Is whey protein isolate better than concentrate?

Isolate has been filtered further, so more of each serving is protein and less is fat and lactose; concentrate is whey in its less-processed, more traditional form. Neither is a wrong answer — the trade is a leaner scoop against a simpler preparation. Performance Whey Protein Blend sidesteps the choice by putting both forms in one formula, with the complete supplement facts panel published on its product page.

Is plant protein as good as whey protein?

What muscle repair needs is the full set of essential amino acids in a dose you take consistently — the source matters less than the profile. Plant Protein covers that profile by combining fava bean protein isolate with fermented nutritional yeast protein, delivering 20 g per serving with no dairy in the formula. If whey suits you, choose by taste and diet rather than ideology.

How much protein is in a serving of protein powder?

Across this collection a serving carries 18 g to 22 g depending on the formula: Advanced 100% Whey Protein Isolate is the high end at 22 g, Pure3 comes in at 18–19 g from a three-ingredient label, and the plant formulas land at 20–21 g. Every figure here is taken from the supplement facts panel reproduced in full on each product page, with serving size and calories alongside it.

When is the best time to drink a protein shake?

Your total across the day matters more than the minute you drink it, so pick the slot you will actually keep — after training is popular mostly because it is the easiest habit to anchor. On rest days a shake works as an ordinary between-meals top-up. Whichever slot you settle on, keep to your label's directions — and if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication or managing a medical condition, run the routine past your healthcare provider before you start.

Protein Supplements

The short version

Whey isolate, whey blend or plant: how to choose

Protein powder is the least mysterious product we sell: it is food, concentrated into a scoop, for the days when meals alone do not cover what training asks of your muscles. Protein supplies the amino acids that muscle repair and maintenance run on, which makes a shake a convenience — a dependable way to reach a daily total — rather than a shortcut. This collection keeps the decision honest: three ways of preparing whey, and one plant formula for routines that leave dairy out entirely.

Read the label in two places: the protein line and the ingredient list. Advanced 100% Whey Protein Isolate delivers 22 g of protein from whey isolate in a 120-calorie serving, with MCT oil powder and apple pectin rounding out the formula. Pure3 100% Whey Protein Isolate is the short-label option — whey protein isolate, natural flavors and stevia leaf extract are the entire ingredient list — at 19 g of protein in a 90-calorie scoop. Performance Whey Protein Blend pairs whey isolate with whey concentrate, the classic everyday format, sweetened with stevia rather than artificial sweeteners. And Plant Protein reaches 21 g per serving with no dairy at all, building a complete amino acid profile from fava bean protein isolate and fermented nutritional yeast protein.

Then make it boring: a set time, a flavour you genuinely like, and a tub that does not run out. Chocolate and vanilla exist across this range for exactly that reason — sticking with a protein habit is a taste problem before it is a discipline problem, so Subscribe & Save takes 10% off and keeps the next tub arriving on your schedule, with skip, pause and cancel sitting in your account. The other half of a training week — the work the protein is recovering you from — lives in our performance and training collection. And because a protein claim is only as good as its panel, the full supplement facts for every formula here sit on its product page — the whole label, before you buy. How we decide a product deserves the shelf space explains the rest.

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Guides for Protein

A scoop is one line in a bigger recovery routine — what to take after a workout lays out the whole hour after training, protein included, in plain order.

Training and ingredient explainers keep landing in the growing Learn collection.

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Protein questions, answered

Is whey protein isolate better than concentrate?: Isolate has been filtered further, so more of each serving is protein and less is fat and lactose; concentrate is whey in its less-processed, more traditional form. Neither is a wrong answer — the trade is a leaner scoop against a simpler preparation. Performance Whey Protein Blend sidesteps the choice by putting both forms in one formula, with the complete supplement facts panel published on its product page.
Is plant protein as good as whey protein?: What muscle repair needs is the full set of essential amino acids in a dose you take consistently — the source matters less than the profile. Plant Protein covers that profile by combining fava bean protein isolate with fermented nutritional yeast protein, delivering 20 g per serving with no dairy in the formula. If whey suits you, choose by taste and diet rather than ideology.
How much protein is in a serving of protein powder?: Across this collection a serving carries 18 g to 22 g depending on the formula: Advanced 100% Whey Protein Isolate is the high end at 22 g, Pure3 comes in at 18–19 g from a three-ingredient label, and the plant formulas land at 20–21 g. Every figure here is taken from the supplement facts panel reproduced in full on each product page, with serving size and calories alongside it.
When is the best time to drink a protein shake?: Your total across the day matters more than the minute you drink it, so pick the slot you will actually keep — after training is popular mostly because it is the easiest habit to anchor. On rest days a shake works as an ordinary between-meals top-up. Whichever slot you settle on, keep to your label's directions — and if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication or managing a medical condition, run the routine past your healthcare provider before you start.

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The rest of the range

Most of what a protein routine achieves is decided between servings — training, sleep and the rest of the day's habits. The other collections we formulate for:

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Ordering

Shipping, returns and support

A month of protein is the heaviest parcel we send, and shipping is weight-based USPS priced at cost — worth a look before checkout:

Shipping rates and delivery times
Weight-based USPS rates, charged at cost with no markup — powders weigh more than capsules, so they cost a little more to send. Most orders arrive in about 4–9 business days. Lower 48 only.
Our 30-day return policy
Damaged, wrong, or never arrived? Tell us within 30 days for a refund or replacement — nothing to ship back.
Answers to the questions we get most
Subscribe & Save, the roughly 4% handling fee, ingredients and label questions — all in one place.
Track an order without an account
Your order reference and the email you ordered with is all it takes. No account needed.
Contact the Betterly support team
Ingredient questions and order changes go straight to our support team.

Protein

Advanced 100% Whey Protein Isolate (Chocolate)

Advanced 100% Whey Protein Isolate (Vanilla)

Performance Whey Protein Blend (Chocolate)

Plant Protein (Chocolate)

Plant Protein (Vanilla)

Pure3 100% Whey Protein Isolate (Chocolate)

Pure3 100% Whey Protein Isolate (Vanilla)