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Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder

35Avoid

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean (cinnamon)
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Cadmium13 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 2.6×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Vanilla Bean Protein Mix Non-Caffeinated
Lead7 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 1.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Vanilla Bean Protein Mix Non-Caffeinated
Arsenic7 ppbof 10 ppb
70% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Vanilla Bean Protein Mix Non-Caffeinated
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Vanilla Bean Protein Mix Non-Caffeinated

Ingredients · 11

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Is Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder healthy?

Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder scores 35/100 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 Vanilla Bean (cinnamon). 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 Vanilla Bean Protein Powder?

Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder lists 11 ingredients, starting with Grass-fed Non-denatured Whey Protein, Coconut Milk, Grass-fed Collagen, Chia Seed Protein and Vanilla Extract. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder’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 Vanilla Bean Protein Powder?

Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder 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 Vanilla Bean Protein Powder compare to other protein powders?

At 35/100 Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder 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 Vanilla Bean Protein Powder organic?

Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder is not certified organic in our data.

Has Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Grass-fed whey with pea, chia and collagen, coconut milk, vanilla and cinnamon; no cocoa, nut or seed beyond chia.) with the other products in its family, Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean (cinnamon), 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 Vanilla Bean Protein Powder contain heavy metals?

Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder 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 7 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Vanilla Bean Protein Mix Non-Caffeinated, cadmium at 13 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Vanilla Bean Protein Mix Non-Caffeinated and lead at 7 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Vanilla Bean Protein Mix Non-Caffeinated. 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.

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