Protein powders a scam?

[muscle99]

I regularly watch the hodgetwins YouTube videos. They were saying that some protein powders don't have any where near the amount of protein stated on the package per serving. Anyone heard of this before or know what products are dodgy?

[maccaz]

15 minutes ago, muscle99 said:

I regularly watch the hodgetwins YouTube videos. They were saying that some protein powders don't have any where near the amount of protein stated on the package per serving. Anyone heard of this before or know what products are dodgy?

some got called out a long time ago for not measuring accurately but that was a while ago.. 

hodgetwins are idiots though, didnt they go vegan? lol

[Realtalk]

Basically you get what you pay for.

[BeastBuilder]

Some brands got caught out for "Amino Spiking" which is basically adding cheaper amino acids to the protein powder which count towards the protein content on the label through nitrogen testing but obviously your body doesn't process or use them the same as proper protein.

 

Some by as much as 60% of the claimed content on the label.

 

Inner Armour and Giant Sports are two brands that got caught out that spring to mind off the top of my head.

[GyzzBrah]

2 hours ago, Realtalk said:

Basically you get what you pay for.

 

I remember this scandal a while back and most of the companies that got called out were the top shelf american ones like gold standard, musclepharm etc

[Realtalk]

I'm talking horleys, bsc, balance etc. gold standard is one of the cheapest proteins round, don't you look at xtreme website. Wouldn't trust it tho, prob expired.

[Bigken1985]

I heard Gaspari got caught out big time and it sent him broke and he had to sell the company. He said because the fda allowed it that's why he did it