Dietary supplements testing
Testing plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety, efficacy, and quality of dietary supplements. These tests are designed to verify that the supplements meet their label claims, are free from harmful contaminants, and are compliant with regulatory standards.
Overview
Dietary supplements include products such as vitamins, minerals, herbs, and amino acids designed to enhance health. The main objective is to ensure safety, quality, and efficacy, protecting consumer health and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Nutritional composition analysis is conducted to verify the accuracy of label claims, including the concentration of vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Contaminant testing is performed to ensure the absence of harmful substances, such as heavy metals, microbial contamination, pesticides, and mycotoxins. Purity and authenticity testing helps identify adulterants, verify ingredient sources, and ensure the integrity of the active ingredients, including DNA-based authentication for herbal supplements.
Stability and shelf-life testing are crucial to assessing how supplements maintain their quality over time, considering different storage conditions, while dissolution and bioavailability testing evaluate how well active ingredients are absorbed by the body.
Regulatory compliance testing ensures that dietary supplements adhere to the necessary standards set by authorities like FSSAI (India), US FDA, EFSA (European Union), WHO, and Codex Alimentarius. Additionally, packaging and label testing are done to verify the safety of materials used in packaging and ensure that labels comply with relevant regulations.
By addressing these key testing parameters, BSL ensures that dietary supplements meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and effectiveness.
What We Do?
we provide advanced and reliable testing services for dietary supplements, focusing on essential, conditionally essential, and non-essential amino acids. These services help in clinical evaluations and aid in developing personalized treatments.
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