What’s in the Tub
Our Amazon link points to the Vanilla tub: 20 servings of 2 scoops each, 630 grams in all (Amazon lists it as 22.2 oz). On Amazon it’s sold by Pattern, a third-party seller. A 2-scoop serving (31.5 g) has 130 calories, 22 grams of protein, 4 grams of carbs, 2 grams of fiber, 3.5 grams of fat, 3 mg of iron and 570 mg of sodium, a quarter of the daily value. The panel doesn’t list total sugars; Thorne says 0 g added sugar. If you’ve seen 640 mg of sodium online, that’s the Chocolate, which has a bigger 33.8 g serving and 140 calories.
The 28.55-gram protein blend is pea, chia seed and rice protein, in that label order, with no proportions given. Then come natural flavors, MCT, sea salt and two sweeteners: Rebaudioside M, a stevia-leaf extract, and monk fruit. No gums, enzymes, probiotics or added vitamins. The sea salt helps explain the sodium. Captain Vegan’s take: a protein shake that moonlights as a pretzel.
Thorne prints a typical amino-acid table on the back label: 1.9 g of leucine, 1.0 g of isoleucine and 1.1 g of valine (about 4 g of BCAAs) per serving, plus 1.7 g of lysine and 0.3 g of methionine. The label says it’s made in the USA from US and imported ingredients; Thorne doesn’t name its pea supplier. Plant Protein launched in January 2026. Thorne’s older VeganPro Complex was a different product, with a different blend and cane juice sugar, so anything written about it doesn’t apply here.
Taste and Texture: What Reviewers Say
Short answer: nothing to report yet. Plant Protein launched in January 2026, and none of our three panel reviewers (Garage Gym Reviews, BarBend and VegFAQs) has scored it. As of November 7, 2026, none of the three had a Thorne Plant Protein review, and it didn’t appear in their vegan, pea protein or best-tasting roundups.
Thorne’s own product page shows 88 reviews averaging five stars, but the brand hosts them, so they don’t count toward our score. Under our formula, a powder with no panel score gets a neutral 60% for taste and mixing instead of a guess. Captain Vegan’s opinion: a rookie deserves a fair tryout, not a rumor, so check back once a panel reviewer weighs in.
Safety and Testing
Thorne Plant Protein is NSF Certified for Sport. We confirmed the Vanilla on NSF’s own listing (630 g tub, 2-scoop serving, 22 g of protein) with five lots listed, and the Chocolate is listed too. NSF Certified for Sport checks that the label matches what’s inside, screens for contaminants and tests for banned substances (Thorne says nearly 300). What it doesn’t hand you is a lead number: NSF publishes no heavy-metal figures.
Consumer Reports hasn’t tested it. Thorne isn’t in CR’s October 2025 tests or its January 2026 follow-up, which makes sense, because CR bought its samples before Plant Protein existed. Thorne says it tests ingredients and finished product for contaminants such as heavy metals, pesticides and microbes, but it posts no lot results, so there are no per-batch numbers to check against your tub. Paperwork: solid. Report card from CR: not issued yet.
The label carries a California Prop 65 warning about lead and reproductive harm. Thorne chose to print it; it isn’t a regulator’s finding, and it comes with no measured level. No Prop 65 60-day notice names Plant Protein (California AG database, checked November 7, 2026). Two 2025 notices allege lead in other Thorne products, Daily Greens Plus and a Daily Electrolytes drink mix; those are allegations, not findings, and they don’t involve this powder. We found no lawsuits about Plant Protein and no recalls. It isn’t on the Informed Choice, Informed Sport or Clean Label Project lists, and Thorne makes no organic claim.
How It Scored
Protein: 18/25. 22 g per serving earns 7.3 of 10 points for grams. About 68% of its calories come from protein, worth 5.5 of 10 for density. A three-source blend with a published amino profile (1.9 g of leucine) earns the full 5 for amino-acid support.
Value: 13/25. We measure what 20 g of protein costs at the Amazon price on our November 8, 2026 scoring date. Thorne and Truvani are nearly tied, and among our 12 only Momentous and Ritual cost more per 20 g. Varsity letter, varsity price.
Purity: 17/25. From our starting 15, NSF Certified for Sport adds 4, and the Prop 65 lead warning on the label subtracts 2. There’s no Consumer Reports result and no per-batch metal numbers, so nothing moves either way there.
Taste: 15/25. With no score from our three panel reviewers, taste and mixing both get our neutral 60%: 12 of 20 and 3 of 5. That number can move once a panel reviewer rates it. The four sub-scores add up to 63, the same as Ritual; ties go to the higher unrounded total, and Thorne’s 63.4 edges Ritual’s 62.6, so Thorne lands at No. 8.
How It Compares
Vega Protein + Recovery (No. 2, 71/100) is the other NSF Certified for Sport blend near the top, with 30 g of protein in a 41 g scoop, a lower cost per 20 g of protein and 490 mg of sodium. Like Thorne, its current formula hasn’t been tested by Consumer Reports (CR’s 185% result covered Vega’s older alfalfa blend) or scored by our panel, and an open July 2025 Prop 65 notice alleges lead in a Vega chocolate protein.
Momentous 100% Plant Protein (No. 10, 61/100) is NSF Certified for Sport too, and it does what Thorne doesn’t: it posts lab results for 88 batches, so you can look up your own tub. It costs a bit more per 20 g of protein, and CR measured 476% of its lead level of concern in Momentous’s discontinued previous formula.
Truvani Plant Based Protein (No. 7, 67/100) costs almost exactly the same per 20 g and has what Thorne lacks: panel taste scores (4 of 5 from Garage Gym Reviews and BarBend) and a CR lead result under 100% (93%, Chocolate, Jan 2026). It has no sport certification, though. More options for tested athletes are on our athletes page.