is it me or have protein prices gone through the roof?

Hi guys 
  
After just coming back from a small break from training, I hit the web to order my protein, I was using Myproteins whey and was getting 5Kg for just under £50 now when I have gone to order it its £60+ 
  
after doing a bit of shopping around it seems like all protein has gone up a lot!? is there about to be a shortage or something we dont know about ha! 
  
Anyway does anyone know of any good sites to buy off? Had a look on ebay but seems to be a lot of cheap rubbish about.  
  
so please anyone got any good recomendations they have used or are currently using please let me know I would really appreciate it. 
  
cheers  

You can still get 5kg for under £50 from MyProtein if you use their Price Matcher!!! Just enter some of the bigger bulk supplement suppliers and you won’t be disappointed!!!

I have tried doing that, as thats what I used to do but still cant seem to find it???

market prices for all proteins at dairy level have increased massively over the last year or two!
 
Growing markets in other parts of the world, (nothing to do with sports suppliments) and big companies pre-buying huge amounts are the biggest causes.

Prices are going up again.
 
Sports Nutrition is a very small cog in a very big wheel.
 
It is also important to point out that the bottle neck or throttling of supply exists primarily for WPC80 Instant - WPI, WPH etc. no issues they are obviously more expensive but not so much any more since WPC80 went north.
 
Without going into specifics across the board perhaps as much as an 80% rise from lowest prices 24 months ago to present day - less for some but I would suggest most are suffering price rises over 60% on wpc80.
 
Hence the need for more blends to minimise impact and a shift away from tubs to pouches etc. all done to negate the rising prices.
 
The value offered online is very good.

as above i posted a similar thread and the price of wc80 has gone up, isolate seems to be the best value for cash atm so ive heard, wc80 is about the same price when it used to be that isolate was more expencive

WPI is still about 45% more expensive but that is closer in terms of the gap a year or two ago.
 
What is the key thing? For me it's taste and packaging but after that it comes down to the cost per gram of whey.
 
WPC80% still wins for me anyway. Still cheaper than chicken I think! :-)

chicken prices is a joke atm, £7.72 for kg smart price, but £7.32 for asda's better brand dono how they work that out, prok joint are £5kg at asda atm, pork is cheaper than chicken lol

paul30


Hi guys 
 
After just coming back from a small break from training, I hit the web to order my protein, I was using Myproteins whey and was getting 5Kg for just under £50 now when I have gone to order it its £60+ 
 
after doing a bit of shopping around it seems like all protein has gone up a lot!? is there about to be a shortage or something we dont know about ha! 
 
Anyway does anyone know of any good sites to buy off? Had a look on ebay but seems to be a lot of cheap rubbish about.  
 
so please anyone got any good recomendations they have used or are currently using please let me know I would really appreciate it. 
 
cheers  

YOU could order 2.5 kg of egg white and 2.5 kg of pea protein isolate , then do your own 50/50 mix---  cost? under 50 quid

there not equal to dairy protien tho are they?

stone14


there not equal to dairy protien tho are they?

 


heres the link to see amino acid profiles of both egg white http://www.eggnation.co.uk/index.php?route=cms/article&path=1&article_id=9
 
pea protein http://www.myopure.com.au/pea-protein-isolate.html -scroll down the page to the bottom

corsaking

stone14


there not equal to dairy protien tho are they?

 


heres the link to see amino acid profiles of both egg white http://www.eggnation.co.uk/index.php?route=cms/article&path=1&article_id=9

pea protein http://www.myopure.com.au/pea-protein-isolate.html -scroll down the page to the bottom

 
I think the point was that 2.5kg of egg whites would only yield about 250g of actual protein. Whereas 2.5kg of 80% WPC would yield 2kg.
 
Unless you're talking about egg white powder, but in that case it's no cheaper (probably more expensive) than whey anyway.

whey isolate -5kg 64.99
egg white powder about 58 for 5kg (my protein)
you could bring both prices down by doing the 50/50 mix with pea protein isolate
i personally have been well satisfied with the 50/50 mix of egw and pea protein isolate and seen some rewards from its consumption.
 
It could be that my stomach is more suited to this form of protein whereas milk products cause the gut to be bloated and uncomfortable . If that is going on i began to wonder just what was getting absorbed.
 
anyway ill leave it with you.

TBH, I think the opposite, I've placed 2 large orders with MP this month alone.
 
MP had 35% off tubs of Total Peptide as a Deal-of-the-day on Monday making them £20 for 2.2kg.
 
5kg unflavoured WPC is under £40 and unflavoured WPI bought in bulk is £10 per kg.

yea, i think MP's prices have stayed very reasonable
 
on the other hand, maximuscle's phenominal prices have gone up 5% today
 
http://www.maximuscle.com...january2012update.html

just incase you weren't quite spending enough

The cost of whey has increase - however....Whey Protein, Casein etc.....are still both MASSIVELY better value sources of protein than normal food. You won't find better value for protein anywhere else, even if you're buying a more expensive brand, and it is "real food" as it's essentially a flavoured dairy product :)

corsaking

paul30


Hi guys 

After just coming back from a small break from training, I hit the web to order my protein, I was using Myproteins whey and was getting 5Kg for just under £50 now when I have gone to order it its £60+ 

after doing a bit of shopping around it seems like all protein has gone up a lot!? is there about to be a shortage or something we dont know about ha! 

Anyway does anyone know of any good sites to buy off? Had a look on ebay but seems to be a lot of cheap rubbish about.  

so please anyone got any good recomendations they have used or are currently using please let me know I would really appreciate it. 

cheers  

YOU could order 2.5 kg of egg white and 2.5 kg of pea protein isolate , then do your own 50/50 mix---  cost? under 50 quid

 
 
Not a bad shout actually

 
Am I missing something? 5kg of Impact Whey at MP is £39.99 +P&P...

M4Z4


 
Am I missing something? 5kg of Impact Whey at MP is £39.99 +P&P...

Apart from a flavour, no your not.
 
Unflavoured is £39.99. 
Type ironscience into the price matcher or something and get it for 50quid. (5kg flavoured). 
I used to take the Impact Blend, that still seems to be a decent price. 

I've altered the title of this thread to be fair to MP as the discussion is more prices in general.
 
I actually wrote about this issue for an issue of Flex mid last year, and there's a similar article here: http://newsletters.muscletalk.co.uk/1104.aspx