Read This Before You Buy Greens Powders

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Greens powders are the new “it girl” of the supplement world. Surely you have seen them splashed across social media, promoted by an array of influencers and athletes. Apparently a lot of people have been duly influenced, because the product category is worth more than $6.4 billion globally, according to Grand View Research.

One those people was my daughter’s friend Paige, age 20, who said she picked up some greens powders because she kept seeing them on Tik Tok, and her friends seemed to love them. Ultimately, though, she questioned whether they were worth the cost since didn’t like how they tasted and failed to see the promised results, so she called me to ask what I thought. I wish she would have called me before she spent her money, and I hope you read this before you do.

What are Greens Powders?

Greens powders are a form of dietary supplement, pitched as concentrated “superfoods.” They are usually made up of pulverized fruits, vegetables, and some combination of vitamins, minerals, herbs, probiotics, digestive enzymes, and other compounds such as algae, wheat grass, mushrooms, and proteins. The powders get their grassy hue from ingredients like green vegetables and algae, and they are typically consumed stirred into beverages.

A Closer Look at the Claims