Certification with Informed Ingredient involves 4 stages:
Quality Assurance You Can Trust
Certify your raw material certification and join our globally recognized certification program
Reputable suppliers can certify their raw materials and ingredients with Informed Ingredient in order to help companies easily identify them as having appropriate quality systems and testing in place to ensure the integrity of supplied ingredients.
LGC ASSURE provides a comprehensive range of specialty genomic analysis tools, measurement tools and supply chain assurance solutions, underpinned by leading analytical and measure science capabilities. Our scientific tools and solutions form an essential part of our customers' quality and compliance procedures enabling them to provide safer products, develop new solutions and advance research.
What is Informed Ingredient?
Informed Ingredient is a global quality assurance program developed to minimize the risk of contamination within ingredients used in sports nutrition products. Ingredients using the Informed Ingredient logo have been regularly tested for substances prohibited in sport using ISO 17025 accredited methods.
Is LGC an accredited laboratory?
LGC is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, a globally recognized standard relating to laboratories and test procedures. LGC hold accreditation for a broad range of analytical testing, including the analysis of nutritional supplements for banned substances. LGC has held accreditation for supplement analysis since 2003 and is frequently inspected by the accreditation bodies UKAS (the United Kingdom Accreditation Service - LGC laboratory number 1187) and A2LA (the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation - LGC certificate no. 3244.01). During inspections, analytical methodology and validation data are independently assessed by a third-party auditor/expert, providing confidence to brands and consumers alike that methodology and analytical procedures meet some of the most stringent certification standards possible.
Which substances does Informed Ingredient screen for?
LGC's testing capability for supplements includes the analysis of over 250 substances that are prohibited in sport and substances that pose a threat in respect to product contamination.
Does Informed Ingredient Certification carry to finished products?
Informed Ingredient testing and certification applies only to raw materials. It does not imply testing has been carried out on any finished product using a certified ingredient and the logo may not be used by any third-party or finished product outside of the certified ingredient's manufacturer. Companies interested in having finished-product certification can learn more about our Informed Sport and Informed Choice programs.