Thanks, I’ve looked up the Hansen site, I remember the investigation from Andrea Meier of NUS, apparently she bought all those NMN samples out of her pocket.
Do the bottles come with dosing spoons?
I agree that MCS looks promising and they have a wide choice of products.
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If you buy from Hansen they will give you 1 or more spoons, if that is what you like.
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I also have used them ( they asked me how many dosing spoons I liked and still using these) for several of their supplements , have not yet tried their NMN ( I say used since am on a break as I took so many supplements at the end it felt it got out of hand ).
for NMN I only used Agescience since I got good effects with that immediately (except for them , I tried Purovitalis once for NMN and that did not seem to have the same effect ).
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Too bad they don’t give the names of the brands: Testing the amount of nicotinamide mononucleotide and urolithin A as compared to the label claim | GeroScience
I guess they were afraid of being sued…
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I found a manufacturer that provides ingredients to companies with the business of selling quality products, I try to stay away from Chinese “quality”. . Today I found Bonerge Lifescience. At first glance, it looks like they have the production facility in Ontario CA , USA. They could be a promising alternative to relying on brands for which we don’t know where they buy their ingredients. China? If they are okay, then the task at hand will be to trace the brands that use their ingredients.
Does anybody know more about Bonerge Lifescience?
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It appears most supplement companies do source from China. That seems almost unavoidable, and it’s not much different for drugs. A significant portion of the active pharmaceutical ingredients and raw materials used in drug manufacturing come from China.
For example: a supplement company was mentioned in this thread that sells supplements for (frankly) outrageous prices. I noticed they source their ingredients from a specific EU-company/vendor, and (having been in contact with that company/vendor years ago) I know they source from China. But they do seem to test their ingredients in an external lab. The latter is the thing I mostly try to keep in mind, as well as potential consumer test results, as I feel it’s nearly impossible to avoid ingredients from China.
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Bonerge looks reasonably good based on a look at their website and a google search. However they may be China based. But if, as they say, they do high quality testing with high standards that may be the best way to maintain competitive pricing. I would like to see third party testing and COAs for every batch. These links say that their big new factory and lab are in China. They are starting human clinical trials on some of their supplements - berberine and fisetin. They also have Urolithin A.
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Very concerning. We should probably only buy from the company directly…
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They took down that X page. What did it say that was concerning?
The guy was mentioning a supply chain issue with a supplement he bought: he received a fake one from Amazon because Amazon replaced the one from the brand with another one from a fake supplier. I don’t know why he deleted. His story might not be true but this can definitely happen with supplements. The supply chain for pharmaceuticals is way more controlled.
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