Protein Works Whey Protein 360 - GOLD Innovation
Whey Protein 360 Gold is an all-in-one rather than a lean whey, and it should be judged as one.
- Dairy free
- 68g
- Protein / 100g
- 20g
- Per 30g scoop
- 72p
- Per 25g protein
- £93.99
- 4.80kg pack
Weak on the numbers
Scored on the label and the price, not on how it tastes. How we score.
How the numbers stack up against the price
72p buys 25g of protein here, which makes it the 5th cheapest of the 18 powders we have reviewed, behind Protein Works Whey Protein 360 - PLATINUM Innovation at 71p, and 14p under the median.
You get twelve vitamins and minerals at 15% of the reference intake each, a five-enzyme digestive complex, and eight flavours, for 68g of protein per 100g. What you also get is soy protein isolate as the second ingredient in a product called Whey Protein 360, and 16g of sugar per 100g, which is nearly all of the 19g of carbohydrate. On the 4.8kg bag it works out at 72p per 25g of protein, which is genuinely cheap; on the 600g bag it is £1.04, which is not. Buy the big bag or buy something else.
Cost per 25g of protein, across our 18 reviews
Median 86p
- Protein Works Vegan Pea Protein - BLACK Innovation39p
- Protein Works Vegan Protein 360 - GOLD Innovation44p
- Protein Works Vegan Protein 360 - PLATINUM Innovation54p
- Protein Works Whey Protein 360 - PLATINUM Innovation71p
- Protein Works Whey Protein 360 - GOLD Innovation72p
- PhD Nutrition Diet Whey73p
- PER4M Nutrition Whey Protein75p
- Protein Works 100% Micellar Casein - BLACK Innovation82p
- PER4M Nutrition Isolate Zero86p
- MyProtein Impact Whey Protein91p
- Scitec Nutrition 100% Whey Protein Professional93p
- USN Blue Lab Whey100p
- Applied Nutrition Critical Whey£1.12
- Applied Nutrition ISO XP£1.16
- Warrior Whey£1.19
- Protein Works Clear Diet Whey Protein - GOLD Innovation£1.37
- Protein Works Diet Whey Protein Isolate - BLACK Innovation£1.56
Cheapest in-stock listing at a partner retailer, for packs of 400g and over. NXT Nutrition Beef Protein Isolate has no partner listing in stock, so it carries no figure.
The protein blend is listed as Whey Protein Concentrate, then Soy Protein Isolate, then Milk Protein Concentrate. Soy being second is the thing to notice in a product sold as whey protein: ingredient lists run in descending order by weight, so soy protein isolate contributes more here than the milk protein concentrate does. Nothing on the product name or the front of the pack says so. Beyond the protein, the formula carries a twelve-item vitamin and mineral blend, xanthan gum as a thickener, curcumin for colour, and DigeZyme, a five-enzyme complex of amylase, protease, cellulase, beta-D-galactosidase and lipase.
Ingredient lists run in descending order by weight, and soy protein isolate is second.
What the label gets right, and wrong
Strengths
- Twelve added vitamins and minerals, each at 15% of the nutrient reference value
- DigeZyme five-enzyme complex included, which most whey blends at this price do not carry
- Sunflower lecithin rather than soy lecithin as the emulsifier
- 72p per 25g of protein on the 4.8kg bag, cheaper than most mainstream whey
Watch-outs
- Soy protein isolate is second on the ingredient list, ahead of milk protein concentrate
- 16g of sugar per 100g, which is 4.8g in every 30g shake
- 68g of protein per 100g is low for a whey product; a plain concentrate is usually near 80g
- Salt at 1.4g per 100g
Where to buy it
Ordered by cost per 25g of protein, because pack sizes and protein densities differ enough that a headline price on its own does not tell you which is better value.
| Retailer | Size | Price | Per 25g | Go to retailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protein Works | 4800g | £93.99 | 72p | View deal ↗ |
| Amazon UK | 1200g | £29.71 | 91p | View deal ↗ |
2 partner retailers stock a 400g or larger pack of this product.
Price history
How it scored
Four categories, each out of 25, every one taken from the label or the live partner price.
68g per 100g
72p per 25g protein
16g sugar, 3.1g fat per 100g
none found
What a scoop actually contains
Taken from the manufacturer’s published label. Source.
Protein Works publishes a separate panel per flavour. Across the flavours on the Gold page, protein holds at 68g per 100g and 20g per 30g scoop on every one, and energy and fat do not move either; what varies is sugar, from 16g to 18g per 100g, salt, from 1.30g to 1.40g, and fibre, from 1.5g to 1.7g. The figures here are the most common of those panels. The panel is internally consistent with the rest of the page: 600g divided by the stated 30g serving gives the 20 shakes they advertise, and the twelve micronutrient rows match their "12 vitamins & minerals" claim.
| Nutrient | Per 100g | Per 30g |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 68g | 20.4g |
| Energy | 371 kcal | 111 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19g | 5.7g |
| of which sugars | 16g | 4.8g |
| Fat | 3.1g | 0.9g |
| of which saturates | 1.8g | 0.5g |
| Fibre | 1.7g | 0.5g |
| Salt | 1.4g | 0.4g |
Ingredients and formulation
Protein sources, in label order
- 01Whey protein concentrate (milk)
- 02Soy protein isolate
- 03Milk protein concentrate
Sweeteners and emulsifier
Sucralose
Sunflower lecithin
Sunflower rather than soy lecithin, which normally matters to anyone avoiding soy. It does not help here: soy protein isolate is the second ingredient in the protein blend, so this is not a soy-free product. The allergen line also warns the factory handles milk, egg, cereals containing gluten, peanuts, nuts and soya.
Pack sizes
600g · 1.2kg · 2.4kg · 4.8kg
Eight flavours, two of them priced as Premium. The ingredient list above is the Banana Smooth flavour; the flavouring and the colour change between flavours, so the sweetener and the colour may differ on the one you buy.
Third-party testing
Certification is per programme and often per flavour or per batch, so a badge on one product does not carry across a brand’s whole range.
Protein Works makes no batch-testing claim for this product on its own page, and we found none elsewhere. That is not the same as saying it is untested: it means nothing has been published that we could verify. If you compete in a tested federation, treat this product as uncertified until Protein Works says otherwise.
Made by
Protein Works, produced at their own UK facilityTheir wording is "Produced in our state-of-the-art UK innovation centre to the highest standards". They do not name the site or publish a manufacturing standard alongside it.
What the maker does not publish
- The ingredient list here is the Banana Smooth flavour. Protein Works varies the flavouring, the colour and the fruit or cocoa additions between flavours, so the non-protein part of the list changes with the tub you buy.
- The ratio of whey concentrate to soy protein isolate to milk protein concentrate is not disclosed, so how much of the 68g is dairy protein cannot be established from the label.
- We found no product-level buyer reviews we could attribute and link. The Trustpilot reviews that come up for Protein Works are about the shop, not this powder, so we have left the taste section off rather than pass off service reviews as product feedback.
- No third-party batch-testing certification is published for this product.
Questions buyers ask
The things people search for about Protein Works Whey Protein 360 - GOLD Innovation, answered from the label and the live partner prices rather than from the brand’s own copy.
How much protein is in Protein Works Whey Protein 360 Gold?
68g per 100g, or 20g in the 30g scoop, according to Protein Works’ own published panel. Public nutrition databases quote anything from 66.7g to 83g, but those figures describe older versions of the product or are per-serving numbers scaled up and rounded.
Does Protein Works Whey Protein 360 contain soy?
Yes. Soy protein isolate is the second ingredient in the protein blend, behind whey protein concentrate and ahead of milk protein concentrate. The emulsifier is sunflower lecithin rather than soy lecithin, but that does not make the product soy free.
How much sugar is in Whey Protein 360?
16g per 100g, which is 4.8g in a 30g shake. Of the 19g of carbohydrate per 100g, almost all of it is sugar.
Which size of Whey Protein 360 is best value?
The 4.8kg bag, at roughly 72p per 25g of protein. The 2.4kg is 75p, the 1.2kg is 89p and the 600g is £1.04, so the smallest bag costs about 45% more per gram of protein than the largest.
Is Protein Works Whey Protein 360 Informed Sport certified?
Not that we can verify. Protein Works publishes no batch-testing claim for it, and we found none elsewhere. If you are drug tested, choose a product with a current listing in a testing programme database.
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Last updated 20 August 2026