You shake it properly, and there’s still a white lump sitting at the bottom. The last mouthful catches in your throat, chalky. Almost everyone who drinks protein runs into this at some point. 2 completely different things get filed under the same word. There are the lumps that never dissolve in your shaker, and there’s…
Walk down the protein aisle or open a product page, and you get whey, casein, soy, and then WPC and WPI, none of it explained. Picking one gets confusing fast. There are only 3 things you actually need to check: what it’s made from, how fast it absorbs, and whether that fits what you’re after….
Read the Miaomada blog for a while, and the word ‘ALENNE’ turns up here and there. Even if you’re using a protein dispenser, you’ve probably never heard it before and that makes sense; what’s printed on Miaomada products is ‘Protein Dispenser’ and ‘ALENNE’ appears nowhere on them. The only place it’s in use right now…
Your protein dispenser has arrived. First things first: wash every part that touches powder and set it to your shaker’s height. Once everything is dry and assembled, just fill it with your favorite protein powder and it’s ready for daily use. It’s simple: pull the lever, cap the nozzle, repeat. Below is the full run-through,…
I’m Keiichiro Honda, founder and CEO of Miaomada Co., Ltd. On this page, I want to share what Miaomada stands for, why we chose household powders as our focus, and where I’m trying to take the company from here. We Make It Ourselves, and We Sell It Ourselves At the root of Miaomada is a…
The best-before date printed on a protein bag is usually set a year or two after the manufacturing date. You think “plenty of time,” put the bag back, leave it, and then one day the color looks off, or the smell seems a little different. Sound familiar? Here’s the thing: the date printed on the…
Miaomada, a small company in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, launched the U.S. model of the ALENNE Protein Dispenser on Kickstarter in May 2026. Could a household measuring tool born in Japan reach homes overseas too? As the first step toward answering that, we chose Kickstarter. On this page, I want to set down, as plainly as…
“When’s the best time to drink protein?” It’s one of the questions I hear most, both from people who’ve just started taking protein and from people who’ve been at it for a while. Magazines and websites cover it constantly, but the answers are scattered all over the place, and it’s hard to know which one…
Miaomada’s flagship product, the ALENNE Protein Dispenser, is built in the factories of our parent company, Showa Denki Co., Ltd., based in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo. Founded in 1932, this year marks our 94th year of continuous precision parts manufacturing. A Company That Started in 1932 Making High-Pressure Equipment Showa Denki’s predecessor was Nippon Koatsu Kogyo…
“What kind of company is Miaomada, exactly?”It’s a question I get from people who’ve come across the ALENNE protein dispenser or our Little Konbi trading cards storage boxes and want to know who’s behind them. About Miaomada Miaomada Co., Ltd. is a small manufacturing company based in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo. Showa Denki Co., Ltd. is…