Do you really think it's that bad? That large, well funded American corporations are just consistently turning out crap? Who is buying all that whey and what are they doing with it? All dietary/nutritional supplements are indeed regulated by the FDA. I use to work in the nutritional industry and they were getting dinged several times a year misrepresenting their products. Same thing with the food industry. It's just not accurate to say the 69% of the olive oil in the US is fake. What kind of country do you think we live in? I know someone who is pretty high up in the Safeway chain and they were part of that lawsuit. The issue was alleged claims that the oil came from Italy when they, in fact, came from different countries throughout the world. Safeway stood fast that their products were not mislabelled but settled anyway. Still, olive oil not coming from Italy is a far cry from being fake.
Yes, it's an ongoing battle with the FDA and the food industry. But it shows that the system works. It cracks me up that so many bodybuilders are such food snobs demanding pristine purity and organic (whatever that means) products measure to the last milligram and then send their money to a hobbyist they know nothing about, have no accountability and with no medical background brewing anabolics in their home while getting raw powders from China who are notorious for poor quality control and cutting corners and this is in the legal market where there are real consequences and not the black market where there are practically zero consequense from selling false, impure and even dangerous drugs and hormones.
Tell me how comfortable you feel drinking this stuff, this is just some tid bits from one case study, done by independent lab testing.
-selling products where the protein content falls far below what’s on the label, according to a spate of lawsuits that have cropped up over the past eight months. “Arnold Schwarzenegger Series Iron Mass,” for instance, contains half the protein stated on its label, according to third party testing in one lawsuit; Schwarzenegger is not named as a defendant in the complaint. MusclePharm, which was sued in a California federal court in late January by Ram, Olson, Cereghino and Kopczynski, is only the most recent company under attack for allegedly misleading their customers about just how much protein their products contain.
an array of supplement companies tested by a third-party lab. Results showed some products’ labels significantly overstated the protein content, slipping in amino acids and other substances and claiming them as protein on their labels. But third-party tests, attached to some of the lawsuits, show some companies also fill the tubs with far cheaper free form amino acids like glycine, taurine or leucine as well as other substances like creatine monohydrate, and then portray them as grams of protein on the products’ labels. Certain amino acids are considered the building blocks to protein but they are not protein by themselves, nor do they have the same benefits as complete proteins.
These filler substances can cost less than $1 per pound, allowing companies to undercut competition with lower prices and dupe price-sensitive customers in the process.
For instance, test results showed “Giant Delicious Protein Blend” made by privately held Giant Sports contains only 12 grams of the 27 grams of “High Quality Protein” it advertises, only 44% of the stated amount. Instead, the powdered blend is loaded with leucine, isoleucine, valine, glycine, betaine, taurine and creatine monohydrate.
Similarly, a lab test of MusclePharm’s “Arnold Scharzenegger Series Iron Mass” revealed that just 19 of the promised 40 grams of protein were present, according to exhibits in the lawsuit. Prior to the lab test results, MusclePharm denied over Twitter that it spiked its products.
The lab testing in a lawsuit against publicly traded convenience store and pharmacy chain CVS Health, which generates $140 billion in annual sales, shows that its “Whey Protein Powder” contains 21.8 grams of protein, 16% less than the 26 grams claimed
NBTY was among the first companies sued -- back in July 2014 -- for allegedly underdosing its “Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein,” which, according to the lab tests contained only 21.5 of the 30 grams promised.
Connecticut-based Inner Armour has the most products under scrutiny. Tests of five of its products – “Mass Peak,” “NitroPeak,” “Casein Peak,” “Whey Protein,” and “Super Quad Protein” – came up well short on protein compared with its label claims. For instance, it’s “Mass Peak” product only contained 19 of the 50 grams claimed, and its “Whey Protein” only contained 9 of 24 grams claimed, the tests showed.
This is just one case study amongst many. So sorry I don't feel comfortable ingesting products I have no clue whats in them, not to mention spiking with creatine, perfect scenario for a competitor trying to lean out yet the creatine is making them hold water, or just the everyday guy that wants to get chicks, but can't seem to lose the moon face, never would think it's my creatine spiked protein powder.
