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Grass-Fed Whey Protein.

Backed by human trialsTransparent Labs, verified Oct 2026Formula verified. Independently reviewed.Independent review. Not commissioned by Transparent Labs.

Iron is the lead active here, studied most for oxygen delivery to working muscle. 17 human studies on Iron back this formula, each one cited. Who it fits: for everyone, adults.

Clinically dosedFull label disclosure
9Active ingredientsWell studiedResearch base81Human studies
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The verdict
Backed by human trials
For everyone, adults.
How we verify

The brand submits the formula. We read the supplement facts panel and weigh dose, form and synergy against the clinical evidence. Labs test. IngredientMD verifies. The fee pays for review time, never for the outcome.

The formula
Calcium: Bone strengthExtensively studied
Iron: Oxygen delivery to working muscleKey driver
Potassium: Electrolyte balanceExtensively studied
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate: StrengthExtensively studied
Organic Peanut Butter Powder: Covering nutrients on a small appetiteSupporting role
Cocoa Powder: Healthy glucose metabolismWell studied
Natural Chocolate Flavor: EnduranceSupporting role
Salt: Settling into a low carbohydrate dietSupporting role
Stevia Extract: Steadier blood sugar after mealsSupporting role

How we read this product

Source: Supplement facts
Supplement Facts panel for Grass-Fed Whey Protein
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    We read the label.

    The panel on the left is the one we evaluated, line by line.

  2. 02
    Every active, separately.

    All 9 actives checked against the clinical evidence: dose, form, and what the research actually shows.

  3. 03
    Then the formula as a whole.

    Doses, ratios, and how the ingredients work together. That assessment is the verdict above: "Backed by human trials".

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    Earned, not bought.

    The verdict is public and identical whether or not a brand pays. A formula that does not clear the bar gets nothing.

Read by the engine against 2.1 million data points from clinical trials, PubMed and more than a hundred vetted sources. No individual reviewer is named or implied.

The receipts

Well studied
Research base
81
Human studies
1 mg
Iron
100 mg
Calcium
31,110 mg per serving clears the studied 10 g minimum
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate, Morton et al. 2018 Br J Sports Med meta-analysis (49 RCTs); Jager et al. 2017 JISSN position stand.

Cross-checked against 1,879 documented interactions for these actives.

Read the evidenceCalcium, the evidence →Iron, the evidence →Potassium, the evidence →Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate, the evidence →Organic Peanut Butter Powder, the evidence →Cocoa Powder, the evidence →

Inside the formula

Calcium
13 studies
Bone strength
Extensively studied
Iron
17 studies
Oxygen delivery to working muscle
Key driver
Potassium
16 studies
Electrolyte balance
Extensively studied
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate
Strength
Extensively studied
Organic Peanut Butter Powder
Covering nutrients on a small appetite
Supporting role
Cocoa Powder
11 studies
Healthy glucose metabolism
Well studied
Natural Chocolate Flavor
Endurance
Supporting role
Salt
Settling into a low carbohydrate diet
Supporting role
Stevia Extract
Steadier blood sugar after meals
Supporting role
In context

The gap this formula speaks to.

Public health figures the engine matched to this formula's ingredients. Reported by their source, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

The people it speaks toFieldwork 2023

21.1% of the US population

aged 15 and over took part in sports, exercise, or recreation on an average day in 2023, in the American Time Use Survey.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024
This formulaNHANES 2017-2018, published 2021

57.6%

During 2017 to 2018, 57.6% of US adults aged 20 and over reported using a dietary supplement in the past 30 days.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics
26 more
Daily use

59 to 66 days

was the median time it took adults to make a new daily health habit automatic across the studies a 2024 review pooled, with individuals ranging from 4 to 335 days.

Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024
Stevia Extract

Meta-analysis, 2024

Pooling 26 studies in 1,439 adults, stevia intake lowered blood glucose by about 3.8 mg/dL on low-certainty evidence, with no detectable change in insulin or HbA1c.

The paper
Zare et al., 2024PMID 39098209
Stevia Extract

Randomised trial, 2023

In 60 adults with excess weight, stevia drinks before a carb breakfast cut the two-hour insulin response versus sugar, with no detected difference in food intake over the next day.

Appetite
Salt

Randomised trial, 2001

In 412 adults, cutting sodium from high to low lowered systolic blood pressure by about 6.7 mmHg on a typical diet and about 3 mmHg on the DASH diet.

New England Journal of Medicine
Stevia Extract

Meta-analysis, 2014

Across nine randomised trials in 756 adults, steviol glycosides produced small reductions in diastolic blood pressure and fasting blood glucose, while the systolic change of about 3 mmHg was not statistically distinguishable from placebo.

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Cocoa Powder

Randomised trial, 2026

Reports results for physical performance measures in participants randomised to cocoa extract supplementation within COSMOS.

JBMR Plus
Cocoa Powder

Meta-analysis, 2025

Pooling trials in healthy adults, dark chocolate intake was associated with a small change in peak oxygen uptake during exercise, and results varied across the individual trials.

Physiological reports
Stevia Extract

Randomised trial, 2024

In 53 adults with excess body weight, biscuits sweetened with stevia rebaudioside M instead of sucrose lowered the two-hour insulin and glucose responses, and appetite ratings were similar across all three versions.

EBioMedicine
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate

Randomised trial, 2025

A leucine-enriched beta-lactoglobulin preparation was compared with an isonitrogenous whey protein isolate for skeletal muscle protein synthesis, a stable-isotope marker measured over hours rather than a change in muscle size.

Nutrients
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate

Systematic review, 2026

Across the trials reviewed, whey and soy protein supplementation alongside resistance training in young adults was associated with changes in training adaptations, with the authors noting variability between studies.

Journal of Dietary Supplements
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate

Systematic review, 2025

Supplementation with milk proteins was reviewed for effects on body composition and anthropometric measures, with results varying by the training and dietary context of the underlying trials.

Nutrients
Cocoa Powder

Randomised trial, 2026

Reports the effects of daily cocoa extract and multivitamin-multimineral supplementation on epigenetic ageing clock measures. Epigenetic clocks are surrogate markers, not clinical outcomes.

Nature Medicine
Cocoa Powder

Systematic review, 2026

Across trials of dietary flavonoids, cocoa among them, some studies reported better mood scores while the overall pattern of findings was inconsistent.

Nutrition reviews
Organic Peanut Butter Powder

Meta-analysis, 2024

Pooling randomised trials, nut intake was associated with small improvements on some cognitive test scores in adults.

Frontiers in nutrition
Natural Chocolate Flavor

Systematic review, 2025

Across the pooled trials the authors did not detect evidence supporting a restricted white diet, including avoidance of cola-type drinks, during dental bleaching. A failure to detect a difference is not proof that none exists.

Journal of Dentistry
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate

Systematic review, 2026

Long-term plant and animal protein supplementation were compared for body composition, muscle strength and physical performance. The review did not detect a clear separation between the two sources, which is a failure to detect a difference rather than evidence that they perform identically.

Frontiers in Nutrition
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate

Randomised trial, 2019

Whey protein isolate taken during endurance training did not produce a detectable change in cycling performance or the immune measures recorded, which is a failure to detect a difference and not evidence that none exists.

Frontiers in Nutrition
Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate

Systematic review, 2025

A review looked at early protein intake in infancy and later body weight and metabolic measures in children, finding associations across cohorts rather than a demonstrated cause.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Population figures from public health data. Context for the category, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

What this formula earned

Every one of these is a fact the engine could ground.

Each line below was derived from this formula's own record at the time of verification. Nothing here was written by the brand, and nothing can be added that the evidence does not carry.

  • Studied in people17 human studies on Iron back this formula, each one cited.
  • A mechanism that is settledHow Calcium and Iron work is settled pharmacology.
  • Studied together, not just separatelyCalcium and Iron have been studied together, not only separately.
  • Recent work on the recordThe most recent study on this record was published in 2025.
  • Why this formatIt is a powder, so the serving scales to the amount you want and mixes into something you already drink.
  • The exact form, describedThe label names its forms exactly: Calcium carbonate, Ferrous sulfate, Potassium chloride. The record says what each one is and what it suits.
  • Full label disclosureEvery ingredient on this label carries its own declared amount.
  • Where it comes from and how it is madeCalcium is made by mineral.
  • Positions this formula already qualifies forThis formula already qualifies for positions beyond the one it is sold into, on the evidence it carries.
  • A position nobody is holding yetSome of those positions are ones almost nobody is selling to yet.
  • Interaction screen on the recordEvery active on this label was screened against the interaction record, and the screen is published with it.
What the trials show

What the trials show about timing.

Time-to-effect windows the engine read from the trial record. Each is a window a named study measured, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

  • Calciumwithin about one to six hours of a single doseMeasured within a day

    A randomised cross-over trial in ten women of mean age 69 gave a single 500 mg dose of calcium as citrate fasting, citrate with a meal, fortified juice or a dairy product meal, with blood drawn before and at 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours. Serum ionised and total calcium increased significantly from baseline over six hours, with the rise similar after fortified juice, delayed when citrate was taken with a meal and smaller after the dairy meal. A separate double-blind cross-over trial in 25 postmenopausal women measured parathyroid hormone and a bone resorption marker 12 hours after a single calcium dose. Ten participants is a small sample, and what moved was blood chemistry, not a sensation.

    Promising
  • Ironwithin 24 hours of a single doseMeasured within a day

    A randomised crossover study in 54 nonanemic young women with plasma ferritin at or below 20 ug/L gave labelled iron sulfate as single fasting morning doses of 40, 60, 80, 160 and 240 mg. Twenty four hours after doses of 60 mg or more, serum hepcidin was raised and fractional iron absorption from the following dose was 35% to 45% lower. Across the dose range a sixfold rise in dose, 40 to 240 mg, produced a threefold rise in iron absorbed, 6.7 to 18.1 mg. Total iron absorbed from three doses inside 24 hours was not significantly greater than from two morning doses. The measure was iron absorption and serum hepcidin, not a symptom.

    Promising
  • Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolatewithin 30 minutes of a doseMeasured within a day

    In a randomised crossover trial, 12 healthy men aged 19 to 32 consumed 29.6 g of whey protein isolate, with plasma amino acids sampled at 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes after the dose. Essential amino acids, branched-chain amino acids and leucine all rose significantly from baseline in both arms. The trial's comparison was between a processed isolate and the standard form.

    Promising

Windows measured in the cited trials. Context for how the active behaves over time, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

General timing

How each ingredient usually behaves over time.

9 ingredients, from each one's own page.

  • Calcium

    No acute sensation. Parathyroid hormone responds within hours, while bone density shifts over a year or more of steady intake, so this reads on a panel and a scan.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

  • IronTwo to four weeks

    Before everyday stamina shifts. Ferritin, the storage marker, climbs over months of steady daily intake rather than days.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

  • Potassium

    Cramp steadiness and hydration can shift within a day or two of raising intake. The blood pressure side, within the normal range, reads out over four to six weeks.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

  • Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate

    The amino acid rise happens inside an hour. Strength and lean mass changes are read at eight to twelve weeks in most trials, alongside resistance training.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

  • Organic Peanut Butter Powder

    Taste is immediate. The fat and protein register as mild fullness within about half an hour, and at these amounts there is nothing cumulative to wait on.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

  • Cocoa PowderWithin two to three hours

    Vessel-function measures such as flow-mediated dilation shift within two to three hours of a single dose. Blood pressure readings settle over two to four weeks of daily use.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

3 more

How each ingredient usually behaves over time, from its own page on IngredientMD. General timing for the ingredient, not a measurement of this product.

Format

Powder

It is a powder, so the serving scales to the amount you want and mixes into something you already drink.

Best forGram-scale actives: creatine, collagen, protein, electrolytes, beta-alanine.
From the same shelf

Studied alongside this brand's other formulas

Where two of this brand's products carry actives the literature has read together, the pairing and its basis are below. The evidence word is the corpus row's own confidence, never a score.

Grass-Fed Whey Protein + Creatine HMBEstablished

Active vitamin D switches on the calcium-binding proteins and channels in the gut lining that carry calcium across the intestinal wall, so the body absorbs far more of the calcium it takes in. With too little vitamin D, much of a calcium dose passes straight through unabsorbed.

Established biochemistry. No combination trial has tested this exact pairing.

Questions shoppers ask

Is Grass-Fed Whey Protein independently verified?
Yes. IngredientMD reviewed this formula independently and verified it in Oct 2026. The verdict is earned, not bought: brands can't edit or purchase it.
What's in Grass-Fed Whey Protein?
Grass-Fed Whey Protein is built on Calcium, Iron, Potassium, Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate, Organic Peanut Butter Powder, Cocoa Powder, and more. Each ingredient links to its own evidence page on IngredientMD.
Were ingredient interactions checked?
Yes. The combination was screened against 1,879 documented interactions for these actives in IngredientMD's interaction database.
Who is IngredientMD?
IngredientMD is an independent supplement-science platform. We analyze ingredients and formulas against clinical research, and we verify products only when they clear our bar. Labs run the tests. We review the results.
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