Most beetroot juice drinks you buy at the store don’t say how much nitrate is in them, and when they do, the numbers are often wrong or missing—so athletes who rely on it for performance don’t know...

From: What's in Your Beet Juice? Nitrate and Nitrite Content of Beet Juice Products Marketed to Athletes.

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Most beetroot juice drinks you buy at the store don’t say how much nitrate is in them, and when they do, the numbers are often wrong or missing—so athletes who rely on it for performance don’t know...

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The majority of commercial beetroot juice products fail to disclose their nitrate content on product labels, and independent laboratory testing demonstrates that a significant proportion of these products either make inaccurate nitrate-related claims or provide no claims at all, resulting in athletes being unable to obtain reliable information for dosing purposes.

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Study: What's in Your Beet Juice? Nitrate and Nitrite Content of Beet Juice Products Marketed to Athletes.

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