Whey Protein Isolate Dutch Chocolate
Goals
$89.95 $1.60 per serving
Product analysis
Whey Protein Isolate Dutch Chocolate offers a chocolate-flavored way to add whey protein to your diet.
AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works
Nutrient Quality27
The quality of the protein and most other preparations remains uncertain because their forms are not clearly specified. Vitamin D3 is named, but that alone does not establish the quality of the full mixture.
Ingredient Transparency66
All listed amounts are disclosed, which helps with serving comparisons. Most ingredient forms are unspecified, limiting a precise comparison of preparations.
Value For Money58
The serving cost looks favorable through its potassium contribution and more moderate through sodium. It offers weaker value for iron and leucine, while protein value remains uncertain.
Customer Satisfaction86
Customers generally give positive ratings, backed by thousands of opinions. Those ratings describe satisfaction without establishing effectiveness or safety.
Product Focus54
Adding whey protein is the clearest practical reason to choose the powder. Its potassium contribution relates to normal heart function, but does not establish a dependable blood-pressure benefit.
- Format
Powder - Container
- 5 Pound(s)
- Per serving
- $1.60
- Customer rating
- 4.6 · 4,080 ratings
Goals
Impact
Moderate effect
Vitamin D · 20 mcg
Potassium at 347 mg contributes to normal electrolyte balance and blood-vessel tone. Its blood-pressure relevance depends on overall diet and baseline blood pressure; the serving is below amounts used in the supplied intervention trials. Vitamin D supports normal nutritional needs, but its supplementation has not shown fewer major cardiovascular events in the supplied evidence.
How this product is rated for Heart Health
Ingredient fit62
Relevant nutrients sit within a broader formula with ingredients outside the reviewed heart functions. Nutrient amounts provide a partial match to the saved exposure comparison.
Goal fit
Relevant nutrients sit within a broader formula with ingredients outside the reviewed heart functions.
Dose adequacy
Nutrient amounts provide a partial match to the saved exposure comparison.
Pathways19
The main mechanism in the saved assessment is electrolyte balance and blood-vessel tone. None of the three target mechanisms reaches the saved coverage threshold.
Depth
The main mechanism in the saved assessment is electrolyte balance and blood-vessel tone.
Breadth
None of the three target mechanisms reaches the saved coverage threshold.
Evidence66
Vitamin D leads the saved evidence comparison; this does not establish prevention of major heart outcomes. The nutrients counted at sufficient amounts match recognized preparations.
Evidence strength
Vitamin D leads the saved evidence comparison; this does not establish prevention of major heart outcomes.
Studied preparation
The nutrients counted at sufficient amounts match recognized preparations.
Formulation logic100
The counted nutrients can contribute independently or have their required partner. No configured ingredient conflict was found in the supplied assessment. 2 of 2 counted nutrients reach the saved minimum amount criterion.
Partner coverage
The counted nutrients can contribute independently or have their required partner.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was found in the supplied assessment.
Effective doses
2 of 2 counted nutrients reach the saved minimum amount criterion.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Calories | 150 Calorie(s) | |
Total Fat | 4 Gram(s) | |
Total Carbohydrate | 4 Gram(s) | |
Protein | 25 Gram(s) | |
Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol) | 20 mcg | |
Calcium | 133 mg | |
Iron | 3 mg | |
Sodium | 220 mg | |
Potassium | 347 mg | |
Whey Protein Isolate | 25 Gram(s) | |
Medium Chain Triglycerides | 3 Gram(s) | |
L-Leucine | 1000 mg |
Sodium · 220 mg OverallScore52
A serving provides 220 mg of sodium and 347 mg of potassium. The sodium source is unresolved in the saved facts, and an artificial sweetener is listed.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability48
The sodium source is unresolved in the saved facts, limiting comparison of its form.
Sodium Source Purity & Quality
The chemical source of the sodium is unresolved in the saved facts.
Bioavailability of Supporting Electrolytes
A supporting electrolyte is recorded, but its specific form is not identified in the saved facts.
Trace Mineral Complex & Buffering Forms
No qualifying trace-mineral complex or bicarbonate is identified in the saved facts.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency57
The serving provides 220 mg of sodium. An artificial sweetener is listed.
Sodium Dosage for Athletic Replenishment
The serving provides 220 mg of sodium.
Ingredient Label Transparency
The serving records 220 mg sodium and 347 mg potassium separately.
Artificial Color and Sweetener Disclosure
The ingredient list includes an artificial sweetener.
Value50
The whole-product serving costs about $1.61; that price covers the entire product.
Price Per Serving vs. Collection Median
The whole-product serving costs about $1.61; that price covers the entire product.
Iron · 3 mg OverallScore38
Each serving provides 3 mg of iron, a relatively small amount. The saved facts do not identify the iron compound, limiting comparison by form.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability15
The saved facts do not identify the iron compound, so its form cannot be compared. A vitamin C amount is not established in the saved facts, so its contribution to iron absorption cannot be assessed.
Iron Chemical Form & Bioavailability
The saved facts do not identify the iron compound, so its form cannot be compared.
Absorption Support & Blocker Avoidance
A vitamin C amount is not established in the saved facts, so its contribution to iron absorption cannot be assessed.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency70
Each serving provides 3 mg of iron, a relatively small amount.
Elemental Iron Label Clarity
The recorded iron amount is 3 mg per serving.
Dosage Effectiveness & Safety Range
Each serving provides 3 mg of iron, a relatively small amount.
Value20
A whole-product serving costs about $1.61.
Price per Effective Serving
A whole-product serving costs about $1.61.
Leucine · 1000 mg OverallScore56
Each serving lists 1000 mg of L-leucine. The estimated whole-product cost is about $1.61 per gram of leucine.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability70
L-leucine is named; more specific source information is unavailable in the saved facts.
Isomer Purity and Sourcing
L-leucine is named; more specific source information is unavailable in the saved facts.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency60
The amount is disclosed as 1000 mg of leucine per serving.
Muscle Protein Synthesis (MPS) Dosage
Each serving provides 1000 mg of leucine, a smaller amount in this comparison.
Dosage Transparency
The label gives the leucine amount for the serving.
Value20
The whole-product cost works out to about $1.61 per gram of leucine, high in this comparison.
Price per Gram of Active Leucine
The whole-product cost works out to about $1.61 per gram of leucine, high in this comparison.
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Sources
Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.
- Potassium intake, stroke, and cardiovascular disease a meta-analysis of prospective studies.
- Oral potassium supplementation for management of essential hypertension: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Joint association of urinary sodium and potassium excretion with cardiovascular events and mortality: prospective cohort study.
- Effect of Potassium Supplementation on Endothelial Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies.
- Effects of potassium supplementation on office, home, and 24-h blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension.
- Vitamin D supplementation for cardiometabolic risk markers in pregnant women based on the gestational diabetes mellitus or obesity status : a randomized clinical trial.
- Paricalcitol and endothelial function in chronic kidney disease trial.
- Vitamin D Supplementation, Serum 25(OH)D Concentrations and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
- Does vitamin D supplementation modulate metabolic risk factors of cardiovascular disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials.
- Comparative Efficacy of Nutraceuticals on Endothelial Function: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.