What’s Really in Protein Drinks? An analysis of a sample brought to light a disturbing truth that no one expected.
Increasingly attentive to their figure, today many prefer to consume protein foods, which therefore have more proteins and generally less fats than other similar ones.
The market has thus launched many products ranging from yogurt to bread, from milk to snacks, therefore with added proteins.
They clearly cannot be missing from the list drinks, also widely used by athletes. But we are sure that these foods are Really as good and healthy as we think?
Research conducted on a certain type of drinks in particular it revealed disturbing details about the ingredients that horrified many consumers. Let’s find out what it is.
Protein drinks: the truth about the ingredients
The research we are talking about was conducted by the well-known portal The Food Fact which first of all drew attention to the price of these drinks. Because, he states, if it is true that proteins are expensiveHowever, the same quantity in a can is equivalent to that contained in two 60 gram eggs. For a cost of just 0.60 euro cents compared to 1.90 for a can.
The drink taken as a reference, he explains, is nothing else “That water, sugar and a handful of proteins, combined with 56.3 mg of magnesium and 1.5 mg of zinc, which cover 15% of the daily nutritional requirement. To this sprinkling of zinc It is said to have the effect of ‘reducing tiredness and fatigue as well as contributing to normal muscle function’. There’s more, because the magnesium ‘contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress’”. But that’s not all: a recent study will probably push millions of consumers to permanently suspend their consumption: why?
What’s really inside a can
In the drink examined by The Food Fact therefore there is water among the ingredients “added sugar (approximately 3%), by a sweetener (sucralose)”. And so far, nothing bad. The problem is that the proteins indicated are 3.8% collagen proteins.
Specifically, it is about “hydrolyzed bovine collagen. This substance It is obtained from the subcutaneous layer of cattlethe. Generally it is extracted from cow hides, washed and cleaned and subjected to a hydrolysis process”. In protein drinks, the proteins are therefore extracted directly from animals. Which becomes problematic for those following a vegetarian or vegan diet, which does not involve the use of animals. Now that the truth has come outmany people will no longer purchase this type of drink, being aware of the ingredients.
