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Today, Explained

Packing in protein

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Protein in your soda. Protein in your cereal. Protein in your bread. In this rerun from last year, we explain how protein got added into so much of what we eat and drink. This episode was produced by Gabrielle Berbey, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Matthew Billy, and hosted by Noel King. Protein Cold Foam drink at Starbucks. Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

We are going to extreme lengths to get more protein these days.

0:05.0

The powders, the shakes, the cottage cheese and the oatmeal, the peanut butter and everything, and the chicken smoothie.

0:12.0

I went to the store, got like some chicken breast, boiled it, blended it in a blender.

0:18.0

It was like, added a splash of water, and then it smelled like, you know, I was just like, dude,

0:26.3

I'm making soup here.

0:27.3

This is so weird.

0:28.2

So then I added like every berry, every frozen banana, like everything I could basically

0:32.5

find in my freezer and, you know, to make it a little bit more tolerable.

0:36.5

Have you tried the chicken smoothie?

0:39.4

And then my wife tried it, too, and she was like, oh, yeah, you could definitely feel the chicken on that.

0:44.5

And so I had this, like, you know, venty-sized chicken smoothie that I had to drink all myself

0:48.9

because I can't waste anything in my house.

0:53.0

Coming up on today, explained, protein madness.

0:59.8

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1:05.8

important for growth, it's essential.

1:08.6

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1:10.5

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1:13.0

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1:20.1

So whether you're a startup tackling your first SOC 2 or ISO-27-001 or an enterprise managing vendor risk, Vanta's trust management platform makes it quicker,

1:32.5

easier and more scalable. The results? According to a recent IDC study, Vanta customers slash

1:39.9

over $500,000 a year in costs and are three times more productive.

1:46.1

Establishing trust isn't optional.

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