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Q: Jeff, a bunch of my buddies and I am wondering about the big suppliers who sell through some of the huge big box stores thatthey may be skimping on the proteins listed. I buy Beverly instead.A: You can’t target any particular discount or big box store. While logic would suggest that to get into the big box stores at an ultra, super low price, something must suffer, but that's not axiomatic. All stores should periodically test all their supplements and food products or they’ll never know and indeed, it may become problematic.
History has shown that sometimes a company is not aware when a manufacturer has skimmed on more expensive ingredients– all to meet super low price points. Many food ingredients (and some supplement ingredients) are also coming in from China and there is less FDA oversight there (which they admit). It is economics too – you can’t continue to squeeze without something popping. Beverly does not care to try and meet demands for real low prices at big box stores, because they feel their quality would suffer. They believe that protein supplements should not be priced like toilet paper.
