Comment · Thu, March 6, 2025 · ND Owner
A petition to keep powders
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biohackd · 97 points
Either ND are having some apocalyptic stock issues, or they are completely eliminating powders from their line-up altogether:
Ginseng Leaf powder - out of stock
Ginseng Root powder - out of stock
Rhodiola 3% Rosavins Powder - out of stock
Rhodiola 3% Salidrosides powder - out of stock
Red reishi ultra concentrated powder - out of stock
Red Reishi 8:1 powder - out of stock
Holy basil - out of stock for 3+ months now
Coq10 powder - out of stock
I could go on...
I appreciate powders do not sell well compared to capsules but I AM BEGGING YOU ND DO NOT PHASE THEM OUT - you are going to alienate the guys that have been with you from the start.
Do not pander to the TikTok generation!
NootropicsDepot was always about being modular, the freedom to create your own stacks and giving people more choice not less.
Stay true to your DNA and do what you know is right - not what is most profitable. You are more than a business, goddamn it!
Please don't make me pay 2x for vegetable cellulose.
Surely I'm not the only one??
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roidawayz · 9 points
Hey myasd. Been buying since the Ceretropic days. Love you, drop the spec to 8% it's not worth your sanity.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Thank you for the longtime support! The issue with just changing specs when things don't meet them is multi-fold. That's certainly the easy route. However, we have to understand the accuracy, precision, and repeatability of the methods for things. Sometimes it is an issue with matrix interferences. Something else in the sample might be eluting at the same time as one of the peaks, throwing off the numbers. Then sometimes it is a standards issue. We find this one a lot. The reference standards our suppliers are getting might be less pure than they think, which then causes an overstatement of the concentration in samples tested against that standard. Then we test it here in our lab with a more pure standard, and get the real value. This means our suppliers need to adjust their testing to be in line with reality. This is why just adjusting our spec isn't ideal, because it doesn't fix the root of the problem. The problem is that we have over 500 ingredients, so every day I am having to run something to ground to solve an issue. It gets exhausting because of the sheer amount of things we test. However, I am in this for the science more than anything, so solving the science is always something I am going to prioritize. I also have to not be a hypocrite. If I call other brands out for not holding strict standards, I better be damn sure I always am. I have just created a very complex beast.