Gold Standard 100% Whey Extreme Milk Chocolate

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Ultra-processed · 9 ingredients to avoid

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Extreme Milk Chocolate scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 24g protein and 2g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Extreme Milk Chocolate lists 18 ingredients, starting with Protein Blend, Whey Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Hydrolyzed Whey Protein) and Cocoa Powder. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

120 kcal per serving, or 375 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Extreme Milk Chocolate on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Extreme Milk Chocolate scores worse than most protein powders we have scored. A higher-scoring option in protein powders is Truvani Plant Based Protein, Unflavored & Unsweetened, 19.75 oz at 100/100.