Nutricost Whey Protein Isolate (Unflavored) 2 Pounds

It's too expensive compared with anther brands

Seems quite good, avoids excess sugar, good mixed with your own cocoa and flavorings to taste, "Isolate" is better than "Concentrate" if you wish to avoid excess fat and perhaps receive a little less sugar (lactose), decent price, palatable enough, dissolves quite well in 6 oz cold milk in a blender (but don't put it in hot beverages like hot coffee, it curdles). Nutricost website says, "Made in a GMP Compliant, FDA Registered Facility", but this statement falls short and isn't very reassuring, it would be nice to be able to read the actual chemical analysis performed by an independent reputable lab such as USP, this is always a concern. For instance, what is the actual measured heavy metal and lead concentration? The disclaimer "Do not use for weight reduction" is puzzling and a bit CYA, since this whey animal protein presumably has a full complement of amino acids, and undoubtedly many folks including myself are using it to boost protein intake while taking GLP-1 agonists and limiting calories. Thus we have to take some of this on faith, never a fully comfortable undertaking for something we ingest daily.

Bitter taste and aftertaste. The Nutricost whey protein isolate powder mixes well with either vigorous stirring or in a blender. The consistency and texture once mixed is smooth, not grainy— and when done in a blender it gets a creamy quality which I like. The flavor of the “unflavored” protein does NOT have that slightly sweet milky flavor most other brands have, but instead it is very BITTER. If I blend it with fruit or other ingredients it masks the bitterness just slightly, but not completely. It’s hard to drink this stuff. There is currently a whey protein shortage, so I’m going to just choke down this bitter protein instead of returning it. If there were not a shortage causing all other unflavored brands to be out of stock, I would have returned this product. The macro nutrient profile is what I was looking for, but I can’t get past the taste.

I bought this to add to a morning smoothie and it tastes great. Meaning I can’t taste it at all in my smoothie. I actually think it makes the smoothie texture better.

I love this protein. I use the unflavored for my coffee in the mornings. So good!