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Nootropics Depot Against the World, Part 1: The FDA Raid - Paul Eftang & Matt Harrier | Episode #203
What happens when a supplement company built on pharmaceutical-grade testing standards gets raided by federal agents? In Part 1 of our two-part series with Nootropics Depot, founder Paul Eftang and Director of Business Development Matt Harrier take us through their origin story, the harrowing 2021 FDA raid that changed everything, and why regulatory […]
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Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate, and the Truth About Fillers and Flow Agents in Supplements
The supplement industry has a dirty little secret about "clean" formulas: the companies advertising "no fillers, no flow agents, no magnesium stearate" are often selling you the exact same compounds under different names, or their manufacturers are simply straight-up lying to them (which gets passed down to you).
This revelation came during a tour […]
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Inside Nootropics Depot's Pharmaceutical-Grade Labs: What Supplement Quality Actually Looks Like
When you pull up to Nootropics Depot's facilities in Tempe, Arizona, you don't see a typical supplement operation. You see multiple buildings housing millions of dollars in analytical equipment, research labs studying cellular responses to supplements, and a team obsessed with answering one question: does this product actually contain what the label claims?
We spent […]
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2026 WADA Prohibited List Now in Effect: Why Olympic Athletes Need More Than "Checked Box" Certification
The stakes for supplement safety have never been higher. On January 1, 2026, the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) 2026 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods officially took effect,[1] and just weeks before the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games begin in February. For athletes competing at the highest level, the margin for error has essentially […]
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The Bioactive Imperative: Nootropics Depot Argues Why the Supplement Industry Should Abandon Ratio Claims
If 100kg of raw tongkat ali root costs approximately $250, how can a "100:1 extract" retail for $20? The economics don't work because the products simply don't work like that, and one man is calling attention to the issue.
This mathematical impossibility sits at the heart of a quality crisis spanning the entire botanical supplement […]
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How Nootropics Depot's R&D Lab Ensures Every Supplement Actually Works
Most supplement companies talk about "science-backed formulas" while relying on supplier certificates and generic testing at a contract manufacturer. Nootropics Depot took a different path: they built a research and development program capable of discovering new compounds, creating industry-first testing methods, and validating biological effects at the cellular level.
It's the reason Nootropics Depot consistently […]
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Banned Substances in Supplements? Not with TruShield™ Certified: Lori Bestervelt & Thane Campbell | Episode #193
The supplement certification landscape is evolving, and Episode #193 of the PricePlow Podcast brings you to the forefront of this transformation. We sit down with Lori Bestervelt, Ph.D., and Thane Campbell from TruShield™ Certified, a new certification service that's challenging the status quo by focusing exclusively on comprehensive banned substance testing.
With Lori's 22 […]
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NNB Nutrition's Pure, Potent, Precise Revolution: Shawn Wells & Dustin Elliott at SupplySide Global 2025 | Episode #192
We're back at SupplySide Global 2025 as Shawn Wells and Dustin Elliott from NNB Nutrition return for Episode #192 of the PricePlow Podcast. Since Episode #152, NNB has undergone a dramatic transformation, fully committing to precision fermentation and launching their Pure Potent Precise campaign that's reshaping how the supplement industry thinks about ingredient quality, […]
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Chromatography Doesn't Lie: Nootropics Depot Reveals Industry-Wide Ecklonia Cava Quality Crisis
When it comes to herbs, the supplement industry has a bit of a credibility problem. Claims of "standardized extracts" and "premium quality" appear on countless labels, yet few companies back these promises with actual testing data. When Nootropics Depot developed their Ecklonia cava supplement after a six-year development journey, they didn't just create a superior […]
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TruShield Certified: WADA-Experienced Lab Launches Comprehensive Banned Substance Testing Program
When CON-CRĒT, the brand known for its patented creatine hydrochloride, needed banned substance certification for its product line, founder Mark Faulkner didn't choose just any testing program. Faulkner, who co-founded Aegis Sciences Corporation (one of the industry's early anti-doping labs), knew exactly what rigorous testing looks like. He chose TruShield™ Certified, a new […]
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