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Read Dr. Dinesh Patel, Chief Chemist of Atlas Bioscience, Inc. on the Co-op's rigorous independent laboratory testing program. |
Independent Testing ProgramWe are thrilled to share our lab test results with our members thanks to our wonderful laboratory partner! For more information on laboratory testing in the supplements business, click here!
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Products |
Test Results |
Notes |
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| 5-HTP (L-5-hydroxytryptophan 100mg) | Test Results | This is a fairly-expensive ingredient and we're proud of our results of 116mg of 5-HTP! |
| Acetyl-L-Carnitine (500 mg caps) | Test Results | We are proud of our results of 505.7 mg per capsule. |
| Alpha Lipoic Acid (300 mg caps) | Test Results | High quality alpha lipoic acid is important for antioxidant potency. Our results show 312.6 mg per capsule. |
| Amino Enhancer | Test Results | In any formula, you want to test for blending. Industry standard is to test 10% of the ingredients in a formula. In our Amino Enhancer, we tested three ingredients, which account for almost 45% of total ingredients and more than 55% of the active ingredients by weight. We are proud to post our results, which show that our blending was very much on the mark! |
| Arthro 3 | Test Results | All three main ingredients (Boswellia, Curcumin, and MSM) were tested and passed with flying colors. Each ingredient was tested above 300 milligrams per serving. |
| B Vitamin Trio (Sublingual B-6, B-12 & Folic Acid) | For those taking our "mighty vitamin B trio," it is important to know too much folic acid in supplements. Folic acid is measured in very small amounts (micrograms, not milligrams) and is recommended at dosages less than 1000 micrograms (mcg) per day. Our lab results, just over 400 mcg per tablet, show that our blending is spot on for this popular formula. | |
| B-100 Plus | Test Results | New product so we tested all the B vitamins including the extra biotin - all passed! Also we wanted to make sure that the folic acid levels were spot on... you can get too much! 1000 mcg per day of folic acid should be the max. |
| Beta Sitosterol (150 mg veg caps) | Test Results | Our men's favorite supplement with over 150 mg of beta sitosterol per capsule. |
| Calcium with Magnesium, Vitamin D & Boron - Liquid Calcium (300 mg softgels) | Test Results | Our new and improved Liquid Calcium with Vitamin D & Boron passed with flying colors -- 323.6 mg of calcium carbonate, 107.8 mg of magnesium gluconate, and 132.8 IU of Vitamin D! |
| Calcium Citrate with Vitamin D3 & Boron (200 mg tablets) | Test Results | New product with very impressive results: 219 mg of calcium citrate, 38 I.U. of vitamin D3 and over .5 mg of boron per tablet! |
| Cinnamon (500mg capsules) | Test Results | While cinnamon does not possess standardized active ingredients, we test for them anyway. We're happy to report 650mg cinnamon phenolics per serving in our new Cinnamon product. |
| Coenzyme Q-10 (50mg softgels) | Test Results | This is an expensive ingredient and if a manufacturer is going to cheat, it's on expensive ingredients that are in short supply (there's been a huge run on CoQ-10 since September 2003, increasing costs and making supplies scarce). We're very proud to demonstrate our results of 52.16mg for this top-selling Co-op product! |
| Coenzyme Q-10 (60mg veg caps) | Test Results | We're proud to show that we are delivering top results while keeping prices down! |
| Coenzyme Q-10 (150mg softgels) | Test Results | 155.5mg puts our new larger dose of this popular product ahead of the curve! |
| Conjugated Linoleic Acid | Test Results | We use Tonalin® CLA, a leading brand of conjugated linoleic acid, which contains 74-82% conjugated linoleic acid. Our tests came back with a total of 1044.2 mg of Tonalin®, with 80% conjugated linoleic acid. |
| Cranberry Concentrate (420mg 12:1x softgels) | Test Results | While not standardized for its active ingredient, organic fruit acids, our Cranberry Concentrate still yields 234.1 mg! |
| DHEA (25 mg tablets) | Test Results | This is a very inexpensive ingredient, but we feel it is important to demonstrate our lab results of 27.25 mg per tablet. Good news for those interested in a product for anti-aging! |
| Evening Primrose Oil (1000 mg softgels) | Test Results | Evening Primrose Oil is a natural source of unsaturated fatty acids: gamma linolenic acid (GLA) and linolenic acid (LA). Our Evening Primrose Oil tested with over 95 mg of GLA. |
| Eye Protection (lutein/zeaxanthin, taurine, bilberry formula) | Test Results | We are proud to post our results of 6.125mg of lutein, 261.8mcg of zeaxanthin, and 405.3mg of taurine. |
| Fiber Fit (500mg of apple pectin, oat bran, & psyllium) | Test Results | In this formula, apple pectin is the most expensive ingredient and we're proud to post our results of 213.5 mg of apple pectin and total other fiber of 442 mg (alas, some ingredients can't be tested separately once in formulation). |
| Fish Oil (1000 mg) | Test Results
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When adding fish oil to your diet, scientific literature points out
that at least 18% EPA and 12% DHA must be present in the fish oil for it
to be beneficial to your health. Our test results state that our Fish
Oil has 20% EPA and 12.7% DHA.
We also tested the mercury levels. Most companies would just say that their fish oil has "less than 10 ppb" and never note they scored 9.5 ppb. We like being up-front with our members and happy to announce our Fish Oil had 0.972 ppb (that's parts per billion) of mercury! Check it out for yourself by clicking the test results on the left! |
| Ginger (500mg veg caps) | Test Results | Our Ginger test result came in at a fantastic 521.8mg! |
| Ginkgo Biloba (60 mg per capsule) | Test Results | Some producers just grind up ginkgo leaves to make a ginkgo biloba product. But actually, quality Ginkgo Biloba should contain concentrated ginkgo biloba extract which has 24% of flavoneglycosides (bioflavonoids) and 6% terpenelactones. Test results show that our product is spot on with these active herbal ingredients, once again, providing top quality! |
| Panax Ginseng | Test Results | Our new Panax Ginseng passed its first independent laboratory test with flying colors at 216.3mg total Ginseng, and 15.14mg Ginsenosides. |
| Grape Seed Extract (50 mg per capsule) | Test Results | Our label states that there is 50mg of grape seen extract. The test found 53.23 mg! That's an overage of just over 6%! In addition, the oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), the active key ingredients in grape seed extract, test results showed 50.57 mg of OPC. That's also 6% over the label claim of 47.5 mg! |
| Greens Plus (950mg per two tablets) | Test Results | The biggest thing consumers worry about with greens products are pesticides. We opted for the more expensive comprehensive pesticide test (even though we specified organic materials). Note: Once greens are in formula, it's difficult to test for individual ingredients, all of which yield chlorophyll, trace minerals, etc. We're proud to share our "clean" results on our Greens Plus product. |
| Green Tea Extract | Test Results | Our production run of Green Tea Extract 400mg passed with flying colors, boasting over 437mg green tea and over 218mg EGCG! |
| Guggul Plus (Guggul, hawthorne berry and policosanol formula) |
Test Results - Guggulsterones
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Quality testing on our Guggul Plus product is little more complex than some of our other products. We must test the raw material before it is put into formula. Our guggulsterones test came back at almost label claim, but not quite spot on. Our label claim says 2.5% guggulsterones - the results came back at 2.33%. We felt that many members depend on this product for cardiovascular health and would not want to wait for another production run (which could take months). So we have discounted this production run of Guggul Plus at $2 off the regular price per bottle (now $16.75!). The policosanol test was a success with over 61% of octacosanol (policosanol's main active ingredient) and a total of 92% of total policosanol! |
| High Lignan Flaxseed Oil | Test Results | We're happy to report our first High Lignan Flaxseed test result at 975mg total fatty acids. |
| Heart Plus (Pauling Formula, 180 tablets) | Test Results | It is important that our most popular heart health product tested to high quality standards. All three primary ingredients were tested and resulted above minimum serving amounts for each serving (2 tablets). |
| Joint Complex (Glucosamine 400mg, Chondroitin 300mg, MSM 300mg, & Collagen 175mg) | Test Results | Many products fail to match their label claims on Chondroitin, which is, by far, the most expensive ingredient in joint formulas. We are proud our Joint Complex tested out perfectly for all four ingredients (100% of active ingredients!). |
| L-Arginine (500mg veg caps) | Test Results | Our first production of L-Arginine yielded a whopping 517mg! |
| L-Carnitine (250mg capsules) | Test Results | Our L-Carnitine passed with flying colors at 258.6mg! |
| Magnesium Citrate (200mg tablets) | Test Results | New product which tested way above the label claims. You might just be getting more bang for your buck - 264. 2 mg of magnesium per tablet! |
| Melatonin (3mg tablets) | Test Results | This is a very inexpensive ingredient and few would add the cost of testing into a melatonin product's costs. We're very proud to demonstrate our results of 3.5 mg melatonin for this product with so many benefits for healthy aging! |
| Menopause Formula | Test Results | Putting herbs in formula is a little tricky, so we testing two of the key herbal ingredients in this formula: Dong Quai and Black Cohosh. Test results show 275 mg for Dong Quai (38% more than label claims) and 371 mg (24% more than label claims) per 2 capsules! |
| Milk Thistle (175 mg veg caps) | Milk thistle is most effective with about 80% silymarin, the active continuant. We are proud to note that our results show 142.3 mg of silymarin in our 175 mg Milk Thistle veg caps (or your non-math people, than is at 81%). | |
| MSM (Methylsulphonylmethane 1000mg) | Test Results | This is not an expensive ingredient, so why bother testing and adding costs when the product price and margin are so low? We are committed to establishing top quality standards for all of our products! |
| Multi Vites | Test Results | For our blended products, we randomly choose 3 to 4 ingredients. We choose ingredients that one can get too much of or important ingredients that found in small amounts that could be missed like with vitamin K at 29 micrograms! |
| Oil of Oregano | Test Results | |
| Pancreatic Enzymes - Vegetarian (500 mg per capsule) | Test Results | The results are in! Over 555 mg, per capsule, of pancreatin proteins in our vegetarian Pancreatic Enzymes! |
| Phosphatidylserine (Neuro PS 100mg) | Test Results | Folks, this is a very expensive ingredient. We're very proud of our results of 111.2 mg of phosphatidylserine! |
| Probiotics 16 | Test Results | Due to a little underfilling manufacturing glitch, our bugs came in at 11.2 billion this time around. Not to worry though, the bugs are alive, well, and ready to clean up your gut! |
| Sam' Advanced Antioxidant Plus D | Test Results | For blended products, we choose 3 to 4 ingredients. We choose ingredients that one can get too much of (like in this case, Vitamins A and D) and important ingredients found in small amounts (in this test we tested for selenium with a results of 80.16 micrograms). |
| SAM-e | Test Results | We're happy to report a result of over 211 mg per serving -- yup, yet another test passed with flying colors! |
| Saw Palmetto | Test Results | We're happy to report a total Saw Palmetto result of 206.3 mg (a whopping 46mg over label claim!), and a Total Fatty Acids finding of 175.4 -- or 85% -- which is a whopping 39.4 mg over label claim! |
| Soy Lecithin | Test Results | Our Soy Lecithin passed independent laboratory testing with phosphatides of 844.2mg. That's 34.2 mg over our claimed 810 mg! |
| Vitamin C (500 mg tablets) | Test Results | An important vitamin with awesome test results: over 624 mg of vitamin C (as ascorbic acid) and 177 mg of citrus bioflavoniods per tablet! |
| Vitamin D3 (1,000 IU veg caps) | Test Results | Our new Vitamin D3 came in at a whopping 1084.2mg! |
| Vitamin E (400 I.U. softgels) | Test Results | We are particular about our Natural Vitamin E meeting our label claims. And again, our test results returned with over 400 I.U. of vitamin E. |