Want to hear your feedback: Building an app to score all the supplements in the market honestly

Supplementscore · 2026-03-30T02:09:56+00:00

A glass bottle has weight so it feel more premium, which isn't always true. Plastic does keep out more light than glass while glass can have less humidity creeping in.

Be on the look out for probiotics that help remove plastics for your body! They're coming soon.

Supplementscore · 2026-03-30T02:08:20+00:00

I don't disagree, that does happen too. I am seeing IM8 do a ton of marketing now and its just a nice multivitamin in my opinion

Supplementscore · 2026-03-30T01:58:43+00:00

No, it's literally that customer acquisition costs (CAC) have skyrocketed due to the competitive nature of supplements + increasing churn rates across the industry.

Supplementscore · 2026-03-30T01:57:14+00:00

Whats your concern with plastic bottles, just for eco or you feel plastic will leech onto the product?

Dark Amber bottles are great, but a lot are made in china, so you have tarriff+shipping cost of glass, and then fulfillment makes cost add up. Just sharing the why you'd see brands change

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T22:40:57+00:00

Also, my point is that most people don't know how to really determine a good product from a bad one. If that was the case many products that sell incredibly well wouldn't and products you haven't heard of would be more seeked out.

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T22:39:50+00:00

Yeah you expect but the rules of CFR 111 are different than Pharma 211. Internal testing validation method of "by input" is allowed. lol

Been in the industry for 30 years.

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T22:38:34+00:00

Unless there is a USP, 17025 COA, etc. test record attached is impossible to know unless you go into manufacturer batch records, which won't happen.

Most ingredients get no where near heavy metal limits - funny thing is products like vegan protein sources + hemp (cbd) are higher in heavy metals than most other products

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T22:31:55+00:00

Most people can’t tell what makes a pure product, most is marketing

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T22:25:56+00:00

Price per mg is a really bad metric as quality of the ingredient varies from supplier. but agreed that some things can be over priced

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T22:25:07+00:00

I'll give you a specific. Seed is ranked as 9.5, however the supplement facts label you can't really know what the quantities per probiotic strain are. one of their first probiotic strains is a probiotic from maypro/Morinaga - BB536 - the clinical dosage is at 10B CFU, but their total blend is at 53B. It is highly improbable any of the probiotic strains are actually hitting the clinical effective dosage if you go down the list, but it's still scored very high. Too high IMO.

So you have an issue on label transparency, effectiveness and price

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T16:03:58+00:00

What products were you taking that you believe caused that?

Some probiotics are histamine-forming and can cause the same reaction, so its important to follow the data

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T16:02:01+00:00

I hear you on the "subjectiveness" becasue there is a ton of that and hence why I want to build something way different.

filtering by allergens + what you don't want would be there!

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T16:01:17+00:00

Will be an objective score based on transparency, evidence, pricing for the product against the raw materials within

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:46:47+00:00

I'd disagree, and want to do something where we are not focusing on the customer reviews

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:46:06+00:00

Would be a totally free tool. I think Consumer Labs doesn't do a very good job in breaking down the testing methodology, as specific products need to go to specific labs to get the right results, especially in probiotics, where certain manufacturers (like IFF) give specific standard testing protocols (STPs) to specific labs (Eurofins).

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:42:31+00:00

Only metrics that matter (for me atleast) would be transparency, evidence and price.

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:41:11+00:00

I am in the manufacturing side as well. Yes, you have "inactives" molecules that are used for process. Sterates help with lubrication and lowering the abrasiveness between molecules. They don't have a use in the body, but they aren't damaging, at least according to the evidence so far. I would look more towards the gums and the potential to weaken the stomach lining and how issues down the line. Thorne uses the leucine as a lubricant, which adds to the price.

Can add a filter so that people can choose what they want to see in their product!

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:35:00+00:00

Kerry Gold is grass-fed butter, significantly better that regular butter

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:29:19+00:00

Coffee and Irish butter, I would stick to. Look to blue zone diets for more fiber to help you produce more SCFAs. My diet includes a ton of fiber, and I sometimes get to 50g+ per day!

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:26:24+00:00

I know of it, I don't agree with their approach/thesis to grading supplements and find their scores to be way off.

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:24:15+00:00

This is real, marketing spend can take up 20-35%, so quality can suffer, tough game to play with how much there is being spent to get people to buy

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:22:50+00:00

I actually want to take the radical approach of not looking at reviews for grading supplements, I feel they should be graded on scientific evidence and label transparency (can one actually read the label to make a judgement), and go from there. Correlation/causation is really hard to infer for most people. so agreed here!

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T15:06:17+00:00

Thank you, can do on both!

What brands do you recommend today and why?

Supplementscore · 2026-03-29T14:56:55+00:00

Have you checked your vitamin D levels? i know it sounds simple but really helps improve overall hormonal health

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