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4.5
First I will start with saying that I did not taste it, due to it looking like it was tampered with.Upon twisting the lid off, I noticed a line of nearly evenly spaced puncture holes running down the center of the seal that in most products is meant to show if the product was tampered with, or not. Usually when I order from Amazon, these seals look like they were not placed well onto the product, or a little damaged from the manufacturing process, and I don't like to, but would normally still consume the product anyway due to it being more often than not that I receive supplements with that seal in questionable condition. I am not doing that this time. This looks too suspicious for me.As you can see in these photos, the seal was intentionally punctured by either a person, or the manufacturing process itself. I find it strange that the manufacturing process would be designed to intentionally puncture holes into the tamper seal.I took a picture of the underside of the lid, to show that some of the protein dust did exit the tiny holes, which happened sometime before I took the lid off of it. There was no barrier between the food, and anyone who may have handled it, other than the twist-off lid. A person could have punctured the seal with a syringe filled with something that I am sure I would not want to ingest, for all I know, which I do not know. That's why the "seal" should be a seal.I took a picture of the protein powder, because if you look closely, you can see brown specs. Those specs look a bit larger in real life, but I lack the HD camera to show them in full detail.I Those are globs that form when the protein powder comes into contact with liquid droplets. Liquid, of some type, clearly dropped through those punctures holes.I was really looking forward to having a protein shake after doing some pushups earlier. This was the cheapest protein that I could find, and while I was not expecting to enjoy the taste, I was not expecting to receive something that I would suspect might be poisoned, which it might not be. I'm just having a hard time understanding why there are puntures in the seal, and why there are globs that formed with the protein powder, and liquid droplets. I'm not tasting it.I'm sorry if these people who sell through Amazon send the containers to them without punctures in the seal. If they do, then they need to have a serious talk with Amazon about someone working at a warehouse tampering with food products. I do not like giving bad reviews, especially when I am the first to review a product. But I do not know what I am looking at here. If it is poison, then it might explain why I'm the first to review this, since I'm not even going to taste the stuff.The ingredients is okay, when it comes to muscle growth & recovery.. it’s good. Extra strength.. it’s okay, the biggest downfall of this product is containing certain ingredients it not just will, but may cause skin acne and if you have sensitive skin it will cause it quickly.Overall product review: 3 out of 10 starsI had the same experience as the person who wrote the long review with the seal punctured. I also questioned why some of it had little chunks. It almost looks as if it was done on purpose. It tastes pretty good though not gonna lie
