Most protein powder is dairy. Whey and casein dominate the category, and the plant-based alternatives that replace them usually swap one problem for another: blended sources, added gums to fix the texture, and sweeteners to cover the taste.
Lupin Gold is a single-ingredient gluten-free and dairy-free protein powder made from sweet lupin isolate. No whey, no casein, no lactose, no milk-derived ingredients of any kind. It is also free from soy, gums, stevia and artificial sweeteners, which are the usual causes of bloating in dairy-free protein powders.
If you are choosing because of a reaction you have had, it is worth separating two things the packaging tends to blur. Lactose free means the milk sugar has been removed, but the product can still contain whey and casein. Dairy free means no milk-derived ingredient at all. Lupin Gold is both, because there is no dairy in it to begin with, so there is no lactose to react to and no milk protein either. Our guide to choosing gluten-free and dairy-free protein powders explains what to check on a label.
~90% protein per serve with a complete amino acid profile and a digestibility score of approximately 0.96. Because it is naturally unflavoured, it works across smoothies, oats, yoghurt, baking and savoury cooking without changing the taste of what you put it in. Avoiding dairy as part of a fully plant-based diet rather than for tolerance? Our vegan and plant-based protein powder page covers the same isolate with no animal inputs at all.
Lupin Gold is Australian owned and packs every batch in Western Australia, with orders dispatched domestically. For Australian customers looking for a dairy-free protein powder, that means local packing to our own standards and local delivery.
On gluten: lupin is a legume, not a cereal grain, and our current batch has tested with no detectable gluten (under 5 mg/kg), as shown on the nutrition panel on each product page.