Comment · Mon, December 4, 2017 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Consumerlab said only 3 Ashwagandha supplements passed testing, Pure Encapsulations, PLNT by Vitaminshoppe, and Solaray
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Borange81 · 6 points
I dont have a Consumerlabs account but read it online from another person blog, those are the 3 out of the dozen I believe that were tested that passed and actually contained more than the label claim of withnolides
The other supplements contained 25 percent or less, not enough to make any difference.
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Not surprising, actually. We've rejected probably 6 different batches of ashwagnahda over the last year. It's one of the most commonly messed up supplements from suppliers. In fact, 3 of the batches were not even Ashwagandha at all. These are from major Chinese suppliers, too. So I bet a lot of companies who don't do testing every batch are selling the fake stuff. Some of the ones that tested fake had some withanolides. So those were probably a plant from a similar family. However, some of the batches had ZERO withanolides. So they failed HP-TLC identity testing and HPLC withanolide testing.
I can't really comment on the Consumerlab thing, as them being biased would not surprise me either, but I would bet money that many ashwagandha supplements out there will fail testing. This is why every single batch needs to be tested from every supplier.