Elderberry · Nature's Way (industry audit)

Elderberry Competitor Audit

CriticalAdulterated

What the lab found

2 of 8 elderberry supplements and 5 of 25 elderberry extracts contained NO elderberry at all. Adulterants included black rice extract, oat bran, and vitamin C as substitutes.

Failure type · Adulterated

Spiked with undisclosed pharmaceutical ingredients or banned substances.

Source

Nature's Way internal testing, 2020; American Botanical Council, 2020

Safer alternative

Nature's Way Sambucus Standardized Elderberry ($0.53/2 gummies, verified)

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