If you've ever suspected there might be Something Fishy...
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:13 am
If you've ever suspected there might be Something Fishy going on with Cheap Supplements...
So we've all been there: Tempted by cheap prices for the very same (allegedly) supplements you can buy here, but at 1/3rd of the cost. For everyone that ever suspected there was something fishy going on - you've been vindicated.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... d-products
Reported in the NY Times and elsewhere, various herbs from GNC, Target, WalMart and Walgreens tell the tale: In some cases, these supps contained NOTHING - and certainly not the claimed herb. The retailer with the poorest showing was Walmart. Only 4% of the Walmart products tested showed DNA from the plants listed on the labels.
The biggest rip off may be WalMart Whey (aka Body Fortress SUPER ADVANCED WHEY!). It tested out at a mere 40% protein!!! But wait, it's $20 for 2lbs and gives you a whopping 60 grams of protein per 2 scoops!
Of course, that's only 11 servings and 24g of heat treated denatured protein - but hey, they're counting on you not knowing that...
Yes, MASS PRO is more expensive (around $48 for 2lbs) but given you get almost 3x's more servings at 24g/pop of its cold processed, biologically active protein - it doesn't look so expensive now, does it?
I understand money's tight, believe me. Right there with ya'. But I just ordered a case of MassPro and sharing it with my girl now. When that goes down the hatch, at least we know it's the real deal, we invested our money with people that CARE about their products and we're getting all the benefits a correctly processed whey imparts.
Long way of saying: MASS was true to label, before true to label was cool.
So we've all been there: Tempted by cheap prices for the very same (allegedly) supplements you can buy here, but at 1/3rd of the cost. For everyone that ever suspected there was something fishy going on - you've been vindicated.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... d-products
Reported in the NY Times and elsewhere, various herbs from GNC, Target, WalMart and Walgreens tell the tale: In some cases, these supps contained NOTHING - and certainly not the claimed herb. The retailer with the poorest showing was Walmart. Only 4% of the Walmart products tested showed DNA from the plants listed on the labels.
The biggest rip off may be WalMart Whey (aka Body Fortress SUPER ADVANCED WHEY!). It tested out at a mere 40% protein!!! But wait, it's $20 for 2lbs and gives you a whopping 60 grams of protein per 2 scoops!
Of course, that's only 11 servings and 24g of heat treated denatured protein - but hey, they're counting on you not knowing that...
Yes, MASS PRO is more expensive (around $48 for 2lbs) but given you get almost 3x's more servings at 24g/pop of its cold processed, biologically active protein - it doesn't look so expensive now, does it?
I understand money's tight, believe me. Right there with ya'. But I just ordered a case of MassPro and sharing it with my girl now. When that goes down the hatch, at least we know it's the real deal, we invested our money with people that CARE about their products and we're getting all the benefits a correctly processed whey imparts.
Long way of saying: MASS was true to label, before true to label was cool.