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Last Updated: Jul 19, 2017
Note: While Bodybuilding.com claims 71 Ratings, we counted 68 Reviews available on their site.
Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".
Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".
Report Card
Fail Overall Grade
FAIL
Brand Repeats

FAIL
Suspicious Reviewers

FAIL
Word Count Comparison

WARN
Unverified Purchases

WARN
Sample Reviews

WARN
Overlapping Review History

PASS
Rating Trend

PASS
Phrase Repetition

PASS
Reviewer Participation

PASS
Reviewer Ease

PASS
Deleted Reviews

Most Trusted Reviews
I chose this product against several others because it did ... [Go to full review]
Feb 14, 2012
100%
TRUST
TRUST
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Verified Purchaser
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Single-Day Reviewer (posted all reviews on Feb 14, 2012)
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Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 8.5)
Least Trusted Reviews
I've had some great success with MRM, this protein is ... [Go to full review]
Mar 15, 2011
0%
TRUST
TRUST
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Unverified Purchaser
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Overrepresented word count (16 words)
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Never-Verified Reviewer
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Single-Day Reviewer (posted all reviews on Mar 15, 2011)
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Brand Monogamist (2 of 2 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 8.5)
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Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 8.5)
Analysis Details
Fail
Brand Repeats

Brand Loyalists
4 of the 68 reviewers have reviewed multiple products but half or more of their reviews are for this brand. This is an excessively large percentage of Brand Loyalists which may indicate unnatural reviews.
Brand Monogamists
2 of the 68 reviewers have reviewed multiple products, but only for this brand. This is an excessively large percentage of Brand Monogamists which may indicate unnatural reviews.
Fail
Suspicious Reviewers

One-Hit Wonders
15 of the 68 reviewers have only reviewed this product. While this is more One-Hit Wonders than we'd expect to see, the discrepancy in ratings between the One-Hit Wonders and reviewers who have posted more than one review isn't significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
Never-Verified Reviewers
35 of the 68 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. While this is more Never-Verified Reviewers than we'd expect to see, the discrepancy in ratings between the Never-Verified Reviewers and reviewers who have written at least one verified purchase review isn't significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
Take-Back Reviewers
23 of the 68 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. This is an excessively large percentage of Take-Back Reviewers which may indicate unnatural reviews.
Fail
Word Count Comparison

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- 25%
- Have an overrepresented word count
In the graph above, we can see the distribution of review word counts for this product and the expected distribution for this category. We see the following 1 group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 17 reviews (or 25%) are within an overrepresented word count group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 7.2, while all other reviews have rated this product an average of 8.7. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Warn
Unverified Purchases

56 of the 68 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. This is an excessively large percentage of unverified purchases and it may indicate unnatural reviews.
Unverified purchases may be the result of Kindle Unlimited readers, buyers who didn't pay full price, or reviewers who did not purchase the product at Amazon. Read more about our Unverified Purchases test.
Warn
Sample Reviews

11 of the 68 total reviews for this product mentioned the word "sample" within their review. While we could not find a statistically significant difference between the average rating of reviews that mentioned the word "sample" and those that did not, the presences of any reviews that mention the word "sample" indicates that there may be more, since not all reviewers will disclose that they used a sample within their review.
Warn
Overlapping Review History

Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
19% also reviewed:
Gold Standard 100% Whey by Optimum Nutrition
19% also reviewed:
Phase8 by MuscleTech
16% also reviewed:
C4 Original by Cellucor
15% also reviewed:
N.O.-Xplode by BSN
13% also reviewed:
Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite by MuscleTech
10% also reviewed:
Platinum PRE- by Optimum Nutrition
10% also reviewed:
Mission1 Baked Protein Bar by MuscleTech
36 of the 68 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. While this is more than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Pass
Rating Trend

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- 3%
- Created over 1 day
We counted 68 reviews for this product over the span of 3,056 days, an average of 0.0 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 1 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 1 day exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 2 reviews were created on just 1 day. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass
Phrase Repetition

Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.
2 of the 68 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass
Reviewer Participation

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- 18%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 1 participation group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 12 reviewers (or 18%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass
Reviewer Ease

The ease score is the average rating for all reviews that a given reviewer submits. The average ease score for reviewers of this product is 8.8, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 8.8.
8.8 Product's Average Ease Score
8.8 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Pass
Deleted Reviews

- 0
- Reviews have been deleted
We have not discovered any deleted reviews for this product.
There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
- We don't have a magic ability to collect every single deleted review; we can only identify reviews as deleted if we collect them on one date and then notice they are no longer visible on a subsequent date.
- We have no information on reviews that were never published in the first place.
- We also don't know why these reviews were removed. It could be action from the platform, personal decision by the review author, part of an entire account closure, even some data error on our part, etc.