August 3, 2007
Protein Prices Increasing Market Wide
Throughout the country, higher dairy prices are trickling down to the consumer, from gallons of milk to an ice cream sundae. Industry experts say the prices are driven in part by foreign demand for American milk products, and ethanol producers competing for the same corn farmers use to feed livestock.Recent price hikes in the dairy industry - beginning with whey protein - have also sent the cost of processed protein, cheese, cottage cheese, butter, ice cream and other products soaring throughout the country, dairy industry experts say. One result is that supplement manufacturers such as Foundation Nutriceuticals have been forced to increase the prices for their whey proteins, whey protein isolates and milk protein. This in turn this trickles down to national supplement companies like World Class Nutrition. They are forced to increase their prices to the customer. Mr Alexander from World Class Nutrition states “We made some large buys of protein at the pre-increase price levels but our supply has almost been depleted.” Mr Alexander told us that once the word got out on the internet that one could still buy cheap protein, their sales increase by 400%.Whey protein has become the premier form of protein used in nutritional […]
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