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Select Protein
Whey protein powder
Mid-range · middle third of sports nutrition
Quick take
In short: what each side says
AI panel · Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Best on ChatGPT (avg #10.0), weakest on Perplexity (#30.0)
Owners love the smooth taste, easy mixing, and digestive tolerance, but some note competitors offer more proteins at lower prices despite PEScience's sample packs and value positioning.
All sides but one land high — Holds up — with one check: the machines place it at #10, outside their top picks.
Main competitors
Top rivals in Sports Nutrition.
The verdict
What the panel makes of it.
PEScience Select Protein ranks #19 for best protein powders and earns 4.9/5 stars from 44,272 buyers who praise its smooth taste and easy mixing, though some find competitors deliver more protein per dollar at the $45–$55 price point.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Model by model?
How each AI sees it.
Best on ChatGPT (avg #10.0), weakest on Perplexity (#30.0) Averaging across the AI panel, Select Protein sits around #19.3 this snapshot.
Gemini
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Didn’t rank Select Protein this snapshot.
Grok
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AI Mode
Didn’t rank Select Protein this snapshot.
Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 44,272 buyer ratings of the Select Protein from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
44,272 ratings · 7 written
across 3 retailers
What owners single out
Buyers praise digestibility and lack of bloating, which aligns with the product's clean ingredient profile highlighted by critics.
In their words
“Love this protien powder, especially for baking anything that calls for protein powder. Tastes great, mixes well, bakes well, and gives me absolutely no stomach issues. Got several single pack samples so far and a few 5 serving sizes to try different flavors. I like that option too, so you can try without spending a lot on a flavor that ends up not your favorite.”
Carla · verified purchase · pescience.com
“Great protein powder but there are competitors that have similar products some with several proteins more than whey and casein and at cheaper price but they don’t give free sample packs. Still the cheapest price for a 5 pound container of protein will win the customer every time. Me being a fitness trainer and having a daily fitness regimen I have placed this protein powder brand in my top 5. Now ”
JACSr · verified purchase · walmart.com
as of July 8 · 44272 buyer ratings?
Act three · ★ new
Do they agree?
Put the machine's rank and the owners' score in one frame, settle it with a verdict, and answer the only question that matters: should you buy it?
The disagreement
Where the juries actually split.
ChatGPT
#10avg rank
ranks it highest of the panel
Perplexity
#30avg rank
the most sceptical model
owners 4.9★ sits outside the models' split.
owners 4.9★Per-model average ranks from this week's panel?
Frequent rivals?
What it competes against.
- Warrior BlendSUNWARriorPEScience leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Nitro-Tech 100% Whey GoldMuscleTechPEScience leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Sport Premium ProteinVegaPEScience leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Sport Organic Plant-Based ProteinGarden of LifePEScience leads 1–0 · 1 shared$42–$48Read
- Complete ProteinHuelPEScience leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Organic Plant ProteinKOSPEScience leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Black Edition ProteinHuelPEScience leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
Alternatives by price · Same field?
Same field, less money.
The recap
Where it stands today.
- PositionBest rank #10 across 1 intent tracked (slipped 6 this week).
- FootprintStrongest in Best Protein Powders (#10).
- TraitsMost often described as “versatile” (2 mentions).
- Closest rivalWarrior Blend (1–0 across 1 shared intent).
- MakerBy PEScience — see how it ranks across other intents on its brand profile.
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