Your fact-checks will appear here
Consumer Reports found that many protein powders and ready-to-drink shakes contain heavy metals, posing a risk to children and people who are pregnant or may become pregnant.
Independent third‑party testing of -contamination-2025">protein powders is patchy but public: laboratory tests of 23 popular powders found more than two‑thirds contained more lead above CR’s safety th...
Past independent testing has found lead in some protein bars sold under the “Pure”/Pure Protein family name, but there is no definitive, up‑to‑date public testing that proves current Pure Protein bars...
conducted laboratory tests on two rounds of and ready‑to‑drink shakes (initially 23 products, later expanded with five additional powders), reporting per‑product lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury mea...