Vegan Protein

I use Mocha flavored True Nutrition Vegan Optimizer

I buy bags of plant based protein powder online from true nutrition (which also has non-vegan options) or futurekind. It's much cheaper than buying shakes or even the stuff from the grocery store. I do a smoothie with vanilla protein powder, oats, frozen mixed berries, peanutbutter, banana, and silk unsweetened vanilla yogurt every morning before my meds. It's so dang good, I look forward to waking up and drinking it lol. You can do any combo of stuff that you like though. If you don't want to put everything together every morning you can actually just measure everything out into containers (I use quart sized ball mason jars) for the week, store them in the freezer, and then just throw one in the blender with some water or milk or whatever each morning. I do not recommend storing fruit smoothies after they've been blended.

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

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

I really like True Nutrition. But in my experience, the crazier the flavor, the crappier it tastes. So I stick with vanilla and chocolate. That said, for True Nutrition, I can get the vanilla Lean Plant Blend with Monk Fruit for 120 calories and 27g protein. Because of my calorie and protein goals, I usually do 2/3 of a serving, and get around 18g protein for 80 calories. You'd be hard pressed to find anything leaner.

Yes to True Nutrition plant based! It's one of the best ones out there!

I use TrueNutrition protein powder; they have a lot of vegan bases (I use the pumpkin one). My smoothies are usually frozen strawberries, protein powder, cup of soy milk, 1/2 block of silken tofu, one or two dates, and then I'll put chia seeds on afterward for some fat. It usually clocks in at around 500kcal & 45g protein.

For vegan protein powder I use Truvani and True Nutrition

Came here to say Truvani! Clean list of maybe 6 ingredients. True Nutrition is also great

I like TrueNutrition. You can customize your blend of proteins, flavor, sweetener, and add ins.