Comment · Wed, August 5, 2020 · ND Owner
Just bought your ashwaghanda in the UK
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thomasturner99 · 8 points
Hello from Birmingham UK just bought your KSM 66 with FedEx. Had jarrows looking forward to trying out yours.
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thejorvid · 2 points
Isn't ksm-66 a proprietary extract that just happens to be sold by ND in their own container, not nesicarily "theirs"? Dont they have their own extract? Can't you get ksm-66 from Amazon? Ksm-66 is a keeper in my book for the exact claims it makes- "increased resistance to fatigue and manage stress levels"
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
KSM-66 is a trademarked ingredient by Ixoreal, which is an Indian company. They supply multiple different versions of it to different vendors. Ours we hold to our tighter specifications for heavy metals and things like that. Many patent/trademark holders have specific specs just for us, because we test every batch of patented and trademarked ingredients like we do any other raw material. So we hold them to our specs instead of us just accepting theirs. Sometimes those batches are only made for us, because we are the only ones with tighter specs than the default manufacturer ones. So while you may buy one KSM-66 from another vendor, it might not be exactly the same as ours. Nor would their QA/QC be up to our level, either. Powders don't just magically appear in capsules and tablets. It takes a lot of work to get them in there in the appropriate amounts and consistency. Plus, most other vendors don't run their own battery of testing on patented ingredients, nor do they mandate those patent holders meet their internal specs like we do. So you cannot directly compare one product to another, even if they both use KSM-66 in it.