SPORT Organic Plant-Based Protein

For me, it’s the cheap, lazy, low calorie high protein meal replacement. You definitely don’t have to incorporate it, but it helps get me to my daily protein goal (which isn’t astronomically high) without doing too much. As a 28y/o 5’4 137lb woman who’s doing a body recomp my protein goal is at least 92g or protein daily. I drink [GardenOfLife Sport Chocolate plant based protein powder](https://www.gardenoflife.com/sport-organic-plant-based-protein-chocolate). It is around $40+/- pending where you purchase, and usually lasts me a month at least if not longer. It’s the “cleanest”I’ve found, whole food based protein, I really like this brand in general. The protein powder is 180cal per serving (2 scoops), and I usually just mix it with water. It’s not bad tasting, and usually curbs my sweet tooth too.

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.

I like pea protein blends. I like Garden of Life, OWYN, and Orgain.

I am the exact opposite, I can't stomach whey protein powder at all. So I stick with organic vegetable protein powder

I use a brand called Garden of Life, it's the Organic Vanilla. As far as the gritty. Last year I splurged and got myself a real VitaMix blender, made a world of difference in texture of my smoothies and protein shakes.

I get sick of protein flavors so quickly. Currently bc of food aversions, I cant even stomach the smell but I know adding some to my smoothies would help me. Currently I have Garden of Life chocolate protein powder.

Garden of Life's plant-based protein powder is marginally cheaper, actually. Plus the calories are lower. https://preview.redd.it/4kpmuqu9kieg1.png?width=2946&format=png&auto=webp&s=edbb3c7965f3e5b7a562a911cc1cc6f56d6d3995

Garden of Life is the cheapest vegan protein powder that I've found, coming in at $6.34/100g protein. Also the calories/100g protein is decent, at 566.