Vanilla lets you mix for instance coffee and chocolate flavoring for a mocha, orange and banana for for a banana cream sicle. I use the JR Robb and the Chike Vanilla along with The Robb Unflavored Whey I used the Egg protein but the whey works better for my Chemistry set. Chemistry set =Torani, Davinci and Monin Syrups. I mix nothing by the instructions I go lighter on the powder for instance if the amount of liquid is 12oz I use 15oz of Liquid. Also tossing Protein Bars in the blender gives some good flavor profiles. I feel one of my advantages is I have a full size Ninja Blender my wife invested in for me and I started playing. Had a Bullet and everything in my opinion was grainy. The Ninja seems to liquify things more. Good luck I started ahead of surgery to get ideas dialed in.