Somato™: A Breakthrough in Natural Sleep Support, Now Alkemist Assured™ Irvine, CA (December 19, 2024) – Nutraland USA is proud to announce that its groundbreaking ingredient, Somato™, the world’s first whole-food-derived phytomelatonin from tomatoes, is now Alkemist Assured™ through Alkemist Labs’ quality transparency program. The Alkemist Assured designation is a mark of excellence, awarded only […]
Herbs & Fungi We’re Watching for the Second Half of 2024
Alkemist Labs Releases List Of “Herbs & Fungi We’re Watching” for Second Half of 2024 Naming 20 Ingredients Requiring Extra Scrutiny Garden Grove, CA (December 17, 2024) – Alkemist Labs has released a list of the botanicals and fungi that most frequently failed identity testing during the second half of 2024. This information is valuable […]
Elan’s Super-Biased Quality Index
Elan’s Super-Biased Quality Index There’s this hilarious myth floating around that the dietary supplement industry is unregulated. Spoiler alert: it’s not true. I’ve been shouting this from the LinkedIn rooftops so much that my voice is starting to sound like RFK Jr’s. As someone who can identify roots (and all other plant and fungal parts) […]
Alkemist Labs Perspective on Mushroom Test Methods
Alkemist Labs Offers Perspective on Mushroom Test Methods Garden Grove, CA (November 19, 2024) – Alkemist Labs, the industry leader in botanical and fungi testing, has a history of providing clarity to testing controversies. Today, the company offers perspective on the confusion about mushroom test methods, engendered by some labs marketing claims, which Alkemist’s top scientist […]
Alkemist Labs at SupplySide West 2024
Alkemist Labs to Emphasize Contaminant Testing and the Alkemist Assured™ Transparency Program at SupplySide West Booth #3973 Garden Grove, CA (October 1, 2024) – Alkemist Labs will be talking to suppliers and brands who want to ensure product purity with robust contaminant testing in booth #3973 at SupplySide West in Las Vegas, NV October 29 – […]
Khanh Tran – AOAC Recap
Our HPTLC Supervisor Khanh Tran offers this recap from the AOAC annual meeting in Baltimore last month: Is it cold in here… or it just me at AOAC 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland? Although the session rooms may have induced from chills and had some attendees donning their winter jackets, the conference itself seamlessly blended topics […]
Choosing a Lab – Interview
How to Choose a Lab Content Piece Interview with Elan Where did this idea come from? In full transparency, which is kind of my thing, the idea was birthed as a gorilla marketing campaign to combat a particular lab doing harm to our industry. It was a subversive way to call them out without getting […]
Vetting Third Party Testing Labs
Alkemist Labs Releases Guidance Document on Vetting Third Party Testing Labs Garden Grove, CA (August 13, 2024) – Alkemist Labs has developed a guidance document to help the industry choose third party testing labs, filling an information gap in the industry. Partnering with contract labs is a key part of meeting regulatory requirements for many brands […]
DSHEA Summit Recap
DSHEA Summit Recap Nick Crowning, Business Development Manager, attended the DSHEA Summit in early June and shares this assessment: It was an honor to join some our industry’s founding members in Salt Lake City to discuss the past, present, and future of DSHEA. A special thanks to Stephen Daniells and NutraIngredients-USA for putting this gathering […]
We Effing Told You So
We Effing Told You So By Elan Sudberg Early in my career, I attended a few seminars with the great executive coach Marshal Goldsmith. Among many things, he preached to us future leaders the social importance NOT to always prove we are right (leaving a tiny room for proving we were right sometimes). And so, […]