- Anyone can add/remove products now, but I may whomp changes when I re-copy from my spreadsheet
* Products with an Amazon link assume a full 5-product S&S discount for calculations. If you aren't getting the full discount, check out this post.
* Products with a SlickDeals link use the price shown in the deal.
- 1.7¢/g Protein - Deal Supplement Pea Isolate [amazon.com]
- Price: $31.41 for 5 lbs.
- 7.8% of Protein is Leucine
- 81.8% of mass is Protein
- 90% of calories are Protein
- 1.7¢/g Protein - Micro Ingredients Pea Powder [amazon.com]
- Price: $31.41 for 5 lbs.
- Unknown % of Protein is Leucine
- 81.8% of mass is Protein
- 90% of calories are Protein
- 1.88¢/g Protein - New World Whey Isolate
- Price: $111.00 for 15 lbs.
- Unknown % of Protein is Leucine
- 86.7% of mass is Protein
- 90.4% of calories are Protein
- 1.88¢/g Protein - Earthborn Elements Soy Isolate
- Price: $26.99 for 3.8 lbs.
- 8% of Protein is Leucine
- 83.3% of mass is Protein
- 90.9% of calories are Protein
- 1.96¢/g Protein - Carlyle Pea Protein [amazon.com]
- Price: $44.99 for 7 lbs.
- Unknown % of Protein is Leucine
- 72.5% of mass is Protein
- 72.5% of calories are Protein
- 1.99¢/g Protein - Pure Original Soy Isolate [amazon.com]
- Price: $32.39 for 4 lbs.
- Unknown % of Protein is Leucine
- 90% of mass is Protein
- 98.2% of calories are Protein
- 2.06¢/g Protein - Zen Principle Brown Rice Protein [amazon.com]
- Price: $46.71 for 6 lbs.
- 8.5% of Protein is Leucine
- 83.3% of mass is Protein
- 76.9% of calories are Protein
- 2.06¢/g Protein - NOW Pea Isolate [amazon.com]
- Price: $47.65 for 7 lbs.
- 8.4% of Protein is Leucine
- 72.7% of mass is Protein
- 74.4% of calories are Protein
- 2.3¢/g Protein - Rule 1 Casein [amazon.com]
- Price: $30.40 for 4 lbs.
- Unknown % of Protein is Leucine
- 73.5% of mass is Protein
- 83.3% of calories are Protein
- 2.37¢/g Protein - MyProtein Impact Whey Concentrate(*) [myprotein.com]
- Price: $89.99 for 11 lbs.
- 13.9% of Protein is Leucine
- 76% of mass is Protein
- 76% of calories are Protein
- 2.55¢/g Protein - Naked Unflavored Pea Protein [amazon.com]
- Price: $52.19 for 5 lbs.
- 9.3% of Protein is Leucine
- 90% of mass is Protein
- 90% of calories are Protein
- 2.95¢/g Protein - NOW Soy Isolate [amazon.com]
- Price: $22.27 for 2 lbs.
- 9% of Protein is Leucine
- 83.3% of mass is Protein
- 88.9% of calories are Protein
- 3.01¢/g Protein - MyProtein Casein (*) [myprotein.com]
- Price: $57.50 for 5.5 lbs.
- 8% of Protein is Leucine
- 76.7% of mass is Protein
- 83.6% of calories are Protein
- 3.02¢/g Protein - MyProtein Impact Whey Isolate(*) [myprotein.com]
- Price: $132.49 for 11 lbs.
- 11.8% of Protein is Leucine
- 88% of mass is Protein
- 97.8% of calories are Protein
- 3.29¢/g Protein - Elevation Vanilla Whey Blend (Conentrate > Isolate) [aldi.us]
- Price: $18.29 for 2 lbs.
- 10.4% of Protein is Leucine
- 61.2% of mass is Protein
- 70.6% of calories are Protein
- 3.4¢/g Protein - Naked Vanilla Pea Protein [amazon.com]
- Price: $52.19 for 5 lbs.
- 10.1% of Protein is Leucine
- 67.6% of mass is Protein
- 71.4% of calories are Protein
- 3.65¢/g Protein - Optimum Nutrition Whey Blend (Isolate > Concentrate) [costco.com]
- Price: $69.99 for 5.6 lbs.
- 11% of Protein is Leucine
- 75% of mass is Protein
- 80% of calories are Protein
[b](*)MyProtein has constantly revolving sales and coupons won't be able to keep up with. You can usually find a 50% off coupon if you search for one online, so I based the calculations assuming you have one, but YMMV.
Stuff I don't consider, but you are free to debate in the comments:
- Vegan, Non-GMO, Kosher, types of flavorings/sweeteners.
- Whether the supplier is honest. The supplement industry is unregulated, and I am only comparing what they claim. That may or may not match what is actually in the product, and I have no way of knowing if they tell the truth or not.
- Serving/scoop size because it is an irrelevant metric. This is normalized by giving a price per gram protein. You can adjust your servings to have as much or little protein as you want.
- Extra ingredients (wanted or unwanted).
- If you want another product considered, add a comment and add a deal so I have a link and discounted price for calculations.
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Slickdeals Frontpaged this deal, which takes away my ability to edit the main post.
They also removed several of the products in the comparison and altered some of the pricing in ways that no longer make sense (for example, they changed a 50% my protein coupon to a 35% coupon, but didn't change the per-gram price, making the math wrong).
I have put the original post in the wiki, where I (or anyone else) can edit it.
My favorite, being an obligate carnivore, but didn't include on list because it isn't a protein powder.
Thanksgiving Turkey. An 18lb bird, 59c/lb near thanksgiving, with about 7lb yield after roasting:
- 1.23c per gram of protein
- $10.62 for 7lb of meat
- 53% of calories from protein
- 27.3% of edible mass from protein
- 6.7% of protein is Leucine
I have ten of these in my freezer outside.
It's a sad day in August when you run out of Thanksgiving turkey.
Cost is not the only important thing. Some powders may have more value to you for various reasons that are not considered in this analysis, such as merchant reputability, additional ingredients like Creatine, how well it dissolves, how good it tastes, GMO, Vegan, Kosher, etc... Feel free to discuss all that here in the comments.
As an example, I think Muscle Milk is competitive. It's not the cheapest in cost/g, but it's a major brand sold at stores, probably more reputable, and is primarily whey isolate, but I am suspicious of it's low percentage protein (in both calories and mass), making me think it has a lot of extra stuff that you may not want/need.
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Cost is not the only important thing. Some powders may have more value to you for various reasons that are not considered in this analysis, such as merchant reputability, additional ingredients like Creatine, how well it dissolves, how good it tastes, GMO, Vegan, Kosher, etc... Feel free to discuss all that here in the comments.
As an example, I think Muscle Milk is competitive. It's not the cheapest in cost/g, but it's a major brand sold at stores, probably more reputable, and is primarily whey isolate, but I am suspicious of it's low percentage protein (in both calories and mass), making me think it has a lot of extra stuff that you may not want/need.
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My favorite, being an obligate carnivore, but didn't include on list because it isn't a protein powder.
Thanksgiving Turkey. An 18lb bird, 59c/lb near thanksgiving, with about 7lb yield after roasting:
- 1.23c per gram of protein
- $10.62 for 7lb of meat
- 53% of calories from protein
- 27.3% of edible mass from protein
- 6.7% of protein is Leucine
I have ten of these in my freezer outside.
It's a sad day in August when you run out of Thanksgiving turkey.
That said 5lb bag of muscle milk pretty regularly goes on sale for $35, and at that price it's a solid budget protein with ok taste. But I'd wait for Optimum Nutrition or Dymatize when it's $45-50 (<45 on a good day)
It always seemed to me that those blended products are kind of a trick. Too many companies are selling their blended product for slightly more than you can purchase their Concetrate & Isolate separately & mix them together yourself.
Also, if you are extremely picky, if the company is still selling their product with soy lecithin instead of sunflower lecithin, its a good indicator that they aren't doing a good job keeping up with better quality brands since most have moved away from using soy lecithin.
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That said 5lb bag of muscle milk pretty regularly goes on sale for $35, and at that price it's a solid budget protein with ok taste. But I'd wait for Optimum Nutrition or Dymatize when it's $45-50 (<45 on a good day)
I tend to only buy Dymatize ISO100 as the hydrolyzed protein is easier on my stomach and has always been a quality product. Waiting for it to go back to $45 to pull the trigger again.
It always seemed to me that those blended products are kind of a trick. Too many companies are selling their blended product for slightly more than you can purchase their Concetrate & Isolate separately & mix them together yourself.
Also, if you are extremely picky, if the company is still selling their product with soy lecithin instead of sunflower lecithin, its a good indicator that they aren't doing a good job keeping up with better quality brands since most have moved away from using soy lecithin.
Post a MyProtein deal or two with a price and product and I'll add it. I've bought their isolate before.
The problem with MyP is their obnoxious rotating coupon codes and sales. I can't nail down a solid price to use for calculations.
I tend to only buy Dymatize ISO100 as the hydrolyzed protein is easier on my stomach and has always been a quality product. Waiting for it to go back to $45 to pull the trigger again.
The problem with MyP is their obnoxious rotating coupon codes and sales. I can't nail down a solid price to use for calculations.
I don't currently have a bag that their product comes in so I will have to use what they list on their website.
This is for Unflavored Whey Protein Isolate:
It's currently
$72.50 per 5.5 pounds (2494.76 grams)
A 25 gram scoop = 22 grams of protein
90 calories per serving
22 grams of protein x 4 calories per gram of protein = 88 calories
88 calories / 90 calories = 97.7% of the calories are protein
Didn't see how many servings they list per container on their website anywhere. So...
5.5 pounds (2494.76 grams) in a bag / 25 grams per scoop = 99.7904 servings per container?
99.7904 servings x 22 grams of protein per serving = 2,195.3888 grams of protein per container
$72.50 / 2,195.3888 grams of protein per container = 3.3 cents/gram of protein
Not sure how you were calculating mass & I don't see leucine content listed on their website.
Also, someone definitely double check my math.
I don't currently have a bag that their product comes in so I will have to use what they list on their website.
This is for Unflavored Whey Protein Isolate:
It's currently
$72.50 per 5.5 pounds (2494.76 grams)
A 25 gram scoop = 22 grams of protein
90 calories per serving
22 grams of protein x 4 calories per gram of protein = 88 calories
88 calories / 90 calories = 97.7% of the calories are protein
Didn't see how many servings they list per container on their website anywhere. So...
5.5 pounds (2494.76 grams) in a bag / 25 grams per scoop = 99.7904 servings per container?
99.7904 servings x 22 grams of protein per serving = 2,195.3888 grams of protein per container
$72.50 / 2,195.3888 grams of protein per container = 3.3 cents/gram of protein
Not sure how you were calculating mass & I don't see leucine content listed on their website.
Also, someone definitely double check my math.
Don't worry about the math. I have a spreadsheet for that.
Use this: https://slickdeals.net/forums/newthread.php?d
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