Well I remember they got caught protein spiking like 7 or so years back on their old brands of powder. Phase 8 I think it was called, and something else. Which at the time caused a huge stir on all the major meathead forums and I believe even ultimately led to lawsuits being filed against them from resellers of the product (that didn't actually go anywhere of course).
I know it forced them to re-branded the product names after that. It's been a while since i was making a heavy daily effort to follow what was going on in the sup scene (i had to google to even remember the names of their old powder, and make sure it was indeed them lol), but I'd be guessing you ain't gonna find any serious bodybuilders vouching for them anymore who isn't getting paid to do it.
P.S - For those who don't know what Protein Spiking is here is a quick explanation:
Protein spiking is where a protein manufacturer adds amino acids that are cheaper than the base protein powder it's actually selling in order to increase the product's nitrogen content. When this is done, the company is able to lower the cost of goods. A basic test for total nitrogen is often used to quantify the amount of protein per serving, and this test can be cheated by using cheap amino acids to spike the nitrogen content)
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Lots of fillers, 65% protein per serving is pretty low quality supplement.
I know it forced them to re-branded the product names after that. It's been a while since i was making a heavy daily effort to follow what was going on in the sup scene (i had to google to even remember the names of their old powder, and make sure it was indeed them lol), but I'd be guessing you ain't gonna find any serious bodybuilders vouching for them anymore who isn't getting paid to do it.
P.S - For those who don't know what Protein Spiking is here is a quick explanation:
Protein spiking is where a protein manufacturer adds amino acids that are cheaper than the base protein powder it's actually selling in order to increase the product's nitrogen content. When this is done, the company is able to lower the cost of goods. A basic test for total nitrogen is often used to quantify the amount of protein per serving, and this test can be cheated by using cheap amino acids to spike the nitrogen content)