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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umbrella_term · 1 points
So we have reduced the amount we need to pad recently.
Hey, that's bad news for us :(
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Reducing production process variability and uncertainty allows us to operate more efficiently, which makes us more able to compete on price. That's better for everyone. If it costs us more because we have to pad up, but most customers don't even realize we are doing it, they might see us as needlessly more expensive and not use us. This lowers volume, increases costs, and forces us to charge more to everyone. The more efficient we can be, the better we can compete on price while keeping standards high.