Full Disclosure: This post has been sponsored by NOW Foods.

NOW Foods is a company I’ve shopped at in the past and will continue to buy from, especially their informed sport certified protein powder.

Have you ever used protein powder?? Or any sport supplements?? Have you ever wondered about their safety or been concerned about the substances added to these types of products??

Last May I had the privilege of visiting NOW Foods factory and I was beyond impressed with their dedication to making quality products. They have supplements, essential oils, pet products, beauty products, natural foods, and sports nutrition products. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of choosing supplement brands that are regulated. As both an athlete and dietitian it’s important to know what is in my supplements also what is not in it like heavy metals, banned substances, etc. By having the Informed-Sport Certification NOW Sports products are being third party tested through rigorous tests and meeting the highest quality standards.

Informed-Sport is a global quality assurance program for sports nutrition products, suppliers to the sports nutrition industry, and supplement manufacturing facilities. The program certifies that every batch of a supplement product and/or raw material that bears the Informed-Sport logo has been tested for banned substances by LGC’s world-class sports anti-doping laboratory.

NOW Sports is the first to have it’s entire line Informed Sport certified. It is one of the few brands of natural sports products that does not use any artificial ingredients, including artificial sweeteners, colors, or flavors. There are a variety of protein powders available through NOW Sports: Bone Broth, Egg White, Grass Fed Whey, Micellar Casein, Pea, Plant Complex, Plant, Soy Protein Isolate, Sprouted Brown Rice, Whey Concentrate, and Whey Isolate with many of these varieties also available with an organic option.

While using protein powder is not absolutely necessary it is convenient and helpful to boost the nutrition of meals or snacks. Most commonly we see recipes for protein powders being used in smoothies but there are many other options to diversify your protein powder intake.