Lead and cadmium found in muscle-building protein powders, report says
Protein powders may contain high levels of lead and cadmium, with chocolate-flavored and plant-based products testing at the highest levels, a new report said.
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Lead and Cadmium May Be in Your Chocolate Protein Powder: Here’s Why
For the study, researchers took 160 products from 70 of the most popular protein powder brands. They then shipped samples of each protein powder to an independent laboratory, where they were ...
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Lead and Cadmium Found in Protein Powders — Plant-Based and Chocolate-Flavored Are Worst Offenders
“Chocolate-flavored protein powders contained four times more lead and up to 110 times more cadmium than vanilla-flavored powders,” said Jaclyn Bowen, executive director of the Clean Label Projec ...
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Heavy metals lead and cadmium detected in protein powders; highest amount in these varieties
A new investigation reveals that many plant-based, organic, and chocolate-flavored protein powders contain high levels of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. Despite being marketed to health ...
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Your Protein Shake May Be Laced With Lead, Report Finds
especially dark chocolate, may contain unsafe levels of lead. Clean Labels Project researchers decided to test a wide variety of protein supplement products for lead, cadmium, and other metals.
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Lead, cadmium found in protein powders, highest in plant-based, chocolate types
Chocolate-flavored protein powders showed particularly alarming levels, containing up to 110 times more cadmium and four times more lead than vanilla-flavored alternatives. These discrepancies ...