Unflavoured whey protein isolate isn't hugely popular but you can get it online.

US: https://nutricost.com/collections/protein/products/nutricost...

AU: https://www.bulknutrients.com.au/products/whey-protein-isola...

edit - I should add, you can get a bit of an idea of the quality of the protein powder by just looking at the percentage of protein in it. Nutricost is 85% and Bulk Nutrients is 87%. Doesn't leave much room to shove other ingredients in with protein levels that high.

You can also go buy 20kg bags of WPI from NZ (which is where I think most of these retail products get their WPI from) https://www.nzmp.com/global/en/products/ingredients/types/pr...

What’s the price on those bags? I’m not contacting them and hidden pricing is scummy.

I think you have to bid on their auctions. It is more of a wholesale thing for people buying tons of it. https://pure-product.com/products/whey-protein-isolate-20kg-... they are reselling one for $709 USD

I think it helps to look for protein powder meant to be incorporated into other things (as opposed to ones you mix with milk and drink directly).

[1] Quest brand: https://www.questnutrition.com/collections/protein-powders/p...

[2] essentially powdered egg whites are easy to find, for example: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Just-Protein-Non-GMO-Unflavored/d...

For unflavored protein powder I like the Naked brand: https://nakednutrition.com

I too ran into that issue as I nearly cut all sugar from my life since 6 months. As the other pointed out, here is my alternative, which is great [0]! I once drank it raw, it was terrible. But usually I blend it with the European version of Soylent powder and then it tastes amazing. 1. https://www.natureletics.de/products/natureletics-pure-natur...

Talk about timing--I was literally downing a glass of this as I was reading your comment:

https://canadianprotein.com/products/bulk-grass-fed-new-zeal...

They ship to the US for free, too.

You can't find a brand because people don't buy it because it tastes awful.

OWN Brand protein drinks are what I drink.

That's surprising, my local upscale supermarket even has like multiple brands of plain whey protein. I'd probably just order it online then. I like to mix it sometimes with cocoa powder, then just more or less chug it lol

Read the ingredients closely. Sometimes, the sweetener has a chemical name you won't recognize.

Difficulty finding it could just be where you live? Every supplement shop within 50 miles of me (of which there are only 4) has an unflavored, unsweetened protein. And, if I type "unflavored unsweetened whey protein isolate" into amazon, there's 30 bags for me to choose from. I randomly clicked on 5 of the first page results, and none of them had a sweetener on their nutrition facts/ingredient list.

My go to: https://www.raworganicwhey.com/

One that's easy to find in stores is "collagen peptides", I add them to oatmeal, pretty good. And to echo a sibling comment, unflavored whey protein is harder to find, but it's out there, one of my grocers stocks it.

I drink Orgain which I buy from Costco (the regular 20g one, not a fan of their “plant based one” or 30g one.) It uses monk fruit as a sweetener instead of sugar.

NOW has unflavored protein produced in a GMP-certified facility. You can also buy protein powder directly from dairy farms, which is helpful when there's a shortage/price-spike - I've bought from Dana farms. It's also significantly more fresh and tasteless. Buying from Dana Farms you can either buy it with a small amount of emulsifier to help it dissolve in water or just single-ingredient pure without that.

If purity is particularly important to you I'd recommend "isolate" over "concentrate", it will have even lower amounts of lactose, which can benefit people who are severely lactose-intolerant.

You could use Kefir to make your own whey protein. You use milk but the Kefir actually eats the sugar in the milk and the whey ends up separated from the fat.

Pretty good stuff :)

Yeah, I ran into a similar issue. I mostly use Isopure now. They have an unflavored variant. I usually blend it with frozen berries and fresh veggies.