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

Vedge, true nutrition, myprotein vegan mix, ghost. Vedge renewed my hope in protein powder with their cookies and cream. 😁. Source: me, vegan 14ish years.