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Re:47% of 160 Top Selling Protein Powders Tested Exceed P65 ... by felixarba on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:21AM (#42698290)
Honestly, like they published every single statistic, except the actual offenders.

If it’s such an important mission for them, then why not publish the offenders?

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Re:47% of 160 Top Selling Protein Powders Tested Exceed P65 ... by hombre_fatal on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:43AM (#42698616)
I looked into similar projects and the business model seems to be that you pay for certification, they do the test, and they certify your product if it passes.

So if they publish poor performers, then it kills their business model because nobody would want to pay for certification if they risk getting revealed as a poor performer.

BTW ICP-MS lab tests are like $100/pop which is probably why nobody has a table of real data.

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Re:47% of 160 Top Selling Protein Powders Tested Exceed P65 ... by lazide on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:24AM (#42698327)
Gotta pay the bills somehow, apparently.
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