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Protein Powder Analysis

June 11, 2012 By 8 Comments

A while back redditor physicistjedi offered to test the content of whey protein powders.Protein Powder Analysis

People sent in their little samples. And now here are the results (Google Docs Spreadsheet), thread here.

Because solubility plays a big part in measuring the protein content, he assigned a solubility index to each of the probes. None of the brands delivered the claimed content.

Verdict:

Brandwise, Optimum Nutrition looks very reliable to me. Gaspari and Body Fortress are suspicious and deserves another independent measurement. The others are OK, remember that solubility is important and 75% reading might just be attributable to that. Finally, stay away from American Pure Whey.

Brand Product Solubility
(1-5)		 Claimed
% Protein		 Measured
% Protein		 Measured
/Claimed
Optimum Nutrition Performance Whey 3 56.41 51.18 0.91
Isopure Low carb 4 65.63 58.56 0.89
Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey 4 72.73 63.83 0.88
Nutrabolics Fighter’s Food 4 34.72 29.56 0.85
MyProtein* Impact Whey 4 78.4 64.71 0.83
Metabolic Diet Myosin Protein 3 78.95 63.48 0.8
Optimum Nutrition Platinum Hydrowhey 4 76.92 61.55 0.8
NOW 100% Whey Protein Isolate 5 89.29 70.86 0.79
Pure Protein 100% Whey 3 69.7 54.34 0.78
Jarrow Formulas Whey Protein 5 78.26 60.84 0.78
Kaizen 100% Whey Isolate 5 85.37 66.29 0.78
Six Star Whey Isolate 4 78.95 60.84 0.77
MusclePharm Combat Powder 5 74.4 56.1 0.75
EAS 100% whey 4 76.67 57.33 0.75
Trader Joe’s Trader Darwin’s Whey 4 53.13 38.35 0.72
Gaspari Nutrition Myofusion 3 69.44 37.47 0.54
Body Fortress Whey Protein 4 76.47 40.81 0.53
American Pure Whey Casein 4 78.79 11.45 0.15
American Pure Whey Whey Blend 5 87.88 0.55 0.01
Powders with bad Solubility
NutriBiotic Rice Protein 2 80 5.65 0.07
Trader Joe’s Organic Hemp Protein 1 30 1.61 0.05
Vega Complete Whole Food Health Optimizer 1 37.68 12.51 0.33
Nutiva Organic Hemp Protein 1 36.67 7.58 0.21

*see the comments.

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  • FFF

    posted by [–]bad_at_photoshop 1 punto 1 ora faplease upvote so everbody will see this:I’m the submitter for the myprotein sample. i forgot to add that this was chocolate flavoured which results in 8% less protein than the unflavoured version (which is also cheaper)this would make myproteins impact whey the winner of this testing with ~0.92 measured/claimed

    • GregorATG

      Thanks for the heads up.

  • mirin’

    “Solubility”? So the amount of water you dissolve your powder in can affect how much protein is absorbed? 

    • GregorATG

      More like a problem of measurement.

      I imagine, if you can’t dissolve it, you can’t measure it. Thus introducing error.

  • http://www.facebook.com/easton.evans62 Easton Evans

    How

  • http://www.facebook.com/easton.evans62 Easton Evans

    How would I go by sending him samples of other proteins?

  • Wnbfpro24

    Anyone heard any results from SEI’s MaxProtein blend?