2024 whey protein heavy metal test results

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2024 whey protein heavy metal test results

Daniel Whitehead

Founder of The Organic Protein Co.

With February 2024 drawing to a close, ushing in the promises of Spring, we've received heavy metal test results for the latest batch of our Pure Unflavoured organic whey protein Here are the results:

Pure Unflavoured

Heavy metals	Lab Results	EU Limit
Lead	<0.0050 mg/kg	3.0 mg/kg
Arsenic	0.006 mg/kg	No defined limit
Cadmium	<0.0010 mg/kg	1.0 mg/kg
Mercury	0.0080 mg/kg	0.1 mg/kg

Madagascan Vanilla

Heavy metals	Lab Results	EU Limit
Lead	<0.0100 mg/kg	3.0 mg/kg
Arsenic	<0.010 mg/kg	No defined limit
Cadmium	<0.0100 mg/kg	1.0 mg/kg
Mercury	<0.0100 mg/kg	0.1 mg/kg

Cacao & Maca

Heavy metals	Lab Results	EU Limit
Lead	0.0300 mg/kg	3.0 mg/kg
Arsenic	0.020 mg/kg	No defined limit
Cadmium	0.2200 mg/kg	1.0 mg/kg
Mercury	<0.0100 mg/kg	0.1 mg/kg

Banana & Lucuma

Heavy metals	Lab Results	EU Limit
Lead	<0.0100 mg/kg	3.0 mg/kg
Arsenic	<0.010 mg/kg	No defined limit
Cadmium	<0.0100 mg/kg	1.0 mg/kg
Mercury	<0.0100 mg/kg	0.1 mg/kg

You can download the original certificate here:.

Where there is a "<" preceding the result, there was none detected and the number shown next to the "<" is the lowest level the lab is able to test for. It doesn't mean that there isn't any, it just wasn't found for that testing limit. Regardless, all of the results are significantly lower than for EU limits, where EU limits exist - for arsenic you can see there are no EU limits.

We are unable to find any other whey proteins on the market with lower reported heavy metal levels. As a reminder, heavy metals are everywhere, so they are unavoidable, but it is of course a good idea to try and avoid consuming too many foods with high heavy metal levels, and I think it is fair to say our whey proteins are very much in the "low level" category :-)

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Written by Daniel Whitehead

Daniel is the founder of The Organic Protein Co. Raised on a small farm, he studied horticulture at Merrist Wood College in Surrey where he developed a real passion for organic farming. Since 2014, he has led the charge for organic whey protein powders in the UK.