Companies that produce protein powders as a supplement have been found to be spiking their protein blends by third party testing. This spiking has a number of different names that all mean the same; the only difference is how one describes the process of spiking such as nitrogen, protein, and/or amino spiking. Through third party testing of different blends of protein powder, companies discovered a way to lie to the total number of grams of protein that is actually in the blend. When testing the amount of grams of protein is in a protein blend, the third party testers would test for the nitrogen content found in the protein powder. Companies nevertheless have found that by placing BCAAs, or branched-chain amino acids, in their protein, which…