Best Budget Protein Powders

The cheaper half of the category — every product at or below the median cost per gram of protein — ranked by the same composite used on the full protein powders page.

Ranking


1	Soy Protein Isolate Powder	9.58	75%	10.0	9.1	$0.019
2	Pea Protein Powder	9.39	75%	9.7	9.0	$0.028
3	Casein Protein Powder	9.30	75%	9.5	9.1	$0.033
4	Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder	8.86	75%	9.0	8.7	$0.053
5	Micellar Casein Protein Powder	8.65	75%	8.0	9.4	$0.056
6	Casein Protein	8.54	75%	8.7	8.3	$0.054
7	Pea Protein Powder	8.30	75%	8.2	8.4	$0.056
8	Peanut Butter Protein Powder	8.09	75%	8.5	7.7	$0.056
9	Stacked Protein	8.04	75%	9.2	6.7	$0.052
10	Chocolate Protein Powder	7.86	75%	7.4	8.3	$0.062
11	Whey Protein Concentrate 80 Percent Powder Clean	7.73	75%	7.2	8.4	$0.063
12	Classic Whey	7.28	75%	6.9	7.7	$0.063
13	Whey Protein Isolate	7.17	75%	5.9	8.6	$0.069
14	100 Whey	7.02	75%	7.7	6.3	$0.058
15	Whey Protein	6.76	75%	6.7	6.9	$0.064
16	Chocolate Micellar Casein	6.62	75%	5.1	8.3	$0.071
17	Loaded Protein	6.61	75%	6.2	7.1	$0.067
18	Organic Vegan Protein Powder	6.07	75%	5.4	6.9	$0.069
19	Syntha 6 Edge Protein	5.81	75%	5.6	6.0	$0.069
20	Syntha 6 Protein	5.47	75%	6.4	4.4	$0.065

Click a column header to sort. not enough data means the number could not be verified from the label or price on record — never estimated.

How this ranking is built

These are the same composite scores as the full Protein Powders ranking — value math against the whole category, formula and dose auditing from the verified label — shown for the budget half of the category only. Nothing is re-scored for this page; see how we rate for the full method.