Chocolate has also been linked to high levels of lead and cadmium, even in the brands working to do good ... by working directly with cocoa farmers in the untapped regions of Madagascar and Uganda.

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.

“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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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 ...

Meanwhile, chocolate-flavored protein powders contained four times more lead and up to 110 times more cadmium than vanilla-flavored powders. Researchers tested 160 products from 70 top protein ...

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 ...

However, only levels of lead, cadmium, bisphenol A and its cousin bisphenol S, more commonly known as BPA and BPS, were included in the 2024 report. Data on other contaminants will be released in ...

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