Since 2023, Dayton Ohio

Life's too short for protein that tastes like punishment

Orion started at a folding table in a Dayton gym. Two of us, a product we believed in, and ten hours of asking strangers to try it. Seven people said yes that day, and it felt like a win neither of us had had before.

The flavour was only half of it. The other half was the point: nobody should be choking down something that tastes edible at best. 14,000 bags later we still make it in small batches in Ohio, and we still show you the unglamorous parts.

Life's Too Short

Taste it for yourself

14,000+ Bags shipped
2,555 Verified reviews
Ohio Handmade, small batch
100% Grass-fed whey

Life's Too Short
Handmade in Ohio
100% grass-fed whey
No fillers, ever
Made in Ohio
Tastes like dessert

Our story

How a (big) dream became a reality

No investors and no contract manufacturer turning out somebody else’s formula. A folding table, an RV, and a living room we could not sit down in.

July 2023
Seven yeses at a folding table
Our first sample table, set up at a local gym in Dayton, Ohio. Ten hours of asking people to try something they had never heard of, and seven of them bought a bag. That was the day it stopped being a hobby.
August 2023
96 bags and everything we had
We emptied two months of earnings into our first proper batch. All 96 bags found homes in three weeks, so we dropped out of college and went at it full time. Nine in ten businesses fail in year one. We had our scopes locked.
January 2024
The Orion RV
Travelling to new states meant hotel bills we could not carry, so one of the team put their RV in. Chicago, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Indianapolis, and anywhere else we passed. Six miles to the gallon. We called it the Orion Tour.
April 2024
1,800 shaker bottles where the couch should be
We kept running out faster than we forecast, so we over-ordered. Standing in a living room with nowhere to sit, it finally felt like a real business.
Today
14,000 bags in, and this is the start
Still small batch, still travelling, still meeting the people who drink it. Watching a face change on the first sip is the thing that keeps this going.

Why we show the unglamorous parts

Transparency, or it doesn't count

When you pick us over a company a hundred times our size, you deserve to know exactly what you are paying for and what you are funding. Showing you the living room full of boxes is the least we can do to say thank you.

100% grass-fed whey

One protein source, named on the label. If we cannot tell you where it came from, it does not go in.
Made in Ohio

Every production run is tested by an independent lab before it ships. No exceptions, no self-certification.
No fillers or proprietary blends

Nothing added to pad the scoop weight or hide a cheap amino profile behind a trademarked name.
Best taste guarantee

If it is not the best protein you have tasted, tell us and we will make it right. That offer has stood since the first table.