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Various Retailers have select
Protein Powders starting at
1.88 Cents per Gram of Protein. Pricing may be
subject to change as determined by the manufacturer and/or retailer.
Thanks to
WolfTheCat and all other community members involved in contributing to and evaluating this list.
- Pricing and availability may vary in-store vs. online (where applicable) and/or by region.
- A higher or lower cost-per-gram-of-protein may not be indicative of quality.
Cost Per Gram of Protein Analysis (lowest to highest):
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- Amazon: 5-lbs. Dymatize Elite 100% Whey Protein Powder $46.18 w/ $7.01 + 15% clipped coupons + Subscribe & Save
- 2.88 cents/gram of protein
- 10.8% of Protein is Leucine
- 69.4% of mass is Protein
- 71.4% of calories are Protein
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Featured Comment:
- WolfTheCat:"The primary metric here is cost per gram of protein, because I figure that is what you want in protein powder. I also list:
- The type of protein (Whey, soy, etc...). If it is a blend, I include the first two main components in order. For example Isolate > Concentrate means the blend is primarily isolate and has some concentrate.
- The size of the container, in pounds. Some people don't want 15lb containers.
- The percent of protein that is Leucine, considered the most important BCAA and a metric of a quality amino acid profile.
- The percent of product mass that is protein. More mass-dense proteins have fewer ingredients that you may not want, such as inert ingredients, moisture, fat, and carbs (or, in some cases, heavy metals...).
- The percent of calories that is protein. This is important for folks avoiding fat and/or carbs."
Top Comments
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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Pretty sure I got a fair amount of down votes here last year for pointing out in a random thread how New World Nutrition's low isolate prices really didn't make any current market sense. which really was on that blatantly obvious All American Whey level of "if something looks too good to be true....".
Shame they didn't get more heavily questioned and exposed a lot sooner. Glad to see it happening regardless.