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Best overall
Wheyl Nutrition JUST Whey Protein, 1 lb (15 servings)
₱1,490 ₱4.32 per gram of protein
Shopee
Quick verdict
Overall pick Wheyl Nutrition JUST Whey Protein, 1 lb (15 servings)
Wheyl Just Whey scores higher overall (64 vs 58): its listing shows the full label for each flavour and it costs less per gram of protein (₱4.32 vs ₱5.14). Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard is sold by the brand's official Mall store and every flavour we checked has its own FDA registration, but its listing gives no ingredient list or scoop size.
Choose Wheyl Nutrition if
You want the listing that shows the full label and protein per flavour, a lower price per gram of protein and a Philippines-made concentrate (a little more lactose and fat than an isolate).
Choose Optimum Nutrition if
You want the well-known Gold Standard tub from the official store, with a 24 g protein serving, and you accept that the listing gives no ingredient list or scoop size.
The overall pick follows the weighted Wellness Picks score (64 vs 58 out of 100), not the number of criteria won below.
Head-to-head summary
Rows come from each product’s record and from the guide that ranks both. Prices checked 2026-10-11. We did not use or test either product.
Criterion by criterion
Where the evidence is not strong enough to call a winner, we say so.
What you will care about when choosing
Wheyl: about ₱4.32 per gram of protein (₱1,490 for 15 servings). Optimum Nutrition: about ₱5.14 per gram (₱3,580 for 29 servings).
Evidence: Official-store prices checked in our whey protein guide.
Wheyl prints the ingredients for each flavour (whey protein concentrate, flavouring, stevia). The Optimum Nutrition listing gives no ingredient list.
Evidence: Both Shopee listings.
Wheyl states 21 to 23 g in a 30 g serving; Optimum Nutrition states 24 g, but its listing gives no scoop size, so the two servings are not comparable.
Evidence: Both Shopee listings.
Both products have one food-supplement registration per flavour; every flavour we checked matched on the FDA portal. Neither listing shows the number.
Evidence: FDA Philippines portal lookups for our guide.
From our weighted scoring
10 vs 10 out of 25 points.
16 vs 10 out of 20 points.
5 vs 10 out of 20 points.
8 vs 6 out of 10 points.
15 vs 15 out of 15 points.
10 vs 7 out of 10 points.
Final result
Rounds count every row equally. The weighted Wellness Picks score does not, and it decides the pick. On the scoring axes, a lead of at least 10% of the axis points counts as a round won.
Evidence and limits
- Wheyl Nutrition: listing checked 2026-10-11; registration FR-4000010813043.
- Optimum Nutrition: listing checked 2026-10-11; registration FR-4000014662883.
- We compare what each listing and the FDA record state; we did not use or test either product.
- Not compared for lack of evidence: taste, mixing, digestion and independent lab results.
- The Wheyl listing shows an "FDA approved" badge; a registration is not an approval. "Lab tested", "halal certified" and "cGMP" name no lab or certifier.
- The Optimum Nutrition listing says "no artificial flavors, sweeteners or colors" while the FDA records for several flavours are titled "artificially flavored". Gold Standard tubs from other sellers on Shopee ranged from ₱1,298 to ₱13,250; buy from the official store.
- Prices change; a price change does not change a score unless we re-score the product. This is general information, not medical advice.
- Fact-checked and reviewed by WellnessPicks team on 2026-10-25.
