Updated: 2026-09-07
NØRSE CØDE and OWYN both put 20g of plant protein in a scoop, and they build it from different places. Ours draws on three protein sources, pea, rice and barley, sitting inside a label of only 9 natural ingredients, made in our own facility. OWYN builds its 20g from pea, pumpkin and chia protein, on a longer label.
Every figure below was read on 2026-08-01, ours off our own label and OWYN's off their site at owyn.com. The OWYN column describes their Smooth Vanilla.
| Spec | NØRSE CØDE | OWYN |
|---|---|---|
| Protein per serving | 20g | 20g |
| Protein sources | Three: pea, rice, barley | Three: pea, pumpkin, chia |
| Ingredient count | Only 9 natural ingredients | Ten ingredients, including a greens blend, a probiotic strain and organic cane sugar |
| Sugar | 0g total sugar and 0g added sugar, both flavors | 4g added sugar per serving on the current Smooth Vanilla panel |
| Sweeteners | Allulose and monk fruit | Organic cane sugar and monk fruit extract |
| Gums, fillers, artificial sweeteners | None | None on the published ingredient list |
| Fiber | 5g fiber per serving, including dietary fiber, from acacia | 0g on the current Smooth Vanilla nutrition panel |
| Servings per container | 14 per bag | 28 per tub |
| Manufacturing | Self-manufactured, own Petaluma, CA facility | Not publicly disclosed as self-owned or co-packed |
| Third-party testing | We third-party test every input for heavy metals | Not disclosed on the current product page |
| Guarantee | 60-day money-back, no questions asked | Satisfaction guarantee referenced on-site; exact terms not itemized on the product page |
| Price per serving | $2.54-$3.57 (8-bag subscription at $284.99/112 servings, down to a single bag at $49.99/14 servings) | $44.99 / 28 servings = about $1.61 (subscription: $38.24 / 28 = about $1.37) |
| Best for | A buyer who wants their protein third-party tested and the label short. Also the buyer who picks on flavor and wants it checked by a blind taste test. | A buyer who wants a greens blend and a probiotic strain built in alongside the protein |
Bottom line: on the lines a label reader checks, ours is the shorter answer. Zero added sugar against 4g. Five grams of fiber against none listed. Allulose and monk fruit doing the sweetening rather than cane sugar. OWYN's case is the greens blend and the probiotic strain, which we do not carry and are not trying to.
You find out about a protein powder's texture two weeks in, once the novelty is gone and it is just a thing you drink. That is what we built for before we built for anything else. Then we had it tested blind: more people chose NØRSE CØDE than Orgain and Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Protein Powder combined. OWYN was not in that panel.
A customer on Shopify, five stars, March 2026: "great flavor and not gritty at all!"
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Every line on that table is a choice, not an accident. Cutting the label down meant saying no to the usual shortcuts: the gum that thickens a shake so it reads as creamy, the artificial sweetener that hides the plant taste behind sweetness, the filler that stretches a formula cheaper. Each one we left out is a reason the shake tastes like something rather than like a workaround.
We make it ourselves, in our own facility in Petaluma, California, which means the timeline is ours. When we want to change something, we do not wait behind somebody else's production run. That ownership is also how SmoothBlend happened: over a thousand iterations, over two years, run by our founder Smári on the back of 15 years in CPG, until a plant protein would dissolve without a gum or a blender. It is why the shake does not go chalky, and why a spoon and a mug are enough, in coffee at 7am or in cold water after a workout. OWYN does not publish whether its protein runs through a facility it owns or a co-packer.
That is also why we cost more per serving. Allulose, MCT oil and a three-source protein blend all cost more to buy than the ingredients they replace. We would rather pay for them than swap them out.
Three come up more than the rest: whether the protein figures really match, how far a container goes, and what is doing the sweetening.
Yes, both put a real 20 grams in the scoop. What differs is the plant behind it: a pea-rice-barley blend on our label, pea-pumpkin-chia on theirs.
NØRSE CØDE ships 14 servings per bag. OWYN's standard tub ships 28. Each serving delivers 20g of protein either way, so that number describes how much product arrives in the container. The full breakdown, including ingredients, sugar and manufacturing, is in the table above.
Yes, 4 grams per serving in Smooth Vanilla, from cane sugar and monk fruit extract together. Neither of our flavors carries any: zero grams, sweetened with allulose, with monk fruit rounding it out.
Both are honest 20-gram servings; the real choice is what gets built around them. OWYN spends its formula on a greens blend and a probiotic strain, and pays for it in cane sugar. We spent ours on a shorter label and a facility we run ourselves, and paid for that in a higher price per serving. The full breakdown is in the table above; which trade you want is the actual question this page answers.
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