We score supplement formulas on ingredients, doses, testing transparency and real cost per serving — so you stop paying for marketing.
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Every product in a category is scored with the same public 100-point methodology. No sponsored rankings, ever.
America’s most-supplemented nutrient, scored on a sensible D3 dose against the real 4,000 IU limit, named testing and cost. A $0.13 bottle beats the trendy 5,000 IU mega-doses.
Read the reportJudge it by the form and the elemental milligrams — not the big compound number on the front. On that math, a $22 glycinate beats the $40–$50 bottles.
Read the reportThe best creatine is boring: 5 g of monohydrate, third-party tested, cheap. The cheapest pick scores within a few points of tubs costing 4× more.
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Six weighted categories. One public methodology. Applied identically to every product — including brands we have a relationship with.
A consistent summary of formula, transparency, value and experience. Not a medical rating.
Head to head
The verdict comes first, then the full table: doses, sweeteners, testing and cost per serving.
Only three of the five disclose their colostrum dose — and only one states its IgG. Prices from $29.99 to $119.99. The table settles it.
See the comparison$3.00 vs $1.80 a day, one NSF certification, zero disclosed amounts on either label. The table settles it.
See the matchupEvery amount on one label, none on the other — at half the price. The table settles it line by line.
See the matchupThe category heavyweight vs the disclosed-dose challenger — both labels, every number, dated.
See the matchupFrom the reports
“The label names all 31 ingredients — then discloses no individual amounts. You cannot determine how much of anything a serving provides.”
“The $119.99 jar doesn’t state its serving weight. The $59.95 jar discloses 2,000 mg per scoop. Price and transparency are not the same thing.”
“A 2019 FDA warning letter, 2023 federal consent decrees, and a $9.95 million class settlement — the record most reviews skip.”
Ingredient library
Plain-language explainers: what each ingredient is, what research has actually examined, what doses studies used, and what to look for on a label — all 15 explainers are live, with more on the way.
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