The high protein cheesecake from Lidl is an excellent healthy alternative to GU
I like to imagine a team of scientists at Lidl who are trying to cram protein into anything and everything they can. So far I've written about how they've managed to cram protein into wraps, coffee drinks, and even cheese.
If there is a team of Lidl protein scientists, I think they've finally had their "Eureka" moment with the latest product I found and tried - high protein cheesecakes. These sound too good to be true, but having bought and tried 1 (ok, 2), I can confirm that they're excellent.
They're very simple and very tasty - they're chocolate and vanilla flavour, and basically it's vanilla cream cheese with a sprinkling of cocoa on top.
If I had to give one very slight criticism it would be that the cheesecake biscuit bottom is quite crumbly and not amazing, but that's because it's not made with loads of butter like the cheesecakes from GU are, or a normal cheesecake that's made with full fat cream cheese. It's still nice enough, and it still tastes like a cheesecake.
Speaking of GU cheesecakes, the Ultimate Chocolate Cheesecakes from GU contain 327 calories, 20g of fat, 23g of sugar, and only 3.8g of protein. Each Lidl high protein cheesecake contains 197 calories, 5.1g of fat (literally almost a quarter of what's in the GU cheesecakes), 11.1g of sugar, and of course,11g of protein. I'll admit that yes, the GU Ultimate Chocolate Cheesecakes taste nicer. But the Lidl high protein cheesecakes are a very good healthy alternative.
Impressively, each of these cheesecakes contains 11g of protein. I'm madly in love with the high protein products from Lidl and I'm just excited to see what is next. High protein Easter Eggs? Mulled Wine?
Finn H
Finn is the editor of You Well and has been writing about travel, health, and more for over 10 years.