If the manufacturer is producing products in a NSF/GMP facility there should be zero contamination.
yeah. you’re right. but what if it happens? or more precisely, what about when it happens? i don’t even know that informed choice requires manufactures to us cGMP labs. i don’t know. do you?
So we have some giants in the industry avoiding various programs that are meant to show consumers that their products are safe and drug free.
maybe they’re avoiding “various programs” because they’re not avoiding other programs. what does it cost to join the informed choice program? is that superfluous because of other safeguards in place? i don’t know. you’re pretty quick to throw brands under the bus. are you certain?
Am I certain that Gatorade isn’t in Informed Choice? Yes, the link I listed is a PDF that was posted on 20 OCT 19. When I searched Gatorade on NSF it didn’t come up.
Those are really the only programs that I know of in the Performance side of the supplement industry. There is also US Pharmocopeia, but that tends to be more on the herbal stuff. That one is expensive. For a Giant like Gatorade not seek certification they’re failing the industry and their customer. They should be leading in this one IMO. Do they cost money? Certainly. But these smaller companies have obviously found value by doing it.
Based on what Informed Choice is stating here: https://www.informed-choice.org/gmp-auditing
It would a relatively safe assumption that certified products are being produced in NSF/GMP facilities. The products go through third party testing to maintain certification.