BPI Sports: Best Protein

BPI Sports Best Protein has set a new standard in whey proteins. With a name that sets out its stall does Best Protein match up to its bold claim?

What Does Best Protein Imply?

BPI have made no secret about the fact that Best Protein is designed to topple Optimum Nutrition's Gold Standard Whey from its perch as the best selling, most highly regarded protein powder in the world. While you could argue whether or not Gold Standard Whey is the best protein there is no doubt that it represents the standard by which any other whey protein is judged. How does BPI's Best Protein stack up then?

Powered by Whey Protein Isolate

Whey proteins come in many different forms. While most whey proteins on the market are based around whey protein concentrate which is the cheapest and slightly higher in carbs and fats. Best Protein, while still using whey protein concentrate includes whey protein isolate as the dominant form of whey protein. Whey protein isolate is higher in protein, while being lower in fat, sugar and lactose which means it has a higher biological value and is easier to digest. In addition, Best Protein uses whey protein hydrolysate in its blend of whey proteins, a type of protein that is refined to be even purer than whey protein isolate and often considered as the fastest digesting whey of them all.

Almost Identical to Gold Standard Whey 

On the whole, Best Protein and Gold Standard Whey are functionally identical as each comprises a tripartite blend of wheys and each uses whey isolate as the primary source of whey. Best Protein is very slightly higher in carbohydrates and fats but the difference is so minute as to not worth worrying about even for the most nutrition obsessed people out there. The one place where Gold Standard Whey does enjoy an edge is Optimum's use of an enzyme complex to aid digestion. While Best Protein contains lactase, an enzyme designed to aid digestion of the milk sugar lactose, Gold Standard Whey contains multiple enzymes to improve digestion of protein.

Taste and Performance

Each serving of Best Protein offers 24g of whey protein sourced and claims to be the best mixing, and best tasting protein in it's category. With no unwanted fillers Best Protein is one of the leanest and cleanest proteins on the market. Every bottle of Best Protein is made from a natural, cold temperature, micro-filtration process, resulting in a finished product that is extremely high in protein, while retaining the important micronutrients. 

With taste being subjective that is hard to say but there is little doubt that Best Protein has an army of fans and with this product backed up by testing by Chromadex, a third party laboratory that tests for purity and nutritional content, there is little doubt that Best Protein is guaranteed to deliver the type of muscle building and recovery boosting effects that makes whey protein the most popular protein on the planet.

Is it the best? That is impossible to say in truth but there is little doubt that when it comes to whey proteins this is a product which makes a good argument for being the best out there.