Rice Protein?
After considering this thread I decided to see if Consumer Reports tested the cheap Body Fortress Whey that I get at WalMart. From what I could glean (without actually subscribing to Consumer Reports)*, they didn't. However, I learned that Consumer Labs did test Body Fortress and quite a few other brands of protein for lead and melamine. Remember melamine? The substance that artificially increases test results for protein content, killed dogs in the USA, killed babies in China, and led to the death penalty for Chinese factory managers who approved its use? Yeah, that's the stuff.
Well, the results were interesting. It appears that lead levels of all the whey proteins were less than 2.5 µg per serving and 4.0 µg per day, which is well under the 10 µg per day USP-approved limit used by Consumer Reports. And what was even more interesting? You know that healthy, natural, vegan, rice protein recommended by so many folks in
gymrats? Both of the brands tested - NutriBiotic and Metagenics® - exceeded the Consumer Labs acceptable lead levels, and NutriBiotic had lead levels between 6 µg and 18 µg per daily serving. And NutriBiotic contained more than the maximum 2.5 ppm of melamine!
Does that implicate evil and corrupt factory managers? Maybe the melamine. But rice is known to accumulate a lot of lead from the environment in which it grows. Once again, that which is 'all-natural' and 'vegan' is not necessarily better than the alternative.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
* Oops! Never mind. No need for a subscription. You can find a chart of their findings here.
Well, the results were interesting. It appears that lead levels of all the whey proteins were less than 2.5 µg per serving and 4.0 µg per day, which is well under the 10 µg per day USP-approved limit used by Consumer Reports. And what was even more interesting? You know that healthy, natural, vegan, rice protein recommended by so many folks in
gymrats? Both of the brands tested - NutriBiotic and Metagenics® - exceeded the Consumer Labs acceptable lead levels, and NutriBiotic had lead levels between 6 µg and 18 µg per daily serving. And NutriBiotic contained more than the maximum 2.5 ppm of melamine!Does that implicate evil and corrupt factory managers? Maybe the melamine. But rice is known to accumulate a lot of lead from the environment in which it grows. Once again, that which is 'all-natural' and 'vegan' is not necessarily better than the alternative.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
* Oops! Never mind. No need for a subscription. You can find a chart of their findings here.
