Costco Orgain chocolate protein powder contains lead – True
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“Costco's Orgain chocolate protein powder contains lead.”
Summary
Recent testing and consumer reports have identified measurable lead in Orgain protein powders, including the chocolate flavor sold at Costco. Lawsuits filed in 2026 allege that Costco’s Orgain chocolate protein powder contains lead and other heavy metals. The evidence confirms the presence of lead in the product.
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- Popular Protein Powders, Shakes Test Positive for Lead. Are They Safe?
Consumer Reports contacted the protein powder companies included in their analysis. Many companies responded that lead is a naturally occurring substance, and trace amounts can be present in plant-based ingredients worldwide. Eight companies — Equip Foods, Garden of Life, KOS, Momentous, Muscle Meds, Muscle Tech, Orgain, and Vega — told CR that their ingredients and final products are tested for heavy metals.
- Costco accused in lawsuit of selling protein powder ‘tainted’ with toxic heavy metals | Washington state | The Guardian
They allege that Costco violated ... as “high quality, clean, and nutritious without disclosing the presence or risk of heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, and arsenic”....
- Could there be lead in your protein powder? Here's how to find out
Made from whey, this protein powder has 24 grams of protein for 120 calories per serving. You can use it before a workout, as a meal replacement or in between meals. Reviewers like the rich chocolate flavor and find that it dissolves easily in liquid.
- Costco Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Orgain Organic Protein Powder Is Contaminated with Heavy Metals
A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Costco has misrepresented Orgain Organic Protein Powder as clean and high quality, given that the supplements are apparently tainted with heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and arsenic.
- Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead via @ConsumerReports
The EPA does not regulate lead levels in food but has set an action level of 10 parts per billion for lead in tap water. (The concentration of lead we found in the Garden of Life and Orgain products was 61 and 15 ppb, respectively.)
- Readers Asked Us to Test These 5 Protein Powders. All Had Low Levels of Lead. via @ConsumerReports
To find out, CR conducted a new round of heavy metal testing targeting five of the most popular reader-requested chocolate protein powders. All came back safe for daily or near-daily consumption, with lower average levels of lead and arsenic than what CR found in its previous protein tests. The results suggest that safer manufacturing is possible, even for chocolate-flavored products, which some in the industry have claimed are harder to keep clean.
- Protein Powder v2 Category Tested Products - Clean Label Project
Click Here to Download the Protein Powders Clean 16 Pdf The Clean Label Project (CLP) performed a comprehensive analysis of the Protein Powder category that included the following 165 products. CLP’s Clean Sixteen highlights the 16 products with the lowest levels of contaminants.
- Costco hit with lawsuit alleging protein powder sold in stores contains 'dangerous' levels of lead, arsenic
Costco is facing a class action lawsuit alleging Orgain protein powders sold by the retailer contain elevated levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium.
- I Was Worried About Lead in My Orgain Protein Powder | by Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence 👀 | Our DNA in Words | Medium
I had already been using one scoop or so of Orgain protein powder every day before I ever saw the Consumer Reports article about heavy metals in protein powders.
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