Safe to buy a whey protein online?

Yes, it is safe to buy whey protein online. But you have to be aware of some fake products and some fraud sellers. Because only 60% to 70% whey protein powder is original in market. Rest of 30% to 40% protein is fake and comes from gray market.

What is gray market?

Gray market is a unofficial and unauthorized trading market of fitness supplements. In this market some unauthorized organizations copy big brands and make fake products on there brand name. These products are mainly distributed in offline local stores or on some unofficial websites.

Where should you buy whey protein?

You should always try to buy it from official website of brand that you are looking for. For example if you want buy protein powder of 'Optimum Nutrition' than buy from their official website (www.optimumnutrition.com/en-in). And if you want to buy from any other brand than try to buy from their official website.

Is Nutrabay safe to buy protein? 

No, nutrabay is not 100% safe for fitness supplements. In many cases costumers are not happy with nutrabay service and also get fake products. Nutrabay is a nutrition and online supplement store that sales big brands products in India.

Amazon is safe to buy protein?

Amazon is a big internet based enterprises that sells goods and products either directly or as a middle man. Amazon sells fitness supplements as a middle man. So amazon is not fully safe to buy whey protein, because some unauthorized sellers sales fake products on amazon. You should first check the seller address that it is authorized or official brand saller.

Should buy from offline stores or from local stores?

Not all offline stores are authorized. Most of the offline stores do not have license to sell fitness supplements. When ever you buy protein powder from offline store than please check their license or ensure that they are selling original supplements. 

Also try to avoid buy from any gym trainer or from gym partner, they may also victim of fake supplements. 

Official site-

Official sites are the best place to buy whey protein. Most of the brands also sales their products on their own sites. These sites are safe and secure to buy whey protein. If any brand do not have their own site than try to avoid their products, because they may do not have any authorized enterprise. 

 

So summary of all this information is that always try to buy from official sites and from authorized sellers. Try to avoid buying from local stores or from any local gym trainers.