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Apr 1, 2025 5:47 PM
12-Count 1.98-Oz ALOHA Organic Plant-Based Protein Bars (Various Flavors)
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If you look at there own site under FAQ, they basically say that they have less heavy metals then other brands but what exactly does that even mean??? and against what other brands??? Do you have some sort of insight as to what other brands have as far as heavy metal content? I think not! This is like saying I have the best house on the absolute worse street in the United States.
I also asked them to provide the average levels of heavy metals in the bars I purchase so I can decide if that level is safe/acceptable to me, they refused to provided that. I also asked them if they are at higher levels then what the state of CA requires since there is a lawsuit against them for this and why are you not putting the required label on your product, they did not answer that at all. I made it clear in my letter to them to let the consumer decide if they want to eat Lead, etc as there is no "safe amount" of lead at all especially for children.
You can easily find all this information on a simple google search about Aloha, that's how I found out about it and you can see the court docs posted as well. I had high regards for Aloha these past few years buying there protein bars and I am very disappointed at the response they sent me. Why not be honest if you have nothing to hide about the heavy metal content in your bars/protein powder? Sadly, another company off my purchase list.
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If you look at there own site under FAQ, they basically say that they have less heavy metals then other brands but what exactly does that even mean??? and against what other brands??? Do you have some sort of insight as to what other brands have as far as heavy metal content? I think not! This is like saying I have the best house on the absolute worse street in the United States.
I also asked them to provide the average levels of heavy metals in the bars I purchase so I can decide if that level is safe/acceptable to me, they refused to provided that. I also asked them if they are at higher levels then what the state of CA requires since there is a lawsuit against them for this and why are you not putting the required label on your product, they did not answer that at all. I made it clear in my letter to them to let the consumer decide if they want to eat Lead, etc as there is no "safe amount" of lead at all especially for children.
You can easily find all this information on a simple google search about Aloha, that's how I found out about it and you can see the court docs posted as well. I had high regards for Aloha these past few years buying there protein bars and I am very disappointed at the response they sent me. Why not be honest if you have nothing to hide about the heavy metal content in your bars/protein powder? Sadly, another company off my purchase list.
If you look at there own site under FAQ, they basically say that they have less heavy metals then other brands but what exactly does that even mean??? and against what other brands??? Do you have some sort of insight as to what other brands have as far as heavy metal content? I think not! This is like saying I have the best house on the absolute worse street in the United States.
I also asked them to provide the average levels of heavy metals in the bars I purchase so I can decide if that level is safe/acceptable to me, they refused to provided that. I also asked them if they are at higher levels then what the state of CA requires since there is a lawsuit against them for this and why are you not putting the required label on your product, they did not answer that at all. I made it clear in my letter to them to let the consumer decide if they want to eat Lead, etc as there is no "safe amount" of lead at all especially for children.
You can easily find all this information on a simple google search about Aloha, that's how I found out about it and you can see the court docs posted as well. I had high regards for Aloha these past few years buying there protein bars and I am very disappointed at the response they sent me. Why not be honest if you have nothing to hide about the heavy metal content in your bars/protein powder? Sadly, another company off my purchase list.
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If you look at there own site under FAQ, they basically say that they have less heavy metals then other brands but what exactly does that even mean??? and against what other brands??? Do you have some sort of insight as to what other brands have as far as heavy metal content? I think not! This is like saying I have the best house on the absolute worse street in the United States.
I also asked them to provide the average levels of heavy metals in the bars I purchase so I can decide if that level is safe/acceptable to me, they refused to provided that. I also asked them if they are at higher levels then what the state of CA requires since there is a lawsuit against them for this and why are you not putting the required label on your product, they did not answer that at all. I made it clear in my letter to them to let the consumer decide if they want to eat Lead, etc as there is no "safe amount" of lead at all especially for children.
You can easily find all this information on a simple google search about Aloha, that's how I found out about it and you can see the court docs posted as well. I had high regards for Aloha these past few years buying there protein bars and I am very disappointed at the response they sent me. Why not be honest if you have nothing to hide about the heavy metal content in your bars/protein powder? Sadly, another company off my purchase list.
Thanks for the info. Which ones did you end up going for after getting rid of these? I've having them for the past year
To give you an example of just how dumb some of the prop daily intake requirements are, it recommends 12.5mcg of lead per day for adults. Well guess what? A serving of nuts has like 20mcg of lead. Collard greens? 30mcg. A single potato? You are good as dead!! Basically anything that is root based would put you over the limit. Other stuff also has high lead including chocolate, rice, cereals, spices, fish, and broths. So good luck to you if you want to follow Prop 65. You will die of hunger before cancer does anything.
Prop 65 was also very politically motivated. It was meant to motivate people to vote and nothing more. In fact they didnt think it would pass because it had a lot of nonsense. For instance... guess who got an exception to it? Alcohol... which has a much higher propensity to cause cancer than anything listed in Prop 65. Go figure.
Back in the 90s I remember a comedian making fun of it. Dont remember who any more but the premise was the prop was so stupid that it became worthless by its own merit. Because EVERYTHING causes cancer, everyone started putting the label on EVERYTHING they made even if it had none of the chemicals listed in prop 65. This rendered the entire prop worthless. So the comedian made fun of the fact that according to Prop 65, coffee was just as bad for you as radioactive plutonium.
To give you an example of just how dumb some of the prop daily intake requirements are, it recommends 12.5mcg of lead per day for adults. Well guess what? A serving of nuts has like 20mcg of lead. Collard greens? 30mcg. A single potato? You are good as dead!! Basically anything that is root based would put you over the limit. Other stuff also has high lead including chocolate, rice, cereals, spices, fish, and broths. So good luck to you if you want to follow Prop 65. You will die of hunger before cancer does anything.
Prop 65 was also very politically motivated. It was meant to motivate people to vote and nothing more. In fact they didnt think it would pass because it had a lot of nonsense. For instance... guess who got an exception to it? Alcohol... which has a much higher propensity to cause cancer than anything listed in Prop 65. Go figure.
Back in the 90s I remember a comedian making fun of it. Dont remember who any more but the premise was the prop was so stupid that it became worthless by its own merit. Because EVERYTHING causes cancer, everyone started putting the label on EVERYTHING they made even if it had none of the chemicals listed in prop 65. This rendered the entire prop worthless. So the comedian made fun of the fact that according to Prop 65, coffee was just as bad for you as radioactive plutonium.
I don't disagree with what you wrote, I know they even have prop 65 for wood products that may have "potential" tiny amounts of saw dust on it. The thing that really got me was when I contacted Aloha to have them clarify exactly what levels of Heavy metals are in these bars so I can decide if I want to continue buying them. There response was not clear, basically avoiding answering most of my questions and they flat out refused to give me the avg amounts of heavy metals per bar type which they obviously know. That was the thing that really upset me as they refused to provide anything to make an informed decision on there product. I'm tired of consumers being in the dark about the products we buy and consume with the often times lack of transparency. If you already have on the FAQ section of your website that these products do contain some amount of heavy metals then why not provide the amounts so consumers can decide instead of saying we are lower then other products? I'm sure there lawyers told them to state that, etc, but I am also NOT going to support buying there $20-$30 boxes of bars any more after that reply. Of course, to each there own as to what you buy and consume...
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If you look at there own site under FAQ, they basically say that they have less heavy metals then other brands but what exactly does that even mean??? and against what other brands??? Do you have some sort of insight as to what other brands have as far as heavy metal content? I think not! This is like saying I have the best house on the absolute worse street in the United States.
I also asked them to provide the average levels of heavy metals in the bars I purchase so I can decide if that level is safe/acceptable to me, they refused to provided that. I also asked them if they are at higher levels then what the state of CA requires since there is a lawsuit against them for this and why are you not putting the required label on your product, they did not answer that at all. I made it clear in my letter to them to let the consumer decide if they want to eat Lead, etc as there is no "safe amount" of lead at all especially for children.
You can easily find all this information on a simple google search about Aloha, that's how I found out about it and you can see the court docs posted as well. I had high regards for Aloha these past few years buying there protein bars and I am very disappointed at the response they sent me. Why not be honest if you have nothing to hide about the heavy metal content in your bars/protein powder? Sadly, another company off my purchase list.
Thank you for sharing this. Had no idea. Just like that they just lost one more customer. I will start sending emails to them.
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