Comment · Fri, October 24, 2025 · ND Owner
Please bring back powders
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Nocasual · 43 points
I know it is a bit of a hussle production wise due to the limited amount of people who order powders but nevertheless they are a more economic and more importantly precise way to dose. So many powders are now out of stock constantly.
Please consider restocking for the loyal couple customers who continue buying them if it is economically feasible in any way.
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Acceptable_Cheek_727 · 3 points
Rhodiola Rosea
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
That's a quality issue. We caught a massive scheme by suppliers to mislead people. They are putting Rhodiola that passes spec in the top 25% of the barrel, and then putting non-extracted Rhodiola powder in the bottom 75% of the barrel. This means that all ID testing passes, as it is all Rhodiola. Then assay passes when you sample the tops of the barrel. Even if you sample each barrel things will test fine. That was the issue years ago. They would have some of the first barrels they send you pass, then put shittier ones in other barrels trying to get through without noticing. We caught that scheme way back in like 2014, and have been testing every barrel since. However, this new scheme with purposely putting passing extracts in the top 1/4 of every barrel is new. Luckily we caught it, because we do in-process testing of all formulation, so we caught the fact that the capsules didn't contain the rosavins and salidroside it should have for the weight we were putting into each capsule. However, most brands would not catch this kind of adulteration. We should probably do another round of market research lab testing of other Rhodiola capsules on the market, because I bet most will fail right now. Shady shit! Gotta stay on your toes!