Analysis Notes

Cosmetics testing cover: line drawing of a jar, pump bottle, dropper and petri dish; three tests.

Cosmetics testing: is it clean, does the preser...

Before a cosmetic product is sold in the EU or Great Britain, it needs a safety report with laboratory results. This article explains the microbiological limits, when a challenge test...

Cosmetics testing: is it clean, does the preser...

Before a cosmetic product is sold in the EU or Great Britain, it needs a safety report with laboratory results. This article explains the microbiological limits, when a challenge test...

Lion's mane, reishi, cordyceps and chaga: which tests do vendors publish, and what does each test tell you?

Lion's mane, reishi, cordyceps and chaga: which...

Lion's mane, reishi, cordyceps and chaga are sold as tablets, capsules, gummies, powders, drinks and drops. This article explains each test that vendors publish for these products: what it measures,...

Lion's mane, reishi, cordyceps and chaga: which...

Lion's mane, reishi, cordyceps and chaga are sold as tablets, capsules, gummies, powders, drinks and drops. This article explains each test that vendors publish for these products: what it measures,...

Honey testing cover: a gold line bee on honeycomb; composition, banned drugs, pesticides, lead, caesium.

Honey testing: is it honey, is anything banned ...

Before a lot of honey is sold, three questions need an answer: does it meet the legal definition of honey, does it contain a banned veterinary drug, and what did...

Honey testing: is it honey, is anything banned ...

Before a lot of honey is sold, three questions need an answer: does it meet the legal definition of honey, does it contain a banned veterinary drug, and what did...

About sea moss testing, cover: Chondrus crispus, iodine; Kappaphycus and Eucheuma, lead; Gracilaria, lead.

Sea moss gel, capsules and powder: which seawee...

Sea moss is a trade name for three red seaweeds from three parts of the world. This article says which seaweed is which, gives the published iodine and heavy-metal figures,...

Sea moss gel, capsules and powder: which seawee...

Sea moss is a trade name for three red seaweeds from three parts of the world. This article says which seaweed is which, gives the published iodine and heavy-metal figures,...

Navy title card with cyan accents. The same supplement, five sets of limits. Two boxes side by side: mg/kg for the EU and UK, micrograms per day for the US and Canada

The same supplement in five markets: EU, UK, Un...

The EU and the UK set their limit as a concentration in the product. The United States, Canada and the Australian medicines route set an amount per day instead. This...

The same supplement in five markets: EU, UK, Un...

The EU and the UK set their limit as a concentration in the product. The United States, Canada and the Australian medicines route set an amount per day instead. This...

Navy card, Analysis Notes, Heavy Metals Part 7. One metal per product: botanicals. Lead for roots and rhizomes and for green tea extract; cadmium for cultivated mushrooms, arsenic for wild cordyceps; cadmium and arsenic for kelp. NorrChemica.

One metal per product: ashwagandha, turmeric, m...

Ashwagandha, turmeric, ginger, maca, moringa, green tea extract, functional mushrooms and kelp are judged against the same supplement rows as every capsule. For each family: the metal most likely to...

One metal per product: ashwagandha, turmeric, m...

Ashwagandha, turmeric, ginger, maca, moringa, green tea extract, functional mushrooms and kelp are judged against the same supplement rows as every capsule. For each family: the metal most likely to...