Rise & Grind Herbalife — Restaurant in Ankeny

We were in the area and I was thirsty so we stopped in. I was looking for a tea shop and this place came up on Google Maps. I didn't realize what we stepped into until we spoke to the nice girl behind the counter. We both live active lifestyles and eat decently healthy so we don't feel the need to drink meal-replacement shakes or energizing teas. We ordered anyway, because like I said--I was parched. We had just spent all day biking.

There isn't any nutritional information listed and the staff is unsure about the actual nutritional content of the drinks. I'm pretty skeptical of health food places that don't have this information at the ready. It's cute how they stack the flavors but I still thought it tasted too sweet. Supposedly, it's low-calorie and low-carb because it's sweetened with a (hopefully, natural) substitute. I ordered mine with half the flavor/powder and it still tasted like straight syrup. I hope they use pure stevia because the cheap stuff that includes dextrose or maltodextrin can cause crazy blood-sugar spikes. I wish that information could have been out for me to read. My husband is in research and I'm in healthcare. This stuff matters. To put it in perspective, would you buy a supplement from GNC if there wasn't nutritional information on the label? And, also, $25 for two drinks and no prices listed except for add-ons? Yikes. I would gladly pay that if I knew what was in it.

Is it actually healthy? Or, is it another place where people pretend to be healthy and don't know how to put...

As I was sitting under a shade tree sweating buckets of fluid, I thought, I need a milkshake. Pulled up a McDonald's and started over when I was distracted by some colorful tents in what looked like an upscale mall. Pulled into a car show. I wandered around and then spotted the Rise and Grind. Sounded better that a chocolate shake. And so it was. A Lemon Cupcake protein shake with a shot of Orange Mandarin Aloe. It so satisfied my desire for a milkshake and it was really tasty like a lemon cupcake! I am so glad to have stumbled into this establishment. The staff was super helpful in the decision...

TLDR: Shakes are great, hate that they always ask me to "sign in".

I just want to buy the product and leave. I don't want an account of any kind, for any reason.

Aside from that, I question if the staff are knowledgeable about what is in their products. I asked several times on several different visits to different works if their shakes had dairy. They said some but not all, and that the shake I specifically was getting did not. I believe this company uses Herbalife protein, which has whey and milk proteins in it, which means there is likely dairy in all of their...