Ten expanded audits now separate formula, certification, company accountability, recognition and value. Every product image links to its audit; every full audit identifies the exact product and regional limits.
Awards, sales volume and affiliate economics are excluded. Value is shown separately because a technically strong product can still be a poor buy.
| # | Product | Total | Testing signal | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klean IsolateWhey isolate | 89 | NSF lots listed | 4 / 10 |
| 2 | ISO100 HydrolyzedHydrolysed whey isolate | 89 | Current batches | 6 / 10 |
| 3 | Impact Whey ProteinWhey concentrate | 88 | Choice + Protein | 8 / 10 |
| 4 | SPORT Organic Plant-Based ProteinPlant protein blend | 88 | NSF lots listed | 6 / 10 |
| 5 | R1 Protein Whey IsolateWhey isolate | 87 | Informed Choice | 6 / 10 |
| 6 | Gold Standard 100% WheyWhey blend | 86 | Region certified | 7 / 10 |
| 7 | Zero Carb / Flavoured ProteinWhey isolate | 79 | Regional mismatch | 6 / 10 |
| 8 | Nitro-TechWhey + creatine blend | 76 | No named register | 7 / 10 |
| 9 | Organic Plant-Based ProteinPlant protein blend | 76 | Certification stack | 8 / 10 |
| 10 | GHOST WheyFlavoured whey blend | 67 | No whey register found | 5 / 10 |
#01 provisionalA short, unflavoured isolate formula backed by a current NSF Certified for Sport listing. The technical trail is excellent; the value proposition is deliberately narrow and premium.
#02 provisionalA lean whey-isolate formula with disclosed leucine and current region-specific Informed Choice batches. Technically strong, but hydrolysis does not guarantee a meaningful advantage for every buyer.
#03 provisionalA high-volume, competitively priced whey concentrate with both Informed Choice and Informed Protein coverage. The key limitation is variation: nutrition, pack size and availability move materially by flavour and country.
#04 provisionalA 30 g multi-source plant blend with an unusually dense certification stack. The outside evidence is strong; several added “recovery” ingredients are less decisive than the core protein dose.
#05 provisionalA high-density isolate and hydrolysate formula with a current Informed Choice product entry. The public trail is good, though less lot detail was visible than for the category leaders.
#06 provisionalA globally available, isolate-led whey blend with strong label clarity and regional Informed Choice entries. Its biggest advantage is dependable availability—not a unique muscle-building effect.
#07 provisionalA lean 25 g isolate formula with zero-carb variants and added micronutrients. The major audit issue is certification geography: the current Informed Choice entry covers Asian Low Carb products, not automatically the U.S. Zero Carb tub.
#08 provisionalA 30 g whey blend with 3 g creatine monohydrate. The formula is fully disclosed, but it is not a neutral protein-only comparison and the current public page does not identify a product-level external certification register.
#09 provisionalA widely available organic plant blend with 21 g protein and useful fibre. Organic and plant-based certification support sourcing claims, but they are not substitutes for lot-level nutrient or contaminant results.
#10 provisionalA fully disclosed, flavour-led whey blend with 25 g protein. Transparency is better than the category stereotype; public product-level sport certification is the main missing piece.
Named awards show who issued them, the year and the judging context. They are excluded from the product score.
A certification for Asia, Europe or the United States is never transferred to another formula without a matching directory entry.
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