Round 1: Protein and Nutrition
Winner: Naked Pea
Naked Pea 24/25, Purely Inspired 16/25. Naked Pea’s 2-scoop (30 g) serving holds 27 g of protein for 120 calories, while the Purely tub we link lists 20 g in a single 34 g scoop for 130. That’s 7 more grams for 10 fewer calories, and it makes protein 90% of Naked Pea’s calories and 62% of Purely’s.
Both earn full marks for amino-acid support: Naked Pea publishes its profile, with about 2.5 g of leucine per serving, and Purely blends pea and brown rice. Purely’s other calories come from 5 g of carbs, 3 g of fat and a coconut creamer, and its labels vary by version (the brand site shows a 35 g, 140-calorie panel), so check your tub. Naked Pea is all muscle; Purely packed a side salad.
Round 2: Value
Winner: Naked Pea
Naked Pea 25/25, Purely Inspired 21/25. This is the bargain-bin final: Naked Pea has the cheapest 20 g of protein in our top 10, and Purely Inspired has the second-cheapest. Naked Pea’s 5 lb tub holds about 76 servings; Purely’s holds 16.
Purely is a budget way to get flavor and USDA Organic in one tub, but grams are grams, and the plain pea gets you more of them per penny. The third-cheapest, Orgain, gets its own beating in Naked Pea vs Orgain, and more bargains live on our affordable list.
Round 3: Purity and Testing
Winner: Naked Pea
Naked Pea 19/25, Purely Inspired 13/25. Naked Pea earns 4 points for certification and has two to show: Informed Choice, which screens for banned substances, and NSF Contents Certified, which checks that the label matches the tub and screens for contaminants. Purely has no certification, so it starts at our baseline of 15, then loses 2 for an open Prop 65 notice filed July 18, 2025 that alleges lead in Purely Inspired Organic Protein Powder, under the same UPC as the French Vanilla we link. That’s an allegation, not a finding.
Neither has a Consumer Reports result. CR didn’t test Naked Pea (it tested Naked’s Vegan Mass Gainer, a different product), and Purely wasn’t among the products in CR’s October 2025 tests. Naked says it tests for heavy metals but publishes no lot results, and Purely publishes none. Seals and notices are paperwork, not lab numbers; Naked Pea just has the better paperwork.
Round 4: Taste and Texture
Winner: Purely Inspired Organic
Purely Inspired 18/25, Naked Pea 16/25. Purely gets real, if lukewarm, scorecards. Garage Gym Reviews’ tester gave it 3.75 out of 5 for taste and found the stevia aftertaste unpleasant at first, though GGR tested Peppermint Mocha, a flavor now listed as unavailable. VegFAQs scored taste 15 out of 25 and called it “drinkable, not really good or bad,” but gave mixing 21.9 out of 25, with just 1 g of clumps; averaged with GGR’s 4 out of 5 for mixing, that earns Purely 4.2 of 5 mixing points.
By our rule, unflavored powders get a neutral taste score, so Naked Pea gets 12 of 20 for taste, even though BarBend rated its taste 2.5 out of 5, plus 4 of 5 for mixing from BarBend’s solubility rating. BarBend also warned it “may have a slightly gritty texture.” Lukewarm vanilla still beats plain pea.
Round 5: Ingredients and Extras
Winner: Purely Inspired Organic
Naked Pea’s label has one ingredient: pea protein from yellow split peas grown on US and Canadian farms. No sweetener, no gums, no flavor and 110 mg of sodium. Bring your own banana.
Purely Inspired brings a produce aisle: USDA Organic pea and brown rice protein, a blend of spinach, broccoli, flaxseed, alfalfa and blueberry, the enzyme papain, probiotics, inulin and a coconut creamer, sweetened with 1 g of organic cane sugar plus stevia. It also brings acacia, guar and xanthan gums and 320 mg of sodium in the tub we link, and it contains coconut, so minimalists may score it the other way, but on extras Purely takes it (for Purely against another organic tub, see Purely Inspired vs Garden of Life).