https://www.reddit.com/r/Huel/comments/1o6j62j/consumer_repo...
Many commentors point out that CR's guideline for daily intake is arbitrary and well under the FDA guideline. I think it would be good to take this with a grain of salt and will be interested to see the response from Huel.
The good news is that if and when we eliminate lead totally from its remaining uses, we won't have to wait too long to see the benefits. IIRC people's blood lead levels started dropping pretty quickly after we phased out leaded gasoline.
The FDA is known to set acceptable levels too high especially for lead. The scientific consensus is clear, there is no amount of lead that is safe. If you’re regularly consuming products that contain lead you should stop immediately. If this suggestion makes you frustrated, angry or otherwise disturbed, perhaps you’re experiencing symptoms of lead exposure.
For this, and other reasons, whey will continue to be my protein supplement of choice.
Edit: Oh, right, this isn't even the first report on this from CR:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42675944 (2010, 2018, 2020, 2024)
Worth keeping in mind the baseline -- Americans consume something like 2-5 ug of lead daily, on average, and Europeans consume something like 25-100 ug of lead daily, on average.
ck2•3mo ago
so at least they'll be forced to test for it in each batch
(I'm sure RFKjr will get right on that)
Some big brand names in there, "Muscle Milk" is owned by Pepsi
ps. "Mass Gainer" was a dumb thing to test but I guess control, it's just maltodextrin (a starch-like sugar)