Comment · Mon, January 12, 2015 · Ceretropic
Want Your Supplements Tested For Free? I Will.
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989490 · 93 points
Hey Nootropics Community,
First of all - thank you for providing a wealth of knowledge and experience with nootropics.
What I can provide - free testing for your supplements in the US. I have a GC/MS and FTIR at my disposal to do purity testing for a range of organic and inorganic supplements. I can tell you whats in your supplement.
What I cannot provide - I won't test illegal drugs. I will not provide chain of custody for samples as I am not operating as part of a licensed analytical lab for QA/QC analysis. No commercial analysis available, if you are a supplier please use your own lab.
What can you expect - I will give you a report with the chemical makeup of the sample you send.
What do you need to do? Send me a PM. You need to include the name of the supplement and the manufacturer. You also need to pay for shipping.
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989490 · 2 points
No problem. The biggest problem I see with purity testing that is given from the manufacturer is that they can simply send in an ultra pure sample to an analytical lab, then cut it with something else (lactic acid, some random salt, etc.) when a customer orders.
I'll probably run the samples with acetonitrile or DCM as a solvent, I should probably look up some solubility tables and see what will work.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
We anonymously order from vendors, so they do not know we are testing it. We have yet to have anything cut with another substance. We have found vendors selling powder that was a completely different substance. However, we have never found any that were cut.