The Best Clean Protein Powders

A roundup of the best clean protein powders with healthy ingredients. 

 Every wonder what is in your protein powder? Many protein powders are made with fillers, sweeteners, and strange ingredients I can’t pronounce.

I have been having a smoothie a day since my college. I’ve made every color and flavor smoothie possible. There are green smoothies, purple smoothies, blue smoothies, orange smoothies, and plenty of brownish-grey smoothies-which actually can be surprisingly delicious.

In whipping up my morning go go smoothie I managed to break two blenders before upgrading to a Blendtec blender.

Over the past 10 years, I have tried way more than my fair share of protein powders in my healthy smoothie recipes.

Over time, I noticed that food is medicine, and what I eat affects my mood, energy, satiety, and even how my skin and hair looks.

Now, I don’t just grab the protein that is on sale or that taste like a snicker-doodle cookie. I take the time to research the ingredients in my protein. I want clean protein, but your girl looks forward to her smoothie, so it MUST taste good or be flavorless such as collagen peptides.

Look for a protein powder with:

1. Short ingredient list
2. Minimal or no sweeteners (monk fruit or stevia only)
3. No weird dyes, flavoring, or gums to thicken

I buy my clean protein powders from Thrive Market, Charlotte Supplements, Sprouts, Amazon, and even Costco. Watch for sales and stock up!  For my smoothies, I typically have 1 scoop (10 grams of protein) of collagen peptides and 1/2 a scoop of chocolate or vanilla-flavored protein.

My current favorite clean protein powders

Collagen peptides:

• Ancient Nutrition Collagen Peptides (code LAURALIVEWELL20) for 20% off) 
• Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides
• Dr. Axe Multi Collagen Protein Powder
• Thrive Market Grass-Fed Collagen Peptides
• Primal Kitchen Collagen fuel

Vegan Protein:

• Vivo Life Perform Protein 
• Truvani 
• KOS Organic Protein powder
• Sunwarrior Protein 
• Nutzest Protein 

Bone Broth Protein:

• Ancient Nutrition bone broth protein  (code LAURALIVEWELL20) for 20% off) 
• Thrive Market organic bone broth protein

What are your favorite proteins? I love trying out new brands so comment your favorite clean protein powders below and be sure to tag me with your smoothie creations @lauralivewell