Some food supplements have been found to contain toxins at a concentration above 1,850x permitted or advised tolerance levels
Toxins such as mycotoxins, dioxins, and Pyrrolizidine alkaloids can be severely toxic to humans and are not something you want to be inadvertently consuming as part of a supplement regime to improve your health.
The FDA state that the human food tolerance level for aflatoxin (the most damaging type of mycotoxin) is 20mcg/kg, but a 2015 study* found some food supplements to contain up to 37,000mcg/kg – 1,850x the FDA tolerance level! So the potential health risk level can be high.
*Mycotoxins in Plant-Based dietary supplements: Hidden health risk for consumers (note: the supplement type that was found to contain 1,850x the tolerance level was a Milk Thistle supplement)
This is why we offer toxin testing services for your food supplements – helping to identify if any of these toxins are present, and if so, at what level.
We use a combination of Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectometry to identify and quantify the presence of these various toxins, and offer specific testing for each toxin type should you wish to focus on a particular group of toxins that you think your supplement may be at particular risk of.
For more information on our supplement toxin testing methodology and scope, please download our specification sheets in the sidebar to the left of this screen.
Here’s a small sample of the type of toxins that our tests look for and quantify:
ACCREDITED TESTING
We don’t rely on a single laboratory for every type of analysis. Instead, our mapped network of accredited laboratories allows us to route absorption testing directly to specialist facilities with the appropriate scope, methodology and accreditation for the analysis required. This means clients benefit from the right technical capability, competitive pricing and faster turnaround — without unnecessary layers of subcontracting.
Here’s some other reasons why we’re the leading lab…
With decades of collective experience in chemical and biological testing, our highly experienced team are perfectly placed to ensure a seemless, trouble-free testing process.
We use a state-of-the-art LIMs system for intercepting, recording, and delivering results to our customers in a secure, ultra-reliable way.
Our direct-to-source laboratory distribution algorithm matches every project with an accredited laboratory that specialises in the specific analyte or testing requirement. Rather than sending work through a generalist lab that may simply subcontract it elsewhere — a common industry practice — we go directly to the laboratory performing the analysis. This helps deliver better pricing, faster turnaround times and the right specialist expertise for every project. Contact us for highly competitive food supplement toxin testing.