Whey Protein Supplements--Buyer's Guide

anatman wrote: ↑ Revolution Nutrition Bulk Whey Protein Isolate is currently at $125 which is my personal insta-buy price. You can get a further 10% off with the code REVO10 and a free shaker bottle with the code SHAKER. Plus it's just $5 for shipping.

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(Thinking of adding a post to keep track of historic protein deals for Kaizen, MyProtein, and Revolution-Nutrition, allowing people to get an idea for usual sale price values and sale frequency/dates so they can plan accordingly)

• Vanilla is always the best bet IMO as you can mix with anything you add in. While Chocolate has more flavour it doesn't go well with certain fruits IMO,
• I usually use 1 cup of almond milk, add 175 grams of Coscto greek yogurt and some frozen berries to give me about 50 grams of protein per container and is like a milkshake.
• The free shaker does not t have a ball. I have always stuck with Avex/Contigo shakers as they have curved bottom and easy to clean. However, I use a blender to mix (especially the frozen berries) and don't have to worry about protein clumps

Lumber-jack wrote: ↑

• Vanilla is always the best bet IMO as you can mix with anything you add in. While Chocolate has more flavour it doesn't go well with certain fruits IMO,
• I usually use 1 cup of almond milk, add 175 grams of Coscto greek yogurt and some frozen berries to give me about 50 grams of protein per container and is like a milkshake.
• The free shaker does not t have a ball. I have always stuck with Avex/Contigo shakers as they have curved bottom and easy to clean. However, I use a blender to mix (especially the frozen berries) and don't have to worry about protein clumps

SizableSac wrote: ↑ FYI for those of you subbed to this thread, Revo Nutrition is having a buy one get one deal for their High Whey blended protein (non iso). Looks to be at a pretty good price point. If you order 4 6 Lb buckets and you get a 1.7 lb dessert whey bucket for free. Its $129.98 before taxes but the REVO10 code and SHAKER code work too, so it came out to $132.18 in Ontario. Before I send it... I dont need to worry about this protein right? I dont think that it is amino spiked or anything, I have heard good things about this company.

Whey protein concentrate obtained from a cross-flow microfiltration process, whey protein isolate, cocoa (select flavours), digestive enzymes (proteases, bromelain, lactase) natural flavours, guar gum, stevia, sucralose.

Caerus wrote: ↑ Price isn't everything. Have you looked at their ingredient profile and protein content? Revolution is garbage.

High Whey is 25g protein for a 37g scoop. That's 67.5% protein. That's terrible. Standard whey concentrates are ~80%. 67.5% is horribly low.

I don't know what else is in it, but this says it's a blend of concentrate and isolate. Blending in an isolate should boost protein content, but it STILL has way less than a standard concentrate. What else are they fluffing it up with because there sure isn't much protein.

SizableSac wrote: ↑ Good thing I asked then! I typically just buy isolate, but does it really matter if I am still getting 25g of protein per scoop? Its just that the rest of the scoop is the flavoring/fillers. I may have to cancel my order now lol.

Caerus wrote: ↑ Well yeah, technically you're still getting 25g. It's just there's so much extra crap in there that you're ingesting to get it. Kind of defeats the purpose of a protein supplement if you have to take huge scoops of random filler just to get that amount of protein.

Looking at the overall number, you're getting 25.7lbs in your order. Of that, 17.3lbs is actual protein. More than 8lbs of that is filler.

Lumber-jack wrote: ↑ I usually purchase Canadian Protein concentrate but purchased Revolution isolate this time as it is much better value IMO when comparing to CP concentrate or isolate to Rev isolate. Revolution concentrate doesn't provide any value IMO and wouldn't choose.

I don't think any protein really matters more than genetics, the work one puts in the gym and the food lifestyle they choose. Protein choice/cost is like saying which oil is better for your motorcycle...

nimfomanijak wrote: ↑ Canadian protein New Zealand whey is probably the healthiest whey powder on the market and fits your needs if you buy the flavorless version

trane0 wrote: ↑ What makes it the healthiest whey powder?