You are standing in a shop, picking up different supplements and wondering which one will be the best. The one with nice packaging, the one that looks expensive, or the one with the most advantages listed on the label. Sounds familiar?

The choice is not made easier by the multitude of supplements available on the market, so because there's so many, you need to bet on what will be good for your body. We can’t always verify it, but various tests and certificates can help us. If you would like to be Sherlock Holmes and check the quality of dietary supplements for yourself, then we have a solution. Just follow this entry carefully, and you will know how to. We will help show you the evidence that the tested supplement is the one that should go into your basket.

Supplements in the light of British law

People often question whether dietary supplements are safe and properly tested. Lawyers are divided, as the relevant regulations in the UK state there’s no obligation to conduct tests confirming the form and quality of the supplement. From the legal point of view, the dietary supplements industry is regulated by:

• Food Safety Act 1990
• EC Food Supplements Directive (Directive 2002/46/EC) and amendments

It is up to the manufacturer to decide whether they will want to offer fully tested dietary supplements to be able to publicise how safe their products are or whether he will stick to the basic legal requirements.

Is 10 milligrams really always 10 milligrams?

Studying the form of dietary supplements is much more than confirming on paper that (for example) vitamin C-1000, is actually 1000 mg. Which is not so obvious, but more on that later. Well-conducted studies assume an analysis of the entire preparation production process. Laboratories start their investigations by checking the content of heavy metals and other chemical contaminants that could get into the product through poor production conditions. We are talking about more or less dangerous pollutants; PAH, pesticides, dioxins, which are created, among others, as a result of burning garbage or contaminated soil. The next step is to analyse the microbiological purity, which is primarily to confirm that the product is free from pathogenic microorganisms (e.g. fungi - mould or coliform bacteria).

What about milligrams? Does 1 always equal 1? Unfortunately no, some labels contain overstated or understated ingredients. Sometimes it’s the results from production errors, and sometimes from deliberate decisions of producers.

Safe supplementation is always the best choice

Fortunately, trends in the dietary supplements industry indicate that more and more companies decide to release only products with an appropriate certificate on the market. Such qualitative evidence is provided by various independent laboratories, in our case, international laboratory J.S.Hamilton. In addition to determining whether our supplement does not contain mercury or harmful microorganisms, they are also able to confirm that a given preparation contains the declared content of the active substance.

Currently, we can find products that meet the needs of virtually every consumer; proteins for vegans, gluten-free protein cookies, jelly vitamins for children, small / medium / large packages. But let's be honest, despite such a wide range of choice, the most important argument remains the issue of product safety.

By confirming the composition of dietary supplements through independent research we can guarantee we properly invest in our health.

At Osavi, anyone can be a supplement detective

If you want to conduct your own investigation about the product quantities declared on Osavi product packaging, you can go to osavi.com and find out about the compliance shown in the certificate of analysis.

Safe supplementation is most important at Osavi, so we decided to provide certificates for each individual product, so that you can be sure that our offer includes only tested dietary supplements. The approvals are very transparent, so even laymen should not have any problems with reading the values.

Now it's your turn, get your detective magnifier in your hand, and check the product with serial number 1506211, is the microbiological purity correct?