Comment · Sat, November 14, 2020 · ND Owner
I compared the capsule weight consistency between ND and a competitor. The results won't shock you.
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umbrella_term · 24 points
I weighed 10 capsules of Intellimeds' 400 mg phenibut and the inconsistency surprised me. The weights in milligrams were: 663, 667, 673, 685, 709, 716, 718, 732, 741, 752. Big differences! Average weight 705.6mg, standard deviation 31.9 mg. One of their capsules weighs ~123 mg, meaning the content weights were between 540 mg and 629. I assume some is filler and flow agent, but there's no info about it on their product site. If it's pure phenibut, the doses are dangerously mislabeled.
Then I remembered I had some of ND's 500mg yeast extract capsules and weighed ten of those. The numbers are much more consistent: 603, 608, 610, 613, 618, 620, 624, 626, 627, 636; average 618.5 mg, standard deviation 10.11 mg. An empty capsule weighs exactly 100 mg, meaning I got a slight bonus on each, and that's certainly not a problem with something as safe as yeast extract.
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12ealdeal · 1 points
I’ve thought about doing this about with their powders.
A lot of their powders in 30g come in varying container sizes.
I know that’s likely just a supply issue with containers.
But sometimes it intuitively feels like the amount of powder can’t possibly be 30g compared to other powders.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
That's because of the powder density and milling size. This is why we don't include scoops, and feel including them is irresponsible. Volume is not weight, and trying to equate the two just makes people not properly dose things. There are so many quality control steps and sign-offs in our process now. It's next to impossible for things to go out without the appropriate weights in them.