Myprotein Impact Whey – Analysis

For the first time, we are going to analyze a whey protein and start with one that is gaining a lot of fans in Portugal, this is… Impact Whey from the Myprotein brand.

The review will be for the unflavored version, so there are some differences for the flavored versions of this protein, both in terms of price, composition and nutritional values.

This supplement, as the name suggests, is a whey protein, that is, a whey protein, and is composed only of concentrated whey protein.

It is available in 1kg, 2.5kg and 5kg bags for 14.89?, 30.89? and 54.89? respectively.

For those who are aware of the prices of whey supplements, you can easily see that this is a very interesting value.

However, it is increasingly common for low-priced proteins to sacrifice product quality, so we decided to grab a 2.5kg bag of this protein and take a look.

Is Myprotein's Impact Whey worth it?

Impact Whey Presentation

The version we have for analysis is the 2.5kg version, however, they all come in bags.

For those who usually buy protein supplements from well-known brands, you are probably used to the traditional protein bucket, however, the bag is equally comfortable and easy to transport.

Inside the bag we found a scoop and luckily we didn't need to go very deep until it appeared. Lucky, maybe.

Impact Whey is cream as we can see in the image below.

Nutritional value

So let's get to what really matters, if we weren't talking about a nutritional supplement.

The values of this protein from Myprotein are quite interesting, mainly because it is a concentrated protein and not an isolated one.

	25g	100g
Protein	20.5g	82g
Carbohydrates	1.5g	6g
Fats	1.7g	6.8g

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Each scoop contains an average of 25g, that is, if we use a scoop to make our shake we will have 20.5g of protein, practically the same as a small/medium chicken steak.

If we look at the values per 100g, we see that Impact Whey is made up of 82% of protein, an excellent value for a concentrated whey supplement.

There is little to say about the carbohydrate or fat values as they are so low, 1.5g and 1.7g respectively per shake.

Analyzing in more detail, we look at the ingredients and see that this formula uses only concentrated whey protein and an emulsifier.

In other words, just what matters without unnecessary additions.

Aminogram

Looking at the aminogram, we see that for each 100g we have 18.77g of BCAA's and 4.7g per scoop (25g).

BCAA's are the amino acids with the greatest impact on protein synthesis and to put these values into perspective, we compared Impact Whey to the best-selling protein in the world, Whey Gold Standard from Optimum Nutrition.

Comparative

	Impact Whey	Gold Standard Whey ON
Total Protein/100g	82g	81.6g
BCAA's/100g	18.77g	18.71g

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Looking at the table we see that both proteins have practically the same amount of both protein and BCAA's.

In nutritional terms, it is clearly an excellent protein, with a high protein and BCAA's value.

Flavor

This is where the biggest problem lies, not only with this supplement, but with any flavorless protein.

A Impact Whey without flavor it tastes bad.

Although the taste is always subjective, hardly anyone will praise the taste of this supplement and, the first few times it requires a little effort to drink it (and probably a grimace too).

Since whey protein is typically used post-workout in combination with carbohydrates, we tried two homemade blends: a version with banana and another with nesquik powder.

Both shakes were pleasant.

You still have two other alternatives.

A Flavored Impact Whey or the popular ones FlavDrops, which are drops that you can add to any supplement to give it a pleasant flavor.

Anyone who drinks this protein without anything added will probably turn up their nose the first few times, however, the fact that it has no flavor is excellent for those who want to make mixes.

Price

This is where this supplement really stands out, as they have a price well below the average of those found in the most well-known brands.

	1kg	2.5kg	5kg
Doses	40	100	200
Cost per dose	0.37?	0.31 ?	0.27 ?
Cost 100g/protein*	1.81?	1.50?	1.33?
Total cost	14.89	30.89	54.89

 

The cost per 100g of protein refers to the amount paid for each 100g of actual protein.

While the cost per dose refers to the cost for each scoop, in this case 25g and containing 20.5g of real protein.

The cost per 100g of protein refers not to 100g of product but to 100g of protein itself.

In the 2.5kg version, each dose costs just 31 cents.

To put these values into perspective, let's again compare this supplement to the whey from Optimum Nutrition, as they are nutritionally very similar.

Since the average value for 2.2kg of ON protein is 60%, each dose costs an average of 78 cents, which is more than double.

Finally, it is interesting to look at the value for every 100g of protein, which is only 1.5? in the case of the 2.5kg format, and 1.33? in the 5kg version.

We just say, because in the case of Optimum Nutrition protein, the value for every 100g of protein is 3.12?!

Where to buy?

You can find this supplement available here and you can still go through here to get a discount.

Conclusion

A Impact Whey It has an excellent percentage of protein (82%), with a huge amount of BCAA's (18.7%), therefore being an excellent choice from a nutritional point of view.

Furthermore, it is probably the protein with the best quality/price ratio currently available on the market.

The only downside is the taste, although this is something that happens with any protein supplement without added flavor.

You can find the analysis of the flavored version here.

For those looking for quality protein at a good price, this is an excellent bet.

You can also go through here to get a discount code.

Have you already used the Impact Whey?

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