Hey guys,
I wanted to share you some lab results of the mercurycontent in somewhat common vegan proteinpowders. as im consuming them on a daily basis, i thought it would be a good idea to invest in something like this. i send in two samples. one is from bulk powders, a rather cheap but not bad tasting vegan proteinpowder, from a company that would not provide any lab certificate of the heavy metal testing that they had allegedly done, but would somehow „reveal supply chains“. but they assured that it its within EU-limits. The other sample i send in was from VIVO Life, one of the most expesive vegan protein powders out there, that advertises with the fact that they do heavy metal testing for all their products. you can download all their certificates although they dont provide an exact parameter but only „< X mcg/kg“.
So here are the results:
Bulk Powder Vegan Protein Strawberry: 0.0047 mg/kg mercury
Vivo Life Acai Blueberry: 0.0017 mg/kg mercury
So lets say a person consumes 3 portions of 33 grams a day which is like 100 grams a day and 3kg a month and 36kg a year, which makes 155mcg in the first and 61mcg in the second example. Would this be a concern? I think were talking about anorganic mercury here, arent we? its not the same as in fish, isnt it? or is it also methylated as it is in fish? What you guys think? Greetings
