Protein scandal 2... 'those tests' seen this week

As some of you know I'm more or less the author of the up-coming document soon to appear (we hope) on Muscletalk. In that thread you'll see a bunch of test results carried out on behalf of the injured party, as it were. Said test are revealing to say the least.

Of course those test were carried out using what is an industry standard. There are a couple and I do not profess to being any sort of testing procedure expert (although a quick-ish learner / fast reader). This week we saw a bunch of test results appear on the Reddit site (click HERE for link). That link has been posted ALL over the net on both sites of the Atlantic.

Gaspari Nutrition is the first, as far as I am aware, to respond and I don't doubt overs will do to. More so when one companies product came back as only 1% protein!! As another member stated on MT 'it's hard to think of any food ingredient, even vegetable, that would only be 1% protein'. I did note in their test results (HERE) that like BSN's big seller Gaspari's product is a little over 60% protein (64.5) and that's on product spec. Interesting how here we favour a higher protein content to the US market (do the Yanks have a sweeter tooth??).

Now, as I just said on UK-Muscle I'm all of accuracy of testing and for products to be as close as possible to their label claims but these tests and their method of sampling etc is a mess. Their author admits some tests will not be accurate due to solubility of the products in the testing media.

On UK-M I made reference to the anti-tax on protein issue that various companies all chipped in towards. How difficult would it be to have these same decently sized 'players' put in to have their products brought at random (monthly should do it) from shops, on-line and direct and then tested by one of the well-known big labs such as ILS or Eclipse? If said basic tests cost as little as a suggested £15.00 it's costs as little as £180.00 a year.

Just an idea.

More to follow I am sure.