[quote=“The Runt, post: 757791, member: 181”]So would it be fair to say that the manufacturing of whey-protein wouldn’t have led to any significant increase in the volume of milk they were purchasing?
Great ingenuity by the creamery alright 
Lets bottle the waste and sell it to gullible fools.[/quote]
Bandage, the foremost authority on agri-food matters on TFK (and possibly the whole internet) has confirmed that it leads no increase in the purchasing f milk, and your mates girlfriends dad is no better off because of it.
Runt 1 Glas & Ban 0
Milk is actually one of the best recovery drinks on the market.
I’d always try to have a small carton of milk after leaving the gym.
[quote=“The Runt, post: 757799, member: 181”]Bandage, the foremost authority on agri-food matters on TFK (and possibly the whole internet) has confirmed that it leads no increase in the purchasing f milk, and your mates girlfriends dad is no better off because of it.
Runt 1 Glas & Ban 0[/quote]
Where did Bandage confirm this? Is this being done behind closed doors? You should try conduct your posting with a little transparency.
If this is confirmed I’ll certainly inform my mate that his girlfriends dad would be just as well off without this regular source of income.
Is milk not fattening? I have cut it out of my drinking allowance but still use it in tea and coffee obviously. And on my Weetabix.
[quote=“The Runt, post: 757791, member: 181”]So would it be fair to say that the manufacturing of whey-protein wouldn’t have led to any significant increase in the volume of milk they were purchasing?
Great ingenuity by the creamery alright
Lets bottle the waste and sell it to gullible fools.[/quote]
Pretty much. It helps them get away from being completely reliant on commodity prices, which they otherwise would be if they were merely selling milk and cheese.
If you just take milk, bogger farmers like turfcutter are constantly crying about the low prices they’re commanding when selling it to the creameries nationwide. But these creameries have come under increasing pressure from discounters like Aldi and Lidl who have been offering pints / litres of milk at prices below the price of your traditional Avonmore / Premier or whatever creamery owned brand for the last few years - any of them relying solely on milk would broadly only be breaking even as they were trying to satisfy supplier farmers by paying them as much as they could in an environment where sales prices were on a downward spiral.
The more astute ones spotted (to use one of these ridiculous terms) that they needed to get up the value chain and into product areas that provided much higher margins. And that’s where protein shakes come in. But even beyond that, if you look at publicly available accounts for Glanbia, Kerry or whoever you’ll see that it’s the international “ingredients” businesses that are providing most of their profits.
This incorporates dairy based ingredients used to make all sorts of different shit such as soups, sauces, yogurts etc (complementing their protein shakes etc) and also a growing element of non-dairy based ingredients businesses. These bigger companies have developed expertise in coming up with all sorts of flavourings etc in that latter segment to produce savoury snacks, bakery type products, ready made meals, certain flavoured drinks. You’ll also see Glanbia and Kerry acquiring valuable international companies in this sector, especially in the US, to increase their footprint and profits. In some cases, the actual milk and cheese manufacturing is an accepted loss leader for the other stuff (great to get some jargon into this post).
Belatedly the smaller creameries are realising - “fuck, there’s probably something we could have done with all that whey protein.” Poor cunts probably thought they were getting a right deal when one of the bigger ones said to them 10 years ago that they’d give them €20k a year to take all that waste / whey protein off their hands that they would have had to dispose of themselves.
Too much is, and if you are lactate intolerant then it can be an issue. Generally though in that 30-60 mins after hard training you can eat almost anything and it’s not as bad for you as it might be at any other time.
Milk though is full of protein and is liquid. Liquid digests quicker and better around the body so milk is a great source of protein after training, thus helping recovery.
[quote=“Bandage, post: 757809, member: 9”]Pretty much. It helps them get away from being completely reliant on commodity prices, which they otherwise would be if they were merely selling milk and cheese.
If you just take milk, bogger farmers like turfcutter are constantly crying about the low prices they’re commanding when selling it to the creameries nationwide. But these creameries have come under increasing pressure from discounters like Aldi and Lidl who have been offering pints / litres of milk at prices below the price of your traditional Avonmore / Premier or whatever creamery owned brand for the last few years - any of them relying solely on milk would broadly only be breaking even as they were trying to satisfy supplier farmers by paying them as much as they could in an environment where sales prices were on a downward spiral.
The more astute ones spotted (to use one of these ridiculous terms) that they needed to get up the value chain and into product areas that provided much higher margins. And that’s where protein shakes come in. But even beyond that, if you look at publicly available accounts for Glanbia, Kerry or whoever you’ll see that it’s the international “ingredients” businesses that are providing most of their profits.
This incorporates dairy based ingredients used to make all sorts of different shit such as soups, sauces, yogurts etc (complementing their protein shakes etc) and also a growing element of non-dairy based ingredients businesses. These bigger companies have developed expertise in coming up with all sorts of flavourings etc in that latter segment to produce savoury snacks, bakery type products, ready made meals, certain flavoured drinks. You’ll also see Glanbia and Kerry acquiring valuable international companies in this sector, especially in the US, to increase their footprint and profits. In some cases, the actual milk and cheese manufacturing is an accepted loss leader for the other stuff (great to get some jargon into this post).
Belatedly the smaller creameries are realising - “fuck, there’s probably something we could have done with all that whey protein.” Poor cunts probably thought they were getting a right deal when one of the bigger ones said to them 10 years ago that they’d give them €20k a year to take all that waste / whey protein off their hands that they would have had to dispose of themselves.[/quote]
Sensational.
There you go Glàs, I knew he would deliver the goods.
That’s all lovely lads, but has anyone tried the brand of protein that I purchased?
Protein is a nutrient, not a brand.
Stop being such a sheep.
[quote=“The Runt, post: 757815, member: 181”]Protein is a nutrient, not a brand.
Stop being such a sheep.[/quote]
I’ll take that as a no then.
If your attitude is a reflection of Ballysteen’s as a whole, I can see why you will never win a county.
Google it. There is a list of companies that have been tested and are graded into how much of the truth they tell and the real value of the products. Some companies dOn’t allow them in so clearly they can get fucked. USN is a good one I use, both BCAA’s & Whey.
Gold plated answer from the Admin himself.
[quote=“ChocolateMice, post: 757818, member: 168”]I’ll take that as a no then.
If your attitude is a reflection of Ballysteen’s as a whole, I can see why you will never win a county.[/quote]
Protein never kicked a ball over the bar.
Brand of the year in 2012, apparently… And some site rated it third best out of ten- Gold Standard was the best and the one i’d usually use but it’s that bit more expensive.
Syntha 6 is composed of six (imagine that The Runt) types of protein with different absorption rates… Good for pre/post workout and pre bed… Think i’ll get some ZMA while i am at it also.
Neither did you…
Woah, woah, easy with the roid rage
It’s this backward attitude to supplements that’s holding you muckers back… Associating protein, creatine and cocaine with steroids.
[quote=“ChocolateMice, post: 757830, member: 168”]
Syntha 6 is composed of six (imagine that The Runt) types of protein with different absorption rates.[/quote]
See The Runt, ingredients and science.