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PI-04 · Product Intelligence Pilot

Protein Powder Product Intelligence

A governed comparison of observed protein-powder ProductVersions. Evidence Fit is separated from price, popularity, certification and commercial relationships, while product observations remain specific to the market and date captured.

7 human-approved ProductVersionsIreland / Europe · Ireland · United States · United KingdomNon-exhaustive pilot
What matters first

Protein powder is a delivery format. The useful buying question is whether an observed product fits the relevant protein context with a transparent formula, sensible serving, and claims proportionate to the governed evidence.

What Evidence Fit means

STRONG and MODERATE describe fit against the governed criteria for the observed ProductVersion. They do not establish that one powder is clinically superior to every lower-scored or equally scored product.

Commercial independence

Price, brand popularity, affiliate commission, sponsorship and premium positioning do not determine inclusion, Evidence Fit or verdict. Certifications are treated as product observations, not automatic efficacy evidence.

Approved release cohort

Criteria before scoring.

Only ProductVersions explicitly approved through the PI-04 human release gate are shown below. The held Myprotein Impact Diet Whey 250g record remains excluded from this public cohort while its freshness requires review.

Bulk · Ireland / Europe

Informed Whey Protein

2.27 kg flavoured range — observed 2026-08-29

Evidence Fit
STRONG
Form & serving

Whey isolate/concentrate complex with added leucine, glutamine peptides, enzymes and Bacillus coagulans
30 g serving; 24 g protein; 3 g leucine; 3 g glutamine peptides

Observed price

€99.99
100 g package mass: 4.4048

Testing / certification

Informed Sport certified product / published batch-test history

Why this fit
  • — The ProductVersion has explicit protein amount, recoverable core formulation and no captured timing or mechanism claim that overrides total-intake evidence.
  • — Independent Informed Sport product/batch-test provenance supports strong product-verification transparency while remaining separate from efficacy.
  • — The record preserves that premium/isolate positioning, added leucine, glutamine peptides, enzymes and probiotic content do not create a superior chronic-outcome claim by association.
Limits & unknowns
  • — The exact flavour was not fixed in the observed 2.27 kg ProductVersion, so flavour-system ingredients are not fully resolved.
  • — Premium/elite-athlete and isolate-primary positioning must not be interpreted as evidence of greater hypertrophy or strength.
  • — Observed pricing included a clearance state and is volatile.
  • — Future batch-testing status can change and requires freshness checks before public reliance.
  • — Exact flavour-level ingredient list for the observed 2.27 kg package remains unresolved.
Myprotein · Ireland

Impact Soy Protein

Vanilla, 1 kg — observed 2026-08-29

Evidence Fit
STRONG
Form & serving

Soy protein isolate flavoured powder
30 g serving; nutrition table states 23 g protein; headline states up to 25 g and says the headline value is based on unflavoured

Observed price

€33.49
100 g package mass: 3.349

Testing / certification

No independent certification established in the captured observation

Why this fit
  • — The Vanilla ProductVersion has explicit soy-isolate identity, flavour-specific serving/protein information and inspectable formulation.
  • — The governed SKP-010 authority does not justify an automatic chronic-outcome downgrade solely because the source is soy rather than whey.
  • — No captured timing, absorption or source-superiority claim materially conflicts with the locked PI-04 scientific boundaries.
Limits & unknowns
  • — The page also uses an 'up to 25 g protein' headline based on unflavoured product; the verdict relies on the displayed Vanilla-specific 23 g nutrition while preserving that distinction.
  • — No independent testing/certification observation was recovered.
  • — This verdict describes evidence fit in the governed buying context, not universal equivalence among all protein sources, doses or diets.
  • — Independent testing/certification state is unknown.
  • — No conclusion is made about individual tolerance, dietary preference or suitability outside the defined decision context.
Momentous · United States

Essential Grass-Fed Whey Protein

US Unflavored 568.8 g — observed 2026-08-29

Evidence Fit
STRONG
Form & serving

Whey protein powder
1 scoop (23.7 g) / 20 g protein

Observed price

Price not observed

Testing / certification

NSF Certified for Sport®

Why this fit
  • — The exact observed Unflavored ProductVersion has recoverable serving and labelled-protein information and independently recoverable NSF Certified for Sport provenance.
  • — The captured evidence does not use timing, absorption or protein-source identity to claim superior chronic hypertrophy or strength.
  • — Independent certification strengthens product-verification transparency while remaining explicitly separate from efficacy Evidence Fit.
Limits & unknowns
  • — The complete manufacturer ingredient list was not recovered with sufficient confidence in RP-05, so formulation transparency is partial rather than complete.
  • — Certification can change over time and requires a freshness check before any public reliance.
  • — STRONG describes fit to the governed criteria in this decision context; it is not a claim that the product produces superior outcomes versus other STRONG products.
  • — No fresh market-local price observation was encoded, so value normalization remains unresolved.
  • — The record does not establish individual tolerance, taste, mixability or suitability outside the defined decision context.
Huel · United Kingdom

Complete Protein

UK Chocolate Fudge Brownie 26 servings — observed 2026-08-29

Evidence Fit
STRONG
Form & serving

Plant-protein blend
29 g serving / 20 g protein

Observed price

£22.50
serving: 0.87

Testing / certification

No independent certification established in the captured observation

Why this fit
  • — The UK ProductVersion has explicit multi-source plant-protein identity, serving/protein information, material formulation context and market-local price observations.
  • — The governed Research does not justify an automatic chronic-outcome downgrade merely because the product uses pea, faba bean and rice proteins rather than whey.
  • — No mandatory anabolic-window or unlimited more-protein-is-better claim is captured, and micronutrient complexity is not allowed to improve protein efficacy Evidence Fit by association.
Limits & unknowns
  • — The manufacturer formula discussion includes acute MPS and dose-context language; this creates a mechanism-to-outcome interpretation risk that must remain bounded.
  • — Added vitamins/minerals and nutritionally-complete positioning are separate product attributes and do not establish superior resistance-training outcomes.
  • — STRONG describes fit to the governed criteria, not universal equivalence among all protein sources, formulations, diets or individual contexts.
  • — No independent testing/certification source was captured for this exact ProductVersion.
  • — UK price, formulation and availability cannot be generalized to another market or flavour/package without a fresh ProductVersion observation.
Myprotein · Ireland

Impact Whey Protein

Vanilla, 900 g / 30 servings — observed 2026-08-29

Evidence Fit
MODERATE
Form & serving

Whey protein concentrate-based flavoured powder
Page variant states 30 g serving with 22 g protein; same page FAQ separately states 25 g serving with 21 g protein

Observed price

€41.49
100 g package mass: 4.61

Testing / certification

No independent certification established in the captured observation

Why this fit
  • — The observed ProductVersion is a conventional whey-concentrate protein powder with explicit source/formulation identity and no captured claim that powder format itself is uniquely anabolic.
  • — Most scientific claim-discipline criteria are satisfied or not materially contradicted.
  • — The ProductVersion remains usable for the governed buying context, but source-level label inconsistency prevents a clean high-confidence product comparison.
Limits & unknowns
  • — The same manufacturer surface exposes conflicting 30 g / 22 g and 25 g / 21 g serving-protein statements.
  • — Testing language is manufacturer-reported rather than independently verified in the captured RP-02 sources.
  • — The observed 900 g variant was out of stock at capture time; current availability cannot be inferred.
  • — No independently recovered ProductVersion-specific certifier/testing record.
  • — A single authoritative labelled-protein value for normalized value comparison remains unresolved until the manufacturer inconsistency is corrected or a more specific label source is recovered.
Optimum Nutrition · Ireland

Gold Standard 100% Whey

Double Rich Chocolate, 465 g — observed 2026-08-29

Evidence Fit
MODERATE
Form & serving

Whey protein blend; isolate listed first in the manufacturer flavour formulation
31 g serving; 24 g protein

Observed price

€27.00
100 g package mass: 5.8065

Testing / certification

No independent certification established in the captured observation

Why this fit
  • — The Ireland-facing ProductVersion has recoverable package, serving and labelled-protein observations and fits the general protein-supplement decision context.
  • — No mandatory anabolic-window claim or unlimited more-protein-is-better claim was captured.
  • — The record deliberately does not convert isolate-first formulation or whey identity into superior chronic hypertrophy or strength evidence.
Limits & unknowns
  • — Fast-absorbing and premium-whey positioning creates mechanism/source-superiority interpretation risk that is not supported as chronic-outcome superiority by the governed Research.
  • — The retailer fixes the 465 g package while the manufacturer source supplies flavour-level formulation; the exact retail production lot was not independently matched to that formulation source.
  • — No independently recovered ProductVersion-specific testing/certification source in RP-02.
  • — Exact lot-level formulation identity remains unverified across the retailer/manufacturer provenance split.
Optimum Nutrition · United States

Gold Standard 100% Whey

US Double Rich Chocolate 2 lb — observed 2026-08-29

Evidence Fit
MODERATE
Form & serving

Whey protein blend with whey protein isolate as primary source
24 g protein per serving; approximately one scoop

Observed price

$74.49
observed package: 74.49

Testing / certification

No independent certification established in the captured observation

Why this fit
  • — The US ProductVersion has explicit labelled protein, serving count, package and market-local price observations and fits the governed protein-supplement decision context.
  • — No captured claim converts higher protein quantity into unlimited additional benefit, and no weight-loss-specific evidence generalization is present.
  • — The verdict deliberately keeps isolate-primary and fast-digesting positioning separate from evidence of superior chronic hypertrophy or strength.
Limits & unknowns
  • — Manufacturer suggested-use language emphasizes 30 to 60 minutes after training, creating timing-interpretation risk even though a mandatory anabolic window is not encoded.
  • — Fast-digesting and isolate-primary positioning creates mechanism/source-superiority interpretation risk under SKP-010.
  • — Exact flavour-system formulation is not fully reconstructed for the observed package.
  • — No independently recovered ProductVersion-specific certifier/testing record; manufacturer banned-substance-tested language is not treated as independent certification.
  • — Price and package observations are United States-specific and cannot be generalized to Ireland, the UK or other markets.
Research provenance

The product layer does not rewrite the science.

Product Intelligence applies governed criteria to observed ProductVersions. Scientific evidence remains separate from product price, packaging, availability, certification and commercial context. Product observations can become stale independently and should be read as dated observations, not permanent facts.

Read protein supplementation Research →Read Protein & Satiety Research →Browse Store Alpha →

Store Alpha is a separate admitted-product discovery layer. Its current catalogue is not asserted to contain these same human-approved ProductVersions, and Store placement cannot change this Product Intelligence verdict.

Human release gate: PROTEIN_POWDER_HUMAN_DECISION_IMPLEMENTED. Approved: 7; held: 1. Educational product intelligence; not individualized medical advice.