Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick

Name: Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick
Brand: Just Ingredients

8Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to watch

Includes lab results from its product family: Just Ingredients Chocolate Pea/Whey

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−78

cadmium−54

lead−16

arsenic−8

Ingredients

−3

pea protein−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

−1

Rounding−1

Final score8

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Just Ingredients Chocolate Pea/Whey

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium71 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 14×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Chocolate Protein Powder

Lead12 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Chocolate Protein Powder

Arsenic8 ppbof 10 ppb

80% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Chocolate Protein Powder

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Chocolate Protein Powder

Ingredients · 7

GoodCautionAvoid

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Common questions

Is Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick healthy?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick scores 8/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Just Ingredients Chocolate Pea/Whey. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick lists 7 ingredients, starting with Grass-fed Non-denatured Whey Protein Isolate, Coconut Milk, Cacao, Pumpkin Seed Protein and Grass-fed Collagen. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick compare to other protein powders?

At 8/100 Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick scores worse than most protein powders we have scored. A higher-scoring option in protein powders is VEGA Pea Protein Powder Chocolate at 100/100.

Is Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick organic?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick is not certified organic in our data.

Has Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Grass-fed whey isolate with pea, pumpkin seed and chia protein, coconut milk and cacao; no peanut, no cinnamon.) with the other products in its family, Just Ingredients Chocolate Pea/Whey, and 2 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick contain heavy metals?

Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder (NSF) - Pea/Whey - 24g Protein - 1.16oz/1 Stick itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 8 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Chocolate Protein Powder, cadmium at 71 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Chocolate Protein Powder and lead at 12 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Chocolate Protein Powder. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.