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Ingredient profiles, sourcing notes, and the questions behind the label. One ingredient profile and one sourcing note every other Tuesday.

Ingredient Files · 7 min read

Tracing Turmeric From Field to Curcuminoid Label

What happens to a turmeric rhizome between the harvest and the percentage printed on the bottle.

Standardization · 6 min read

Reading the numbers on a botanical extract as a specification rather than a strength rating.

Form & Bioavailability · 6 min read

Oxide, citrate, glycinate and the rest are different compounds, not different brands of the same thing.

Sourcing Notes · 5 min read

Sourcing words carry real meaning and real limits; separating the two is a literacy skill.

Ingredient Files · 6 min read

The part of the plant used is a sourcing decision that the label may or may not make plain.

Sourcing Notes · 7 min read

From catch to concentrate, the EPA and DHA figures are the end of a long processing chain.

Standardization · 6 min read

How a botanical is pulled apart shapes both what ends up in the extract and what has to be tested for.

Sustainability Signals · 5 min read

When and where a plant is gathered feeds into batch-to-batch variation long before standardization smooths it.

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