Food Grade Standard vs. Pharmaceutical Grade

Food Grade Standard is essentially what all foods are made to. For example let's look at blueberry muffins. No two are the same. No two are the identical same size and have the same number of blueberries and that’s OK because it's a muffin. But it's not OK for a supplement you are trusting to help prevent degenerative disease and other chronic illness!

99% of all supplements are made to this food grade standard, so no two pills are the same. Also because of this standard the manufacturer doesn't have to guarantee that what is on the label is inside each and every capsule or tablet. So in one pill you may get an inadequate dose and in the very next pill there may be too much of one element or another.

Pharmaceutical Grade Standard is the standard to which all drugs are made to. It is the highest standard in the world and it guarantees that from pill to pill, bottle to bottle, they are consistent, that they are potent, pure, and bio-available (which means the supplement is in a form that your body can easily absorb) If drugs were not made to a pharmaceutical standard it could become a dangerous situation, For instance, a drug such as morphine could vary in potency from pill to pill .... this could be fatal.

Our products are made by Douglas Laboratories:

Only the finest raw materials are used and manufactured under the strictest of guidelines. Douglas Laboratories' ISO 9001 certified quality is recognized by healthcare professionals and their patients around the world.

Douglas Laboratories proudly displays, EU GMP certification, ISO 9001 certification, and ISO 17025 accreditation of our in-house laboratories. These quality standards mean that Douglas Laboratories is compliant with one of the highest and most recognized standards of quality in the world. Our world-class manufacturing facilities comply with Federal and other worldwide regulatory bodies: FDA Audit Compliant, Health Canada, and European Union GMP Certified

Our ISO 17025 accredited Chemical Analysis Laboratory ensures potency of formula components using ICP, GF/AA, HPLC, and FT-NIR. Our Physical Analysis Laboratory ensures dosage weight, hardness, disintegration, and overall consistency and appearance.

Douglas Laboratories maintains full compliance with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, assuring safety and uninterrupted flow of all raw materials.

Our ISO 17025 accredited Microbiology Laboratory tests all raw materials and products for yeast, mold, and bacterial purity in accordance with USP28.

Douglas Laboratories manufactures nutritional supplements to stringent criteria. cGMPs (current good manufacturing practices) for nutritional supplements in accordance with USP28 and audited standard operating procedures (SOP's) are part of our ISO 9001 certified manufacturing culture and differential advantage.