AI Recommendations for Protein Powder (2026)
Tracked across 2 benchmark runs from Jul 9, 2026 to Jul 19, 2026
The exact question we asked AI models
“Protein powder under 50 everyday use, same profile”
Brand Recommendations
Aggregated across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity over 2 benchmark runs.
| # | Brand | Mentions | Top-3 | First Picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Optimum Nutrition | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dymatize | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | NOW Sports | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nutricost | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Myprotein | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Naked Nutrition | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Vitamin Shoppe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ghost | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Orgain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MuscleTech | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Muscle Milk | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Levels | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Model-by-Model Breakdown
Top brands each AI model recommends for this prompt.
chatgpt
- 1.Optimum Nutrition
- 2.Dymatize
- 3.Nutricost
- 4.MuscleTech
- 5.NOW Sports
claude
- 1.Optimum Nutrition
- 2.Naked Nutrition
- 3.Nutricost
- 4.Myprotein
- 5.Dymatize
gemini
- 1.Optimum Nutrition
- 2.Nutricost
- 3.Dymatize
- 4.Levels
- 5.Orgain
perplexity
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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