Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not great taste and awful texture

I got this on a deal through slickdeals, well I realized why it was on 1 of those deals. This stuff does not work well at all. The taste is very artificial and it leaves a horrible sandy feel in my mouth. I would blend it with a spoon in a glass for 30-40 seconds and it still didn't work very well. More or less just try to get it down as fast as possible. I got 1 of those blender bottles and that worked a lot better, but I would not recommend this product.As far as effectiveness it didn't seem to work all that great. I did not notice any gains so to speak. I work out pretty regular and am not someone who just decided to do this for new years. I have worked out 6 days a week for probably the last 8 years, so I feel I can comment on the effectiveness of these types of products.