Best plant-based protein powder that doesn't taste terrible?
I've tried 3 different vegan protein powders and they all tasted like dirt. Please someone recommend one that's actually drinkable. I don't care about price at this point, just make it taste decent.
Orgain Organic Protein (chocolate) — genuinely tastes good. Smooth texture, not gritty, no weird aftertaste. My non-vegan friends can't tell it's plant-based.
Ghost Vegan (peanut butter cereal milk flavor) is incredible. Seriously tastes like a milkshake. It's also a pea/rice blend which has a good amino acid profile.
Pro tip: blend it into a smoothie with banana, frozen berries, and plant milk. You won't taste the protein powder at all. Any brand works in a smoothie.
The key is pea + rice blend (complementary amino acids) and good flavoring. Avoid hemp protein — it's nutritious but the taste is... an acquired taste. And by acquired I mean terrible.
Vega Sport (chocolate) is decent. Not as good as whey but respectable. KOS Organic is another good option — their chocolate chip mint is surprisingly good.
Ordering Orgain and Ghost Vegan today. If one of these isn't good I'm giving up on protein powder entirely and eating 2 lbs of tofu a day lol.
Agreed that smoothies are the cheat code. I use the cheapest pea protein I can find (Nutricost) because mixed with banana and berries it all tastes the same.
Ghost Vegan changed my life. I was about to give up on plant protein entirely. The peanut butter cereal milk flavor is genuinely delicious.