Gold standard 100 whey has its main active ingredients as whey protein isolates.
Gold standard whey protein isolate review.
So let s stick to a 5 pound tub as our standard and say optimum nutrition s gold standard whey is 3 31 cents per gram of protein.
The are 3 different types of whey in gold standard.
Whey gold standard ingredients.
Whey isolate this is pure whey protein with lactose milk sugar and fat removed.
Now compared to the gold standard whey 5 cents is about one extra cent per gram of protein but this is still very reasonably priced for a whey isolate particularly one that contains partially.
Whey protein concentrate this is whey protein that still contains lactose and fat.
Though isolate is a decent source of protein the best type of protein available.
On gold standard consists of 100 whey protein 24g which is primarily sourced from whey isolates but also from concentrates.
Whey gold standard s protein blend consists of whey protein isolate whey protein concentrate and whey peptides.
Whey protein isolate is one of the purest forms of protein powder available but the blend as a whole is not so good.
Whey peptides these are proteins that have been broken down into smaller chains of amino acids.
Unsurprisingly for a 100 whey formula it s really high in bcaas 5 5g as well as glutamine and glutamic acid 4g which are both essential amino acids for muscle growth.