 

But, the thing is, you shouldn’t have to put up with that. Why should consuming greens be a chore?

Supplement Needs doesn’t think it should be, which is why we’ve paid close attention to the taste profile of Greens+. As a result, it’s available in two delicious flavours; Mango Pineapple, and Cherry. But, don’t worry. Those flavours aren’t attained using simple, carb-based sugars. No. Instead, we use a combination of Sucralose, flavouring, and Citric Acid to safely improve the taste profile of Greens+.

Buy the best, buy Supplement Needs

Are you ready to try one of the highest-quality, best value greens powders on the market? Then pick up Dr. Dean St. Mart PhD’s Greens+ today. 

We offer it with free shipping (on all orders over £20), with - in many cases - same day dispatch (if ordered before 3pm, Monday-Friday).