What Protein Powder Do AI Models Recommend (2026)?

Tracked across 2 benchmark runs from Jul 9, 2026 to Jul 19, 2026

The exact question we asked AI models

“Best protein powder, 28yo trains 4-5x/week, lean muscle”

Brand Recommendations

Aggregated across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity over 2 benchmark runs.

#	Brand	Mentions	Top-3
1	Optimum Nutrition	7	7
2	Transparent Labs	7	7
3	Dymatize	4	4
4	Orgain	1	1
5	Ritual	1	1
6	Ascent	1	1
7	Truvani	1	0
8	Garden of Life	1	0
9	Momentous	1	0

Model-by-Model Breakdown

Top brands each AI model recommends for this prompt.

chatgpt

1.Transparent Labs
2.Optimum Nutrition
3.Ritual

claude

1.Transparent Labs
2.Optimum Nutrition
3.Ascent
4.Dymatize
5.Momentous

gemini

1.Optimum Nutrition
2.Transparent Labs
3.Dymatize
4.Garden of Life

perplexity

1.Transparent Labs
2.Optimum Nutrition
Orgain

Key Insights

Key Takeaway

Optimum Nutrition appears in 11 of 12 answers (91.7%) and leads mention frequency. Transparent Labs appears in 7 of 12 answers (58.3%) and leads three of the four explicit rankings. Transparent Labs is top-three in all four rankings; Optimum Nutrition is top-three in three. Collection took place on October 12 and 13. ChatGPT P3 was replaced after a temporary-chat reset. Perplexity used its free advanced-search preview. Product claims remain unverified.

Top Brands Summary

Across 12 eligible final answers: Optimum Nutrition 11, Transparent Labs 7, Orgain 5, Momentous 4; Dymatize, Legion, Nutricost and Vega 3 each; Ascent, NOW Sports, Promix and Swolverine 2 each; Isopure, Myprotein, Naked and Thorne 1 each. Total: 51 unique brand-cell mentions across 16 brands. Mentions are deduplicated once per brand per answer.

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