Independent supplement analysis — clinical dose checks, third-party COA review, and side-by-side rankings. Most products miss the dose the research actually used. We surface the few that don't.
Six checks that decide whether a supplement actually matches the dose and form used in the peer-reviewed research — or just trades on the category's reputation.
We hold each product's Supplement Facts panel against the dose ranges used in the clinical trials that built the category — not the label's marketing.
Whether the form on the label (chelated glycinate, root-only extract, full-spectrum, hydrolyzed peptides) is the same form the research was run on.
We cross-check purity and potency claims against publicly available Certificates of Analysis. Products with no verifiable batch testing get flagged.
Proprietary blends hide the milligrams per ingredient, so we treat them as the lowest tier — you can't check them against a clinical dose.
GMP-certified production with third-party batch testing is the minimum bar for anything we'd rank as a daily supplement.
Verified-purchase reviews across retailers, brand sites, and forums — sorted by efficacy, side effects, and value. The patterns feed every limitations note.
Every category runs through the same three steps. We start from the clinical research, build the framework, then measure each label against it.
For each category we read the peer-reviewed research and pin down the dose, form, and supporting compounds that produced measurable results. Those become the scoring criteria.
We score every product label against that framework and cross-check brand claims against third-party Certificates of Analysis where they exist. Proprietary blends and undisclosed doses are flagged.
We read verified-purchase reviews across retailers, brand sites, and forums, sorted by efficacy, side effects, and value. The patterns inform the limitations section of each ranking.