Naked Vanilla Whey Protein 1LB – Only 3 Ingredients, All Natural Grass Fed Whey Protein Powder + Vanilla + Coconut Sugar- GMO-Free, Soy Free, Gluten Free. Aid Muscle Growth & Recovery - 12 Servings

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I love this whey protein powder. It’s high quality and blends well. There isn’t any stevia, monk fruit, or aspartame, which is great because there’s no icky aftertaste. Its solubility means there’s no clumping of powder when blended. I use it to add more protein to my diet. It fills me up for hours before I need my next meal. It has a long shelf life (duration) and I noticed more muscle when I was working out. A bit expensive, but worth it. It’s one of the best protein powders I’ve tried.

The headline may not sound flattering, but I REALLY REALLY hate protein powders. They all taste chalky and hate the artificial sweetener after taste. Naked Whey, though it none of that. It is mildly sweet with a slight vanilla flavor. Absolutely nothing unpleasant about it, which is all I could ever ask for!

I love that there is minimal ingredients. I've been looking for a good protein drink that has more independent testing on its ingredients to ensure its safety. This one met those expectations. Good tasting, pry even better if added to a smoothie or oatmeal. You have to really make sure you shake it up good otherwise it can taste a little gritty.

I'm a protein newbie, not a life-long gym rat, but time and age are catching up with me and I was looking for a protein supplement to help rebuild muscle, and whey was indicated as the top pick for that. Lots of pros here: ~This stuff is delicious. It's only subtly sweet, not a cloying "dessert" flavor, that's a whole lot closer to malted milk than artificial vanilla. Even just whipped by itself into plain water it's still quite tolerable. Blended into a smoothie it's an ice-cream level treat of yummy. ~Mixes well without colossal effort. I never needed to scrape this stuff off the blender walls, it mixed right in quickly and homogenously without clumps. ~No artificial sweeteners. Some of us find sucralose, stevia, aspartame, monkfruit, the whole lot of it really nasty tasting, with an unpleasant bitterness that cuts through all efforts to hide it. Fun fact, many of these not-sugars are fermentable by GI microbes, which is a major cause of the uncomfortable bloat after consuming protein supplements. No fake sweetness means no GI malfunction (as long as you're ok with lactose). ~Does what it's supposed to. Just a scoop and a half in a small smoothie was enough to serve as a hearty breakfast and kept me full all morning with no snacking until lunchtime. Unfortunately, after a week loving my new protein smoothie for breakfast routine, I was really struggling with tiny but deep cystic acne. Turns out that a percentage of people have hormone cycle changes due to whey and casein protein supplements which result in awful breakouts, and sadly I'm one of those people. I absolutely would have bought this again, but looking like a pizza-faced teen is a major no-go so off to try vegetable-based or collagen protein supplements instead.

Flavor is kind of weird. If you mix it into smoothies, you can still taste it. I bought it for the reviews on flavor but unfortunately don’t agree. The limited ingredient list is a huge bonus, though. I will keep trying ways to have it that mask the flavor.