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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
(www.consumerreports.org)
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2025
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This is even more confusing, because some of the brands and products on that clean list are explicitly mentioned in the article to have dangerous levels of heavy metals (Optimum Nutrition, Garden of Life)
It might have to do with protein source. E.g. Garden of Life on the CR list is the plant based one, whereas on this clean list, it's the protein one.
Plant based protein sources were generally found to have more lead
...no? Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% whey is on the clean list but is still at 56% of CR's limit. That's not "non detect".
I'm particularly worried about that brand because it's typically highly regarded
yeah, same. I use optimum and I have more than one a day which CR says isn't safe