Garden of Life - Sport Grass Fed Whey+ Skin Protein Powder

Garden of Life vanilla is really good stuff and pretty clean.

I love garden of life sports vanilla. Great taste and nutrition profile.

Garden of Life Whey Protein Bob's Red Mills Whey Protein Nutricost Bob's Red Mills Almond Protein All have little to no extra ingredients, just simple Whey Isolate or Concentrate. None of them has sucralose. It's best to purchase frozen berries in bulk and create your taste w/ a blender, i.e. strawberry or wildberries. This way, you also get Fiber.

So Garden of Life (now I’m on whey but used to take their vegan one) is super high quality and tastes good to me but is not cheap. For great value I’d go for iherbs house brand California Gold Nutrition , also vegan and whey. The whey tastes good to me , the vegan less so. Both of them are some of the cleanest out there

I wondered about the difference in flavors.  I found Garden of Life’s self published metal tests and between sport protein powder chocolate and vanilla, chocolate had higher levels.  Edit: the article OP posted actually mentions this: Chocolate protein powders, for instance, were found to have a staggering 110 times more cadmium [1] than vanilla-flavored varieties.

Yeah there’s few options if you want caffeine plus clean testing. Legion Pulse, Momentous Strength + Caffeine, and Kaged Clean Burn all publish full COAs (heavy metals included). For something closer to a “protein coffee,” Truvani, Garden of Life SPORT, and Ritual Essential Protein are decent picks — all third-party tested and low-to-zero contaminants. If you just want a daily protein + caffeine combo that feels similar to Chike, you can also stack your own — i.e., a scoop of Momentous whey or Transparent Labs protein + an espresso shot or cold brew. Same function, but way more transparency.

Avoid: * Naked Nutrition * Huel Once per week: * Garden of Life * Momentous 100% Plant Protein Occasionally: * MuscleMeds * Optimum Nutrition Serious Mass * Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Protein Shake * Jocko Fuel * Vega * Quest * Orgain * Equip Foods * Plant Fusion * Ensure * Muscle Milk * KOS Better Choices for Daily Consumption: * Owyn * Transparent Labs * Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey * BSN * Momentus Whey Protein Isolate * Dymatize * Muscle Tech Only the last one - Muscle Tech - is listed as no limit on safe consumption.

Garden of Life protein powder is really good, and no whey. Super easy to digest and tasty

When im really down and out, have a low appetite (due to some health issues), or dont have time and I need to eat literally anything of substance, a smoothie is easy. I just use frozen fruit, almond or oat milk, garden of life protein powder (other options work, but my sister is a dietician and she likes this particular type), and sometimes a little maple syrup and vanilla extract if my fruit isnt very flavorful alone. Could also add in vegan yogurt, avocado, greens, almond butter, top with nuts, chia seeds, or granola, etc., if you wanted. Ive also used tofu (silken is best for this, though any will work) in my smoothies if for some reason I dont have any protein powder on hand, though I usually add in fruit juice and/or maple syrup with it to compensate for the more bland flavor. Also I think soy milk has some protein? If you dont mind the flavor you could use soy milk instead of oat/almond.

I have eosinophilic esophagitis that seems to be triggered by dairy products. I’m in the process of finding the best protein powder option for me. I’m looking for one that is over 20 g of protein per serving, not super sweet if drinking alone or even unsweetened to add it to my morning coffee that already has honey in it. I’ve tried Garden of Life (hated it, got weirdly foamy), OWYN (too sweet and got to where I could stand to drink it at all). Really liking PB2 performance with 22g protein but for 200 cal I’d love to find another option. I’m working with about 1400 cal/day so every little bit of tightening up helps me not hate my life 🤣.