[EllaC]

I've been a Consumer Lab member twice (i.e. for 2 separate years). I found it very insightful. It gave me a good understanding of which brands "fail" to pass the tests more and which are better. You have to pay for the whole year but I don't think it automatically re-charged my card after my membership expired.

It was also educational because I learned that some supplements are easier to "get right" and some others are trickier (such as milk thistle--only one brand I researched was approved).

To give you an idea, this was some notes of the result of my research from a couple of years ago:
Approved:
PP 15/15 (I believe this was Puritan's Pride)
GNC 10/10
Swanson 6/6
Vitamin Shoppe 8/8
Jarrow 7/7
Doctor's Best: 3/3 (Alpha Lipoic Acid, Magnesium, Q10)
Life Extension: 5/5
Vitamin World 10/10
Carlson's Lab 6/6
Country Life 5/6 (potassium, ALA, Resveratrol, Zinc, B)
(not approved: Vegetarian Dry Vit A: only 72%)
Nature's Way 4/5 (Prost Active, St. John's W.
(Not approved: Alive!Whole food energizer--contaminated)
Nature's Answer 1/2
Nature Made 4/4
Nature's Plus 6/8
Natrol 6/9 (not approved: Yohimebe, My Fav Multiple-Vit, Feel Anew MSM)
Now: 5/8 (not approved: fish oil either less than claimed or spoilage!.
Men's multi vit. black cohosh root: lead contamination)
Kirkland: 2/4 (Calcium, Joint,)
21st Century: 2/2
USANA: 3/3

Hope this helps!

Hi.
I DO appreciate this so thank you.
What does the 15/15 or 2/2 examples mean?

And ABI I KNOW how fkd up and sneaky and corrupt the world is, but surely consumerlab couldn't get away with that?
But then again maybe they can.