Organic Naked Rice

It has good taste, no too sweet, so ...👌👌👌

Great product, container is way to big, it's barely half full. Really wasting a lot of plastic.

Received on time. Huge bottle. Product in the bottle had an unusual smell and gave me a bad stomach. Could have been off or maybe it's just not for me. Reverting to my usual brand. You win some you lose some.

It’s a great product and it goes down really well. I have trouble with anything egg or dairy and even some plant proteins (food sensitivities and IBS) but this sits really well. I found that Carnivore beef protein sat really heavy but this was light and easy to drink. It blends really well but basically just tastes like sidewalk chalk. Just mix it with whatever as it’s practically tasteless. My only qualm is that these vegan protein products are WAY overpriced and I feel it’s taking financial advantage of people with dietary restrictions and medical conditions. An unfortunate side effect of a capitalistic culture. But other than than, I highly recommend it.

***I am in no way affiliated with this product or the other products mentioned in this review.*** Firstly, I should tell you that I have experimented with MANY vegan proteins. I've had a lot of trial and error, and this one is by far my favorite. It's not often that I rate something with five full stars. "Nothing is truly THAT perfect", my inner cynic nags me each time I review something - but this time, I feel that it's appropriate. Let's get straight into why it's so great! --- What I love about it: -NO ADDITIVES! No questionable ingredients that I can't recognize or even pronounce. It's just brown rice protein concentrate from sprouted brown rice. This is SO important, not just for your overall health, but for the sake of your digestion. Many protein powders I've tried contain fillers like inulin, which, while still derived from a plant-based and natural source, can cause stomach upset for some people. I happen to be one of these lucky ducks. What's worse is that pea-based proteins can cause digestive issues for some people - also including myself. Awesome, right? Needless to say, this protein has been a life-saver! As you may expect, no additives does mean that it won't taste great by itself. It's a common complaint that vegan protein powders taste terrible, but I feel that this one is somewhat of an exception to that. It's definitely not delicious, but it's not NEARLY as gag-worthy as most, either. It's bitter on its own, but hides well behind just about anything you add to it. Be prepared with your own flavoring and sweetener for your drink or baked goods. I sweeten with NOW foods Stevia powder. If you don't like powdered stevia I highly suggest SweetLeaf's Stevia drops in vanilla, vanilla creme, or caramel - or even just the plain one along with some vanilla extract. Get creative. Blend it up with some peanut butter, or what I personally prefer - a simple teaspoon of cocoa powder. As long as you add a sweetener, you can add any flavor you want and this protein will be almost undetectable. -IT'S VERSATILE! Not only can you drink this protein, you can also bake with it. Before going vegan, I used to try baking with Whey. Those of you who have tried to do that know how much Whey dries out your recipes. With this protein, it's little different than a flour. All you have to do is substitute part of your dry mix for some of this protein, and you won't be able to tell the difference. Attached in this review is a picture of some vegan banana oatmeal cookies that my daughter bakes with this protein. --- What I don't like about it - and there isn't much: -Due to how dense this protein is, it tends to settle in a drink. All you have to do is make sure that you shake or stir your drink every few minutes so that you don't leave a pile of protein at the bottom. Not a big deal. -There is a bitter aftertaste, but as I mentioned, it isn't noticeable if you flavor it. -It's messy. Something about this protein makes it magically get everywhere, where other proteins don't. It's as if it's especially sensitive to static or something. I can't explain why, but I can tell you that you should have a washcloth nearby.

So I don't really review things on amazon, but I feel that this product merits some time in writing in actual review apart from what others have written. To begin with, this is without a doubt a great tasting protein; i'm quite surprised for the fact that as a plain plant based protein, it does not taste like crap. Financially speaking, this is a cheap product when one accounts for the cost/lb and the amount of protein that you get per serving along with it being an "organic" product, and when you spread that across many other kinds of protein strands available on Amazon you'll see that this is a good deal to be had especially when one sees that the market is more or less homogeneous for protein in general. I went ahead and bought this product from Naked along with their chocpb and casein which I felt were a great deal and I was pretty hyped to get my hands on this based on all the stellar reviews that were here on amazon. Shortly after, I out of my own curiosity went ahead and did a bit of research on plant based protein and was somewhat alarmed by some reviews and some sources stating that contaminates that could possibly be prevalent in plant based proteins just like this one. Though then again, there isn't much research out their to warrant this being the case (along with everyone's opinion on the matter which is quite open-ended), however what really caught my attention was in which this product is being marketed as an organic product. The reason that this alarmed me is because when I went on the USDA's organic integrity database, I tried to search up this company where their name didn't pop up anywhere in their database. I then went to CCOF's website (the agency Naked claims to have been certified organic from) and searched their registry for this company and nothing popped up. It is at this point in which I was dumbfounded as to how something like this could have happened. I then emailed Naked and asked them who they were doing business as to verify that this product truly is organic in which they told me that they are labeling their product as organic based upon their co-packer, meaning that this product (from whoever the third party manufacture is) supposedly has registration with CCOF as being certified organic. Private labeling isn't a problem, and heck, if that means that I can get protein much cheaper i'm all for it. The only problem is that Naked told me that they don't provide the name of who their supposed co-packer might be which to me sounds highly suspicious and concerns my own well-being as to if I should be taking this in the first place. I mean I can understand if you as a company don't want to provide the name of your third party manufacture so that your competition finds out in regards to your strategy (which is pretty reasonable when one looks at how fragmented the market is), but not being transparent to that point gives benefit of the doubt to many things they are claiming. Surely it was my own sheer ignorance that I did not do my due diligence before buying their products, but I think that those who are going to go ahead and purchase their products ought to think twice: They label their product as organic when their name doesn't pop-up in any data base (in which they claim that their product being organic is a fraudulent claim in itself), they state that their product is "HEAVY METALS AND MELAMINE TESTED: Our Naked Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein is independently tested by third-parties for heavy metals and is melamine free" (which is pretty much contradictory since they are privately labeling a product that clearly isn't manufactured by them, so what claim back's this up?), lastly, on their 5lb product they use seals to label that this product is organic but why not on their 1/lb product? I had a lot of hopes for this company and this product as the exact value proposition of what this product claims to be when its not what it is. "Naked Rice: Premium Organic Brown Rice With Nothing To Hide" ought to be more like "Naked Rice: Premium Organic Brown Rice With Many Things To Hide" Caveat Emptor......

Unfortunately, my product was very bitter tasting. Almost rancid. I had to return it. Not a good flavour for smoothies or baking. Very strongly bitter.

TLDR: If you have intolerance or can't have an animal protein you can make this work but this isn't going to win any taste tests. I lift weights 4x a week and am focused on macros. Unfortunately I can't use whey protein so the search began for something that could meet my needs. Enter Naked Rice. This is a very clean product delivering everything is says it does. Rice protein isn't complete meaning you are lacking some amino acids. In this case it's lysine. As a scientist I dove into the research. You could of course supplement but a simpler solution is to use more Rice protein. In this case 48g will get you everything you need. I find the product dissolved well in water but would suggest adding it to water vs the other way around to prevent it from getting in the air. The texture won't appeal to everyone as with more product its a tad gritty. The taste is akin to cardboard but I'm eating with purpose not for pleasure and I'm not masking the taste with other items. Overall a great product but if you want a good taste with no grittiness it might not be for you.