Protein Pills - Very Inaccurate Label ????

Protein Pills - Very Inaccurate Label ???? ------------------------------------------------- There has been some interest in protein pills here on OH, so we bought a bottle of Capsule Pro from Nashua Nutrition. ------------------------------------------------- The arithmetic below suggests that Capsul-Pro is overstating the amount of protein you get by over 400%. ------------------------------------------------- You can check the arithmetic yourself ! ------------------------------------------------- Here's how: ------------------------------------------------- The label says you have to take 3 pills per serving, and per serving you get: -- 11 grams of protein -- 1 gram carb -- 1 gram fat ------------------------------------------------- Even if all 3 items were "rounded up" you should be getting at least 11.5 grams of those nutrients combined. ------------------------------------------------- The label says there are 60 servings per bottle (180 pills, 3 pills per serving = 60 servings). ------------------------------------------------- 60 servings, weighing at least 11.5 grams each serving, should weigh at least 690 grams, which is about 1.5 pounds. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Yet the pills and the bottle combined only weight about 0.3 pounds. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Even before shipping, the cost from Nashua Nutrition was $37.95. So based on my arithmetic you are paying roughly $10 per ounce of protein, and that is true only if the composition of the capsules is approximately what is represented. But if the label weights are so grossly wrong, one can only wonder about what is in the capsules. ------------------------------------------------- And just remember, when you buy from web distributors, they are not always looking out for you when they decide what products to offer. ------------------------------------------------- Jerome UNJURY (R) Protein

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