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you know the ones that come in the small plastic containers for gaining muscle
I was wondering if I put that dry over the pigs feed if they will gain more or if it will just be fat gained
 
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I've done it before. I used to work next to a GNC and we shared a dumpster with them. When their products "expire" they just throw them out. I took home about a quarter of a pallet of stuff, including chocolate protein bars and such. I also had waste milk and whey from a cow at the time so I would mix a whole tub with that. I also did it with water. I don't know if it was necessary, but I thought that if it was me, I'd have a tough time trying to choke down a half a pound of powdered whey protein. The stuff is high in protein so they seem to convert it pretty well. They didn't get fat. They just kept growing. The stuff I got clearly said on the back that it was made with GMO soy. I didn't worry about it because at the time I was buying feed from the local feed store which most certainly was not GMO free. I did manage to finish and fatten them for two months on pasture and organic feed stuffs from the garden. I don't know if that undid the GMO feeding for sure, but it made me feel batter either way.
 
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It is protein, they will eat it. If you can get it expired for free or freaky cheap some way, I would use it.

I would avoid soy if I could, but if my choice is expensive soy or cheap/free soy--I will go with cheap/free soy. Bonus that you just kept that much more stuff out of the waste stream.
 
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