Top Supplement Company?

[kaMp87]

What is your top supplement company out there?

[BadIntentions]

Kroger's.

[Beast21]

Controlled Labs, Universal Nutrition, Optimum Nutrition, Scivation. There are a few others.

[GluteusMaximus]

in before 47 CL reps plugging their brand.



and its ANIMAL (Universal) for me.

[Rob Awesome]

My top 3 -

Universal/Animal, Optimum Nutrition & Controlled Labs.

BEAST inside

[bjoh17]

Universal

[captain_swole]

Originally Posted by GluteusMaximus

in before 47 CL reps plugging their brand.



and its ANIMAL (Universal) for me.

Controlled Labs



+ Optimum

[quank]

Originally Posted by GluteusMaximus

in before 47 CL reps plugging their brand.

LOL!!

[Bone32]

Universal, Gaspari, Optimum

[gainmusclefast]

universal and met-rx for their pancakes lol

[bigla2004]

Other than SAN, companies I feel really stand out in no particular order..

Universal, Controlled Labs, Gaspari, ON, USP Labs, Core Nutritionals, Designer Supplements, MST, Scivation

[deserusan]

Originally Posted by gainmusclefast

universal and met-rx for their pancakes lol

Not to knock either of those companies, but you can always add protein powder to pancake mix.

[pu12en12g]

Other companies that I've supported for years:

ErgoPharm / Giant
MAN / SAN
Omega Sports
Scivation / Primaforce
Met-RX
Molecular Nutrition
Optimum Nutrition
BAC

A few that are headed in the right direction:

MST
Gaspari
Universal / Animal
DS
AX / ALRI

[BB2K]

Scivation

MST

Molecular Nutrition

*Ones coming out soon*

Musle Pharm

APS

[FeeFieFoFum]

Universal.

[AConrad00]

lol how can musclepharm be in ur top 5 when they are a month from release???????//

[BB2K]

Originally Posted by AConrad00

lol how can musclepharm be in ur top 5 when they are a month from release???????//

I have tried their Assault, and if the rest of their products are as good as their Assault then they will do very well. ( IMO )

[BB2K]

Originally Posted by deserusan

Not to knock either of those companies, but you can always add protein powder to pancake mix.

But doesnt cooking normal protein powder ruin it? I have alweays heard regular powdered protein cant be cooked, that it becomes worthless. (?)

[Black_Label]

Applied Nutriceuticals, Cognitive Nutrition, Controlled Labs, Neogenixs.

Each has their own reasons. Mainly quality products and people that represent them.

[deserusan]

Originally Posted by BB2K

But doesnt cooking normal protein powder ruin it? I have alweays heard regular powdered protein cant be cooked, that it becomes worthless. (?)

Nah. People are worried about denaturing which will change the digestion rate, but that's about it. Think about eating raw chicken vs. cooked.

[BB2K]

Thanks deserusan, after I posted I saw this article:

"While protein powder is good to add to a cooked recipe if we need to help the texture (as in low sugar, low carb brownies), I do not believe in adding it for the purpose of increasing the protein content of the food. My contacts with the manufacturers indicate that heating most of the powder above lukewarm damages the protein and makes it no longer available to us.

I admit, I had never heard this before, and so I did a little web search on the topic, but I didn't really come up with anything definitive. The FAQ page on Designer's page does says "Any extreme temperatures, freezing or high heat (above ~140?F), can denature protein (produce cross-linking) and reduce its solubility, digestibility and bioavailability." That doesn't sound very good, does it? And yet, protein powders of all sorts are used as ingredients in commercially prepared products that are obviously heat-processed. So, for more information, I wrote to Designer's customer service folks, and recieved this reply from their representative Janet Bryant, who assured me, "No worries on cooking with Designer Whey." Here's the detailed response (emphases added):

Designer Whey contains virtually all non-denatured protein. However, exposing protein to extreme temperature (hot or cold) will denature the protein to a certain degree. For example, heating whey protein to temperatures above 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) results in denaturation. For this reason, cooking or baking with DP denatures the protein. In addition, repeated freezing and thawing of a protein solution can result in deanaturation, but simply exposing the powder to low temperatures does not cause denaturation.

This does not mean that the amount of the protein is diminished. Denaturation can affect biological value (bioavailability) and may slow the digestion and absorption of the protein. (However, not to worry here; although the biological value is lowered somewhat by cooking, it is not reduced to zero.) Regardless, denatured protein still retains full nutritional value with regard to amino acid composition. And Designer Whey is a good source of all essential and non-essential amino acids; therefore, even if it is denatured, it is still a very high quality protein source. Also, all proteins are denatured when cooked (e.g., eggs, meat, soy, etc.). I hope this helps to explain the full nutritional value of the amount you use, and the Amino Acid content is still the same.

So, there you have it, baking a protein will cause denaturization, but the effect is small and should not be of concern to us. A big thanks to the folks at Designer Whey for their help with this question!

[aggieman122]

Universal
Gaspari

[Stonecoldtruth]

Originally Posted by GluteusMaximus

in before 47 CL reps plugging their brand.

and its ANIMAL (Universal) for me.

So, an Animal fan is knocking on CL fans? One has a lot of fanboys the other is like a virtual cult..

For me:
MST
SAN
MAN
CL
AEN

[rpen22]

Avant
RPN
ErgoPharm
DS
XF
NOW

[Black_Label]

Originally Posted by Stonecoldtruth

So, an Animal fan is knocking on CL fans? One has a lot of fanboys the other is like a virtual cult..

I noticed that too lol

I like a few things from Universal. Uniliver helps me from time to time

[Giant_Killer]

Originally Posted by Stonecoldtruth

So, an Animal fan is knocking on CL fans? One has a lot of fanboys the other is like a virtual cult..

In for the cult.

UNIVERSAL

[theoriginal]

Designer Supplements and Cognitive Nutrition are two companies that I have come to consider at the very top. There's other good ones but those are the elite IMO.

[Iron_And_sweat]

An
CL
AEN

[SCDiesel23]

Syntrax
SSE
Fizogen
IBE
ALRI

[BB2K]

Originally Posted by SCDiesel23

Syntrax
SSE
Fizogen
IBE
ALRI

ouch. So Syntrax is your fav huh? lol