Have your protein prices skyrocketed?

[militarymuscle69]

Has anyone else's protein prices gotten ridiculous? I keep my receipts and 6 months ago I bought a 2lb container of GNC for $24. It was $39 yesterday. I switched to ON Whey....has anyone else noticed outrageous prices where they are?

[jude2]

Yes everybody is higher.  Just look at the price of a gallon of milk.

[Montague]

Yes, the price of whey especially has really shot up in recent months. I believe her majesty Princess L began a thread on this a short time ago.

Keep your eyes opened.
Some sites may still have some older product at the lower prices; may.

I know that DPS did, but that was about a good month or two ago.
Maybe longer.

[militarymuscle69]

Yes, the price of whey especially has really shot up in recent months. I believe her majesty Princess L began a thread on this a short time ago.

Keep your eyes opened.
Some sites may still have some older product at the lower prices; may.

I know that DPS did, but that was about a good month or two ago.
Maybe longer.

I did check DPS today and their ON Whey was 18..I paid 28 last night..ugghh

[AZbodybuilder]

Has anyone else's protein prices gotten ridiculous? I keep my receipts and 6 months ago I bought a 2lb container of GNC for $24. It was $39 yesterday. I switched to ON Whey....has anyone else noticed outrageous prices where they are?

GNC is over priced anyway. I spend about 400 dollars a month on sups and get way more for my money at bodybuilding.com !

[WOOO]

GNC is over priced anyway. I spend about 400 dollars a month on sups and get way more for my money at bodybuilding.com !

you do not spend anywhere near that much...   




and whey prices have risen sharply... ron and Prin L posted an article about it on this board a few weeks ago

[bigmac77]

Has anyone else's protein prices gotten ridiculous? I keep my receipts and 6 months ago I bought a 2lb container of GNC for $24. It was $39 yesterday. I switched to ON Whey....has anyone else noticed outrageous prices where they are?

Check out the new Gemma Protein Isolate made by Trueprotein. It begins at $4.89 a pound, which is pretty cheap. It is derived from peas, but it's amino acid profile is very similar to whey. Whey is going to just keep going up, so they created this alternative: http://www.trueprotein.com/Product_Details.aspx?cid=22&pid=6816

[Princess L]

and whey prices have risen sharply... ron and Prin L posted an article about it on this board a few weeks ago

Yeah, I forewarned everyone back in April, but alas ...*sigh*   once again few listened.  
At least someone around here appreciates me    It's not just whey, it's all dairy and ANYTHING (all the way down to baby formula) that uses it in their ingredient list

[1quick1]

Yea I got a rude surprise when I went to order another 50lb box of whey the other day in the form of a $100 price raise.

[AZbodybuilder]

you do not spend anywhere near that much...   




and whey prices have risen sharply... ron and Prin L posted an article about it on this board a few weeks ago

I go through 8 containers of protein a month, $240  , 2 containers of ALRI Primed $60  , 1 container of Now Carbo Gain $15  and 2 containers of  Vitargo $72 . That doesent even include vitamins extra aminos and glutamine I use. I built my body with real weights....my nutrition requirements are probably a lot higher than yours 

[candidizzle]

my friend works at gnc and when anybody ever returns any supplements they buy the workers there are supposed to throw them away if they are used at all...so my friend has like 20 lbs of whey protein and every supp. imaginable at his house.

two months ago he gave me two of the super sized "100% whey" protein containers...so i havent had to buy any for quite a while.

[JasonWojo]

Check out the new Gemma Protein Isolate made by Trueprotein. It begins at $4.89 a pound, which is pretty cheap. It is derived from peas, but it's amino acid profile is very similar to whey. Whey is going to just keep going up, so they created this alternative: http://www.trueprotein.com/Product_Details.aspx?cid=22&pid=6816

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[militarymuscle69]

I go through 8 containers of protein a month, $240  , 2 containers of ALRI Primed $60  , 1 container of Now Carbo Gain $15  and 2 containers of  Vitargo $72 . That doesent even include vitamins extra aminos and glutamine I use. I built my body with real weights....my nutrition requirements are probably a lot higher than yours 

8 containers? What brand are you using? i take 6 servings a day (3 double serving shakes 48 grams per) and ingest 250-300 grams a day total and only use 2 2lb jugs a month.

[MCWAY]

Two words: VITAMIN SHOPPE!!!

Vitamin Shoppe is having a "buy one; get one 50% off" on all of their name brand products throughout the month of September. They have two kinds of whey protein: Whey Tech and Tetrabolic, both of which is part of their "BODYTECH" supplement line.

Whey Tech goes for $25 for a 5-lb jug. (a serving is 24g, 17g of which is whey protein, mostly concentrate). I just bought three of them along with some of their creatine-glutamine product, liquid aminos, and a Trib product (Python) for just under $100.


The special is on their online store, www.vitaminshoppe.com; the shipping is rather cheap. It's $5 for standard shipping (4-6 business days). However, I recommend the "Super Saver Shipping". it's only $3 and delivers anywhere from 3-10 business days. However, Super Saver Shipping is FREE, when you order at least $100 worth of stuff.

That should help ease the pain of purchasing protein powder.

[AZbodybuilder]

8 containers? What brand are you using? i take 6 servings a day (3 double serving shakes 48 grams per) and ingest 250-300 grams a day total and only use 2 2lb jugs a month.

I use Exteme Labs Pro Lean Mass, 2 servings=100 grams, I do 2 shakes a day mixed with Carbo gain as a meal replacement then post workout I have 100 grams of whey isolate. Lately its been AST VP2 or Syntrax Nectar. I like to get in around 500 grams of protein a day. I weigh 280 off season and compete around 230. 

[HERACLES]

Paid $27 for a 2.5 lb of designer protein...fuggers...if i take it like i usually do, that would translate into appx $120 a month!!!

Im just gonna take 2 scoops for breakfast, and thats it...the rest will come from food...

[Markoni]

on trueprotein whey protein concentrate for 5lb is  25$

[WOOO]

I go through 8 containers of protein a month, $240  , 2 containers of ALRI Primed $60  , 1 container of Now Carbo Gain $15  and 2 containers of  Vitargo $72 . That doesent even include vitamins extra aminos and glutamine I use. I built my body with real weights....my nutrition requirements are probably a lot higher than yours 

 

[AZbodybuilder]

I have to eat on the run at work so I do the protein shakes, Chicken Breast would cost as much if not more anyway. Id rather eat Fish or Beef theses days.

[darksol]

I remember I used to get a 5/lb tub of ON whey for $25. 
Last order the stuff cost $37.  What is the deal?

[WOOO]

do a search... both ron and prinL posted information about the rising price of whey....

[Havenbull]

rising demand in Europe and China

[WOOO]

rising demand in Europe and China

stupid china

[Beejis60]

rising demand in Europe and China

True story.  Pig farms are extremely large in china and a majority of pig feed stems from whey.  The american governement trades it off and leaves the rest for us, though I have no need for whey....

[S4910]

It  just keeps going up i think optimum went up like three times