Comment · Fri, April 12, 2024 · ND Owner
Question about Microbial Test Standards
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ravenjac · 0 points
To be clear, I'm just asking for clarity with this post since I don’t know anything about the technical things I’m talking about.
I’ve been thinking about buying from ND (Mag Glycinate specifically), but I saw this comment on a random post irt ND Shilajit. I won’t link it because I don’t want to put a random person on blast lol.
“The limits are absurdly high. They allow cadmium up to .5ppm and Mercury up to .5ppm you can find many many brands that will prove levels many multiple times lower. The lead and arsenic would be good compared to a resin version. Next their allowance on their microbial test is so high I've literally never seen anything like it. yeast mold <1,000 cu/g normal amount that you can find with many other companies is <10cfu/g. Coliforms is <100cfu/g compared to everyone else's 10. There is no date or lot number or signature associated to these in-house tests also.”
So I looked at some other companies’ COAs, like Life Extension (Mag Threonate), Double Wood (Mag Threonate), [Nordic Nat…
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ravenjac · 1 points
Thank you for taking the time to clarify, this clears it up for me! Again, I had no base knowledge on any of this so I wasn’t trying to criticize or make a real evaluation as a layperson, just asking.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
It's my pleasure, and no worries! I totally understand. Being able to respond to more in-depth questions from customers is why we have this subreddit.