Nutrition Without Guilt 

Protegy will be launching September 1st 2009 throughout the New York Metropolitan area. Former waiter Jake Townson and bartender Nick Woodhead now president and vice president of distinct beverages created, formulated and marketed the drink all on their own. Protegy will be one of the first protein/energy hybrids. One of there main tag lines is Nutrition without guilt! They’re not afraid to tell you what’s in the drink. Right on the homepage of there website, www.drinkprotegy.com, you can view all the ingredients and nutrition information. There is also a very convenient store locator so you can find the closest locations of retail outlets stocking the drink. 

Protegy supplies your muscle with the protein and nutrition you need while energizing you to get through a tough day of work or a practice out on the field. Protegy contains 25g of whey protein isolate, 0 sugar, 0 fat, less than one gram of carbohydrates while only holding 110 calories. You’ll be able to find Protegy everywhere from 7-11 to your local gas stations or deli’s. 

Protegy an adaptation of the word “prodigy” meaning the up and coming. Protegy is looking to sponsor young talented kids not looking to get them into contracts but looking to help them reach there goals. By visiting the website you can upload your video, then it will go through various stages of judging and Protegy will then decide if you have what it takes to be our next Protegy. “The world is watching, is there a Protegy in you?”

From Server’s To Entrepreneurs 

Jake Townson age 21 (right) and Nick Woodhead age 24 (left) who are brother in laws, best friends and also now business partners are launching Protegy “first ever carbonated protein energy drink” across the New York Metropolitan area. “It is undoubtedly the greatest tasting protein drink ever and will be one of the healthiest drinks on the market with 25g whey protein isolate, 0g sugar, a full range of vitamins and pomegranate/acai extracts”. Jake was born and raised in Huntington, New York and Nick was born in Wakefield, England and moved to New York to play lacrosse in 2007. At this time Jake was a waiter and Nick was a bar tender at the same restaurant in Huntington village (Tutto Pazzo). During the day they would put there minds together and try to think of the best ideas they possibly could for starting a company. One day while working out in the gym Jake had a revolutionary idea for a carbonated protein/energy drink. After they had this idea for a protein energy drink they decided to only work weekend nights to just make enough money to get through the week so they could dedicate at least 40 hours during the week to starting there new line of health beverages. The idea for the drink happened in late 2008 where every spare minute and penny we had we invested into research and developing the formula. Nick had a degree in chemistry and so we began by mixing ingredients in our own kitchen before we approached a professional beverage development company to assist with the formulation. By march 2009 we had a finished product and incorporated as “distinct beverages” and by the third week in march we had our first copy of our business plan written out and were bringing it to investors. I don’t mean angel investors I just mean people we knew personally who had money and would support the idea as much as us. Its now August and things are going better than ever, everything is ready and in order to hit the shelves on September 1st. We had the first order of cans printed at the worlds leading can manufacturing company, and is being filled using a contract manufacturing company in Minnesota. In New York alone we have several different distributors trying to get the drink out there to our consumers. During the week you can find Nick or Jake in gyms across the island sampling their product giving away t-shirts and driving in the Protegy truck. You can also find them on the web at www.DrinkProtegy.com. Besides the new drink that’s coming out Nick just had a baby, Kaylee Nicole, who is our little Protegy and driving us to succeed with our venture. By Sept 1st the drink will be on shelves. A story like this can be an inspiration to all who have a dream and want to pursue it. “The World Is Watching, Is There A Protegy In You”?