Rice Protein Concentrate - non-GMO

True nutrition is who I go to for my unflavored protein powder. You can make custom blends from different protein sources, flavoring options are fully customizable or can be left out. I get rice and pea + pumpkin to diversify my sources since I can’t do whey.

Unflavored rice protein powder is great for baking or pancakes or whatever (I get mine from true nutrition). If OP is making their pasta by hand I could see that being fine tbh. You can even sub it for flour in a white sauce and it’s not awful. If they’re thinking to put it in a red sauce… they should not lol.

It’s not going to taste like nothing lol, but it essentially tastes like rice flour.

I think something that goes unmentioned is the level of harmful heavy metals in vegan protein powder. I was doing True Nutrition for a while but I asked for their lab report and the rice powder (the better tasting part) has high levels of metals which don’t make the standards under California’s Prop 65. I pay extra for momentous protein powder now.

Unflavored rice protein from True Nutrition, mix in water is my go to. Manitoba Harvest hemp balance (just put a spoon full in mouth and then add water... but you can't pack this stuff in, too much fiber, max five spoonfuls twice a day I'd say). Manitoba Harvest high protein mix maybe better for strength training. Recently got the Mille yeast protein off of Amazon as a recommendation from this sub... now that is some interesting flavor (unflavored, mix with water)... don't recommend for a first timer. All of it just takes a little getting used to, in my experience. If you have the time and inclination, just dump it into a smoothie with whatever you actually like...

I reached out to True Nutrition about a year ago and they sent their test results for their soy protein, rice protein concentrate, pea protein isolate, whey protein isolate ultra - CFM, whey protein isolate cold-filtration, whey protein concentrate, and RGBH/soy free whey protein isolate. Tests appear to have been performed by a company called Certified Laboratories in July 2024. I received test results for levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury in each of the proteins I listed above. Here are the lead levels they provided: soy protein: 0.030 ppm rice protein concentrate: 0.362 ppm pea protein isolate: 0.025 ppm whey protein isolate ultra CFM: 0.024 ppm whey protein isolate cold-filtration: 0.023 ppm whey protein concentrate: 0.016 ppm rgbh/soy free whey protein isolate: 0.017 ppm I haven't typed out all the arsenic and cadmium and mercury levels because I am too lazy to type it all but if anyone is curious you can DM me and I can send you the PDFs. Or maybe I'll host them on google drive or something. Some math: For their rice protein concentrate, to reach 10 micrograms in a day, you would have to eat 33.33 grams of the protein concentrate (keep in mind there are often other fillers in the protein powder). 0.362(x) = 10μg --> x = 33.33 For something like the soy protein, to reach 10μg in one day, you would have to eat 0.030(x) = 10μg --> x = 333 grams TLDR: **For True Nutrition brand protein powder, most protein sources seem safe enough, but I'm probably going to avoid rice protein concentrate** **Edit:** Because I just read from other comments that California was suggesting 0.5μg per day, here is some more math. To consume 0.5micrograms of lead, you would have to eat: 16.67 grams of soy protein 1.38 grams of rice protein concentrate 20g of pea protein isolate 20.83g of whey protein isolate ultra CFM 21.74g of whey protein isolate cold-filtration 31.25g of whey protein concentrate 29.41g of rgbh/soy free whey protein isolate

soy isolate or beef protein isolate huge fan of true nutrition's offerings and their unflavored stuff (I add my own flavors so never get tired of the same one)