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.

Love it mix it with garden life vegan protein isolate, 1 scoop of each is a great balance blends very well together. On its own little bit grainy but considering it a pure isolate protein its a win. Garden life uses stevia extract its very strong, why they just didn't use brown sugar is a questionable insight considering they promote sience based laboratory processes... Brown sugar is much healthier then stevia, it has minerals and vitamins including magnesium and calcium !

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......

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.

I bought this because I heard of all the downsides of whey protein - indigestion problems, bloating, inflammation and weight gain. In fact after my findings about whey I did even more research as I became obsessed with optimizing every part of my workout routine to maximize gains and overnight became vegan! I've gained a lot of muscle and lost a lot of weight! Something that I've always thought of as an oxymoron, I always thought you needed animal protein to grow big but once again a little research will prove that wrong, most of our information is actually passed down from food companies so the thought that without "lean" meats I couldn't gain muscle and stay lean comes from the most successful marketing campaigns in the world. I have since woken up, and base my workout and health routines off of the most ground breaking science available - for anyone interested in vegan bodybuilding or gym gains you should check out the information now available - Harvard is actually leading the charge in promoting a plant-based lifestyle for overall health and they consistently post information about scientific findings pertaining to health and our culture, they're one of the only independent researchers looking into vegan lifestyle science, and they are one of the only organizations not influenced by "big food" lobbying (money paid - usually to government officials - to push certain business or industry agendas) and have openly condemned the information that is widely taught to the public and even our doctors about nutrition. Only slight negative for me was the texture and flavor didn't compare to my Whey Protein flavored like vanilla ice cream - but the thought that the drink I prepare myself everyday, with the only intent of making progress toward my goals, needs to taste like vanilla ice cream is kind of in itself insane and should have been a red flag, but a fatty will always want cake. My goals are way more important to me than a little flavor in a drink - and I have taken that mindset to just about every aspect in my life and could not be more proud of where I am today because of it. So with the slight risk of sounding exaggerated - this protein in many ways has changed my life! Or at least sparked an interest in a lifestyle change and gave me a completely new perspective on how I should be doing things and why! Seriously, I cannot be more of an advocate for a plant-based lifestyle now and I highly encourage everyone thinking about it to try it! Do some research - you can't just stop eating meat and dairy and think everything is gonna be fine... you HAVE to eat and learn to love vegetables, rice and other natural grains, healthy nuts, and legumes (beans, lentils, peas, etc.) to be truly healthy and allow your body to grow the way it should. Quick P.S. - I ate meat for 25 years of my life, so I understand when people say meat and dairy is hard to give up, those things taste really good to me! But in the long run what is more important to me? I've spent years of my life at the gym working tirelessly towards my set goals, and the reality is -- deep down, those goals are much more important to me than pizza, or a cheese burger, or even what I once thought of as healthy lean meats like chicken or fish! My energy, confidence and overall health is much more important to me. Plus I've discovered dozens of foods that I love that I didn't know I love, there is a ton of flavor in vegan food, you just have to think outside the box you've been living in your whole life. Meat and dairy is not the only flavor - flavor comes from natural herbs and spices!! Learn to rethink why you eat the things you do and I promise you wont regret it!