Naked Nutrition

Naked Nutrition's pitch is right in the name: nothing to hide. Their flagship Naked Whey and Naked Pea proteins have as few as one ingredient unflavored and three flavored, with no artificial flavors, sweeteners, or colors. Across the whole range, the brand uses zero artificial sweeteners (no sucralose or sugar alcohols), zero artificial colors, zero GMOs, zero fillers, and zero mixing agents. Flavored products lean on natural options like coconut sugar, and the whey is sourced from small Northern California and Idaho dairy farms where cows are grass-fed year-round and raised without growth hormones like rBGH or rBST. Garage Gym Reviews + 2 On testing, Naked Whey is third-party tested through Informed Choice, a program that checks for banned substances and impurities; it's also certified gluten-free through the Gluten-Free Certification Organization and independently tested for the presence of heavy metals. The brand additionally offers a line of NSF Contents Certified products, third-party tested for label accuracy, purity, and safety, with all supplements manufactured in GMP-compliant facilities. One transparency gap worth flagging: Naked states it does not send official lab reports to customers, and while some product pages show heavy metal testing, sourcing details are published for only some products — so verification here runs through certification seals more than downloadable batch COAs. BarBend + 2 The catalog covers whey, casein, pea, and collagen proteins plus creatine, pre-workout, and greens. Expect trade-offs that come with genuinely unsweetened formulas: reviewers report mixed reviews on taste and mixability, and one serving is two scoops. If you want a dessert-flavored shake, this isn't that brand — which is arguably the point. Garage Gym Reviews We recommend Naked Nutrition because it's one of the few brands where "clean label" is literal: you can read the entire ingredient list in seconds, and Informed Choice, GFCO, and NSF Contents certifications back the purity claims with independent testing.