Independent laboratory finding
Origin Nutrition Vegan Protein: Citizens Protein Project 1 finding (2024)
Last checked 20 September 2026. A few details are still being checked against the original document.
The Citizens Protein Project 1 (April 2024) measured 63.63 g protein per 100 g in Origin Nutrition Vegan Protein (64.10 g claimed); no aflatoxin or pesticide residue was found; no FSSAI action is on record as of 20 Sep 2026.
- Classification
- Met label claim (CPP1)
- Tested by
- No regulator action; independent test result (Citizens Protein Project 1, published study)
- Reference
- Citizens Protein Project 1, Medicine 2024;103:14(e37724), doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000037724; Table 1 and Supplementary Document 1
- Latest action
- 5 April 2024
- Last checked
- 20 September 2026details being verified
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Citizens protein project: a self-funded, transparent, and concerning report on analysis of popular protein supplements sold in the Indian market
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Key facts
- Brand
- Origin Nutrition
- Study
- Citizens Protein Project 1, 36 products, published April 2024
- Study code
- Product 9 in Table 1
- Protein on label
- 64.10 g per 100 g (master chart)
- Protein measured
- 63.63 g per 100 g
- Label gap
- 0.5 points (1%) below the label
- Aflatoxin
- Below limit of quantification (1.5 µg/kg)
- Pesticide residue
- Below limit of quantification (0.01 mg/kg)
- Heavy metals
- None above limit of quantification; mercury and thallium absent
- Copper
- 4.57 mg/kg
- Regulator action
- None on record
Origin Nutrition Vegan Protein was product 9 of 36 in the first Citizens Protein Project, a self-funded study published in Medicine in April 2024. The study bought the products in 2023, coded and blinded them, and had an FSSAI-approved laboratory in Kochi run total protein (Kjeldahl), aflatoxin, pesticide residue, heavy metals and steroid screens. The label figure comes from the study's master chart (Supplementary Document 1) and Figure S1; the measured figures are from Table 1 of the paper. A pea and pumpkin-seed powder that measured 63.63 g protein per 100 g against 64.10 g on the label, within 1%. It was the only plant-based product in the study with no aflatoxin, no pesticide residue and no lead, arsenic or cadmium; copper was 4.57 mg/kg.
The study reports differences as percentage points of protein per 100 g. It tested one batch of each product and did not compare metal readings with FSSAI limits. No FSSAI action on this product is on record.
What this means for you
Met its label in this test
The measured protein was 0.5 points (1%) below the label. The study treated a product as mislabelled when it fell short of the claim; this one did not.
Trace metals were reported without a limit check
The laboratory reported none above limit of quantification and copper 4.57 mg/kg. The paper did not compare these with FSSAI limits for foods, so a detection here is a data point, not a finding of violation.
A study, not a regulator
The Citizens Protein Project is self-funded, independent laboratory work on one batch of each product. FSSAI has taken no action on this product.
This is a record of official orders, not medical advice. Do not stop a prescribed medicine without asking your doctor or pharmacist.
Official sources and primary records
- Citizens protein project: a self-funded, transparent, and concerning report on analysis of popular protein supplements sold in the Indian marketStudyMedicine (Wolters Kluwer) · 5 April 2024
- Study
- Citizens Protein Project, Supplementary Document 1 (master chart: products, labels, declared protein)StudyMedicine (Wolters Kluwer)
- Citizens Protein Project, Figure S1 (labelled versus detected protein by product)StudyMedicine (Wolters Kluwer)