Best protein for Athletes
Certified supplement types commonly chosen by athletes, including bodies that screen for banned substances.
121 third-party-certified brands listed below — certification status is factual; this is not medical or efficacy advice.
Ranked by number of independent third-party certifications (Labdoor letter grade breaks ties). This reflects how thoroughly each brand is independently verified — not product quality, efficacy, or price, and not an endorsement.
| Rank | Brand | Certifications | Indep. bodies | Products | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Most independently tested | Cizzle Brands | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Core Med Science | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Designs for Health | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Enduraphin | INFORMED NSF_SPORT | 2 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | GFR Pharma | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Garden of Life | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 14 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Gnarly | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | H-E-B, LP. | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Herbalife Nutrition | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | LTF Club Operations Company, Inc. | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 5 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Momentous | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 12 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Nutrabolt | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | PODIUM | INFORMED NSF_SPORT | 2 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | SFH | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Select Custom Solutions, LLC | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 5 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | TB12 | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | The Unicorn Co. | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Thorne | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 6 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #1 Most independently tested | Wegmans | NSF_DIETARY NSF_SPORT | 2 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | 10X ATHLETIC | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | 1st Phorm | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | 6d Sports Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | ABNDNT Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | AGN Roots | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | AN | INFORMED | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | ATP Lab | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Access Business Group, LLC | NSF_DIETARY | 1 | 7 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Agropur Inc. | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Applied Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Ascent | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Athena | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Athletic Aliments / Nutrifootball | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | BODYHERO | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | BSc Supplements | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | BULK | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Barbell Medicine | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Bare Performance Nutrition | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 12 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Bio-Synergy | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | BioSteel | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 12 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Buff Chick | BSCG | 1 | 17 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Bulk Sports | BSCG | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | BulkSupplements.com | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Crown Sport Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | EBS | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Explosive Whey | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | FYTA, PBC | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Fast&Up | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Fluid Sports Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Glanbia Performance Nutrition (Manufacturing), Inc. | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Grenade | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Healthspan Elite | INFORMED | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Heart & Soil | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | HelixLabz | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Herbalife 24 | BSCG | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Human Performance Hub | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | INC | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | IRONWRX | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Just Ingredients | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 5 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | K.K. Peak Performance Nutrition | BSCG | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | KAGED | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Kinetica | INFORMED | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Lab Nutrition USA | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Ladder LLC | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Macro1 Nutrition, LLC | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Mandrill Protein | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | MaxiNutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Musashi | INFORMED | 1 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Myprotein | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | NAMEDSPORT> | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | NATURAL VITAMINS LABORATORY CORP. | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 8 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Neulife | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Neversecond | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | New Capstone, Inc. | NSF_DIETARY | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Now Foods | INFORMED | 1 | 7 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Nutra Supplements | BSCG | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Nutritech | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Nutrition X | INFORMED | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | OTE Sports | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | One Sol | BSCG | 1 | 9 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Optimum Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | PAS | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | PILLAR Performance | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | POWER PLAY FUEL | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | PepsiCo | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 13 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Perform | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Powerbar | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Precision Engineered | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Precision Engineered by Holland & Barrett | INFORMED | 1 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | ProXO | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Protocol for Life | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | PurePower Sport Elite | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | QUALIFY | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Raw Sport | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Reebok | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Rep Fitness | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 3 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | SHAKLEE | BSCG | 1 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Science In Sport | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Soccer Supplement | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Sports Research | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | TYM Athletic Performance | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | The Feed | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | The Func Lab Health N Wellness Pvt Ltd | BSCG | 1 | 12 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Timeline | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Transparent Labs | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 21 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | TriActive by Holland & Barrett | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Twenty2 Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | USN | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | UpNourish | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | VOW Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Vital Proteins | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Vitamin Shoppe | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 4 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Wild Society Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Worldwide Sport Nutritional Supplements, Inc. | NSF_DIETARY | 1 | 5 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Wup Water Up | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | XS Sports Nutrition | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Xeela | BSCG | 1 | 8 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | Xendurance | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | dotFIT | NSF_SPORT | 1 | 2 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | lushprotein | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | matsukiyo LAB | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
| #20 | nu3 | INFORMED | 1 | 1 | Shop:AmazoniHerb |
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