Bare Performance Nutrition (BPN) built its reputation on drug-tested sports nutrition — a real differentiator if you're an athlete who can't risk a banned-substance flag, not just a marketing checkbox.
Formulas use disclosed labeling and are manufactured by a GMP-certified partner, with COAs available on request (BPN help center). Full per-ingredient dosing for every SKU wasn't independently confirmed in this research.
BPN is Informed Sport certified, with every batch tested for 250+ banned substances — independently verifiable in the Informed Sport certified-brands registry, not just self-reported (BPN testing page, Informed Sport registry). The brand is also transitioning some certifications from Informed Sport to NSF (BPN help article).
No recalls or lawsuits found, but certification coverage isn't uniform — BPN Collagen Protein was voluntarily withdrawn from the Informed Sport program in September 2024, so shoppers need to check per-SKU status (Informed Sport record). Compared to NutraBio's lot-level public COA portal, BPN's strength is the drug-testing registry, not a public contaminant report — pick based on which risk (banned substances vs. undisclosed doses) matters more to you.