Protein shakes: least sodium
615 products ranked
Of the 729 products in the protein shakes aisle of USDA's branded food database, Protein Nutritional Shake, Vanilla by Foundation Fitness has the least sodium: 14 mg per 100 g (46 mg per 330 ml serving); the aisle's median is 79 mg. It shares that value with 1 other product; ties are listed by more protein. 13% of those with a declared serving (96) are at or under FDA's "low sodium" line per labeled serving: 140 mg or less, also per 50 g for servings of 30 g or less, per 100 g for meal and main-dish products (21 CFR 101.61(b)(4) and (b)(5); FDA tests per reference amount).
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; values per 100 g as submitted by manufacturers; one product per UPC.
Updated · By GetFoodFacts · data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release · how the figures are checked
Which protein shakes has the least sodium per 100 g?
- 1Foundation Fitness · 330 ml serving14mgper 100 g · 46 mg per serving
- 2Foundation Fitness · 330 ml serving14mgper 100 g · 46 mg per serving
- 3Muscle Milk · 473 ml serving29mgper 100 g · 137 mg per serving
- 4Bolthouse Farms · 450 ml serving29mgper 100 g · 131 mg per serving
- 5Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving30mgper 100 g · 99 mg per serving
- 6Bolthouse Farms · 450 ml serving31mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 7Farmers Way · 355 ml serving34mgper 100 g · 121 mg per serving
- 8Orgain · 247.5 ml serving34mgper 100 g · 84 mg per serving
- 9Orgain · 247.5 ml serving34mgper 100 g · 84 mg per serving
- 10Happy Child · 244 ml serving35mgper 100 g · 85 mg per serving
- 11Iconic · 237 ml serving36mgper 100 g · 85 mg per serving
- 12Iconic · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 13Iconic · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 14Topco Associates, Inc. · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 15Abbott · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 16Pediasure · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 17Abbott · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 18Pediasure · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 19Abbott · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 20Abbott · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 21Pediasure · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 22Abbott · 237 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 23Parent's Choice · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 24Ahold Usa, Inc. · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 25Cottontails · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 26Cvs · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 27Meijer · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 28Wellsley Farms · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 29Up&up · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 30Up&up · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 31Basics For Kids · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 32Parent's Choice · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 33Parent's Choice · 240 ml serving38mgper 100 g · 91 mg per serving
- 34Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving39mgper 100 g · 129 mg per serving
- 35Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving39mgper 100 g · 129 mg per serving
- 36Muscle Milk · 355 ml serving39mgper 100 g · 138 mg per serving
- 37Svelte · 330 ml serving41mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 38Svelte · 330 ml serving41mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 39Svelte · 330 ml serving41mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 40Calnaturale · 330 ml serving41mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 41Calnaturale · 330 ml serving41mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 42Ensure · 330 ml serving42mgper 100 g · 139 mg per serving
- 43Ensure · 330 ml serving42mgper 100 g · 139 mg per serving
- 44Slimfast · 325 ml serving42mgper 100 g · 137 mg per serving
- 45Zoneperfect · 325 ml serving43mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 46Zoneperfect · 325 ml serving43mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 47Zoneperfect · 325 ml serving43mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 48Zone Perfect · 325 ml serving43mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 49Zoneperfect · 325 ml serving43mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 50Zoneperfect · 325 ml serving43mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 51Glucerna · 330 ml serving45mgper 100 g · 149 mg per serving
- 52V8 · 296 ml serving47mgper 100 g · 139 mg per serving
- 53Core Power · 240 ml serving48mgper 100 g · 115 mg per serving
- 54Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving48mgper 100 g · 158 mg per serving
- 55Orgain · 330 ml serving48mgper 100 g · 158 mg per serving
- 56Parent's Choice · 240 ml serving48mgper 100 g · 115 mg per serving
- 57Muscle Milk · 414 ml serving51mgper 100 g · 211 mg per serving
- 58Muscle Milk · 414 ml serving51mgper 100 g · 211 mg per serving
- 59Muscle Milk · 414 ml serving51mgper 100 g · 211 mg per serving
- 60Muscle Milk · 414 ml serving51mgper 100 g · 211 mg per serving
- 61Muscle Milk · 355 ml serving51mgper 100 g · 181 mg per serving
- 62Light & Fit · 296 ml serving51mgper 100 g · 151 mg per serving
- 63Light & Fit · 296 ml serving51mgper 100 g · 151 mg per serving
- 64Nestle USA Inc. · 414 ml serving51mgper 100 g · 211 mg per serving
- 65Premier Protein · 345 ml serving52mgper 100 g · 179 mg per serving
- 66Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving52mgper 100 g · 172 mg per serving
- 67Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving52mgper 100 g · 172 mg per serving
- 68Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving52mgper 100 g · 172 mg per serving
- 69Orgain · 330 ml serving52mgper 100 g · 172 mg per serving
- 70Orgain · 330 ml serving52mgper 100 g · 172 mg per serving
- 71Orgain · 330 ml serving52mgper 100 g · 172 mg per serving
- 72Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving52mgper 100 g · 172 mg per serving
- 73Harmless Harvest · 300 ml serving53mgper 100 g · 159 mg per serving
- 74Harmless Harvest · 300 ml serving53mgper 100 g · 159 mg per serving
- 75Orgain · 244 ml serving53mgper 100 g · 129 mg per serving
- 76Orgain · 247.5 ml serving53mgper 100 g · 131 mg per serving
- 77Designer Wellness · 120 g serving54mgper 100 g · 65 mg per serving
- 78V8 · 296 ml serving54mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 79V8 · 296 ml serving54mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 80V8 · 296 ml serving54mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 81Harmless Harvest · 296 ml serving54mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 82Orgain · 240 ml serving54mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 83Six Star Pro Nutrition · 325 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 179 mg per serving
- 84Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 182 mg per serving
- 85Muscle Milk · 330 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 182 mg per serving
- 86Muscle M Lk · 330 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 182 mg per serving
- 87Premier Protein · 330 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 182 mg per serving
- 88Premier Protein · 330 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 182 mg per serving
- 89Atkins · 325 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 179 mg per serving
- 90Orgain · 237 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 91Orgain · 244 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 134 mg per serving
- 92Orgain · 244 ml serving55mgper 100 g · 134 mg per serving
- 93Muscle Milk · 414 ml serving56mgper 100 g · 232 mg per serving
- 94Muscle Milk · 414 ml serving56mgper 100 g · 232 mg per serving
- 95Muscle Milk · 414 ml serving56mgper 100 g · 232 mg per serving
- 96Muscle Milk · 414 ml serving56mgper 100 g · 232 mg per serving
- 97Fairlife · 340 ml serving56mgper 100 g · 190 mg per serving
- 98Muscle Milk · 355 ml serving56mgper 100 g · 199 mg per serving
- 99Muscle Milk · 500 ml serving56mgper 100 g · 280 mg per serving
- 100Rebbl · 355 ml serving56mgper 100 g · 199 mg per serving
How this ranking is made
727 products in the aisle declare sodium; 615 are ranked, leaving out 93 mixes, powders or concentrates; 1 named by the publisher's review (below); 3 records whose label contradicts itself or that sit outside the aisle's range; 15 that do not declare all seven core label values (each rule). Values are per 100 g as each manufacturer submitted them to USDA, one product per UPC (its newest submission that meets the data contract), and one per product sold under several UPCs with the same label. The top 100 are shown; each was read again from USDA's live record at this release, and USDA's corrections are applied.
Left out after review:
- Milk Chocolate Original Nutrition ShakeEnsure Original listed at 5.9 g fiber per 100 g (14 g a bottle), several times any other shake of its kind
Download: the top 250 as CSV (CC BY 4.0).
What this ranking does not measure
Taste, price, where it is sold and whether the recipe changed since the manufacturer's last submission. Each product page shows the date of its record.
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Sources for this page
- USDA FoodData Central
- the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- FoodData Central documentation
- what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
- the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
- 21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
- the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
- FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
- the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov