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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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 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.

I like the flavour of this protein powder and I appreciate that it doesn’t contain artificial sweeteners, however I have used it five times now and on three of those times have found a hard bit of something that is quite solid and could have chipped my teeth if I wasn’t careful. The bits are brown and white, and look natural and jagged, and my best guess is that they are bits of coconut shell given that the sweetener in this powder is coconut sugar. This is dangerous in my view so I think you should be aware of it before purchasing.

I was pleasantly surprised by this protein powder. The vanilla flavor is mild, smooth, and slightly cake-like without being overpowering. A lot of reviews seem disappointed that the flavor is not stronger, but for me that is actually one of the best things about it. It mixes well into cold foam for coffee, tastes great in pancakes, and is also good on its own. It does not have that strong, artificial “protein powder” taste, and it does not leave me feeling heavy, gross, or overloaded afterward. I wanted something versatile that I could add to different foods and drinks without changing the entire flavor, and this works perfectly for that. The gentle flavor makes it much easier to use regularly. I would definitely buy it again.

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.