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Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs

Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs

66Okay
USDA Organic

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides (bovine, no cocoa)
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Arsenic20 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Collagen Peptides Unflavored
Cadmium0.2 ppbof 5 ppb
4% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Collagen Peptides Unflavored Powder
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Collagen Peptides Unflavored Powder
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Collagen Peptides Unflavored Powder

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs healthy?

Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs scores 66/100 on Tallow — our okay 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, Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides (bovine, no cocoa). 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 Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs?

Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs lists 1 ingredient, starting with Collagen Peptides. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs’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 Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs?

Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs compare to other protein powders?

At 66/100 Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs lands mid-scale — below the typical score in protein powders, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in protein powders is VEGA Pea Protein Powder Chocolate at 100/100.

Is Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs organic?

Yes. Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Bovine collagen peptides powder, unflavored or lightly flavored; no cocoa, rice or other driver) with the other products in its family, Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides (bovine, no cocoa), 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 Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs contain heavy metals?

Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Unflavored Stick Packs 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 20 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Collagen Peptides Unflavored and cadmium at 0.2 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Collagen Peptides Unflavored Powder. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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