{"id":241177,"date":"2025-10-21T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/241177\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:11:08","slug":"new-investigation-finds-troubling-levels-of-lead-in-protein-powders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/241177\/","title":{"rendered":"New investigation finds troubling levels of lead in protein powders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you start your day with a protein shake, you\u2019re not alone. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/lead\/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">But a new Consumer Reports investigation<\/a> finds that many popular protein powders and shakes pack much more than protein, with some containing troubling levels of toxic heavy metals, including lead and, cadmium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-center\">Watch the report from Keenan in the video player below<\/p>\n<p>Health Alert: Lead found in popular protein powders<\/p>\n<p>Investigators with Consumer Reports tested 23 of the nation\u2019s top-selling products, from vegan blends to whey-based shakes. More than two-thirds of the products had more lead in a single serving than experts say is safe to consume in an entire day. This study is a follow-up to an investigation first conducted 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I contacted the investigative reporter working on this story for Consumer Reports, and she said the contamination concerns are even greater today.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761055868_935_\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-10-21 at 6.47.10\u202fAM.png\"  width=\"626\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WXYZ<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were really surprised to learn that not only has the problem of contamination with heavy metals like lead gotten worse since we last tested these powders,&#8221; said Paris Martineau. &#8220;It seems to be kind of more omnipresent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Consumer reports tested dairy, beef, and Plant-based powders. Beef and dairy-based powders generally performed better. But even some of those were not completely free of contamination. Plant-based protein powder showed much greater contamination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One thing that really stuck out from our results was that nearly all the plant-based powders we tested had elevated levels of lead. And plant-based powders as a category were, on average, they had about nine times as much as dairy-based powders and twice as much as beef-based ones,&#8221; Paris said.<\/p>\n<p>There are no federal limits for lead or other heavy metals in these supplements. Manufacturers are not required to prove safety before putting their products on store shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Experts recommend getting protein from real foods, like yogurt, eggs, beans, and lean meats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you start your day with a protein shake, you\u2019re not alone. But a new Consumer Reports investigation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[4299,5457,94641,2120,97,17971,4233,132859,269,132860,132861,5119],"class_list":{"0":"post-241177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-7-action-news","9":"tag-consumer","10":"tag-consumer-reports","11":"tag-detroit","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-health-alert","14":"tag-lead","15":"tag-lead-in-protein","16":"tag-nutrition","17":"tag-paris-martineau","18":"tag-plant-based-protein","19":"tag-protein"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}