Thanks for having the product tested Cornholio. I would not have suggested we test Triple Threat 3/60 and post the results here if I were not 100% confident in the outcome. Additionally, Elite Fitness is not the place where anyone gets banned for educational posts like this one or where posts of this type get censored. In fact, I’m honored that so many of you care so much about my supplements to go to this sort of trouble.
This said, I know I would be concerned too if I saw preliminary results like those that are posted here.
Here are my comments:
The results posted here look accurate with regards to the carbs, ash, and fat. A bit of background on how protein is tested. First, ash is not the stuff in your fireplace – ash is minerals in the protein powder. In Triple Threat’s case, this comes from the vitamin mineral mix that is added (zinc, iron, copper, etc.) and more significantly from calcium that comes from the milk protein.
Carbohydrates are calculated as follows:
Total Weight – Ash – Protein – Fat - Moisture = Carbohydrates
I think we all agree that the Fat and Carbohydrate count are representative of label claim and I hope you will trust me on my explanation of ash. In fact, I think what you were all afraid of when you set our to have the protein tested, is that Triple Threat might, because it tastes so good, be in fact much higher in Carbs and much higher in Fat than it actually is. I’m glad that this test confirms that the good taste does not come from more carbs or fat than are on the label.
Now, regarding protein, I do not mean to suggest that the sample of Triple Threat tested was somehow compromised in any way, and I know nothing about the lab where the sample was tested, but I would have to take issue with the amount of moisture found in the sample. Typically moisture accounts for 3% to 6% of a food powder’s weight. These lab results would suggest that here, moisture accounted for 26 grams of the 90gram serving size. Indeed, the results suggest that Triple Threat is almost 1/3 moisture. And I think we would all agree, that Triple Threat is no more or less moist than any other protein powder. If the moisture component was more inline with the norm, and with our past analyses, then the protein number would correlate almost perfectly with label claim.
I am interested in seeing the results of the analysis when protein is retested as this much moisture does not stand up to even a simple integrity check. Here are the results of a test we conducted for our internal quality control purposes.
Lastly, we stand behind our products 100% and as always want you, our members and customers, to be completely satisfied. As always, if any product does not meet your needs, I hope you will return it for a prompt refund without question, but in the case of Triple Threat, I do not think we will find it to be deficient in protein.
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