The VB Health Supplement Quality Standard
Seven requirements applied across the VB Health supplement portfolio, covering research, clinically relevant dosing, formula transparency, ingredient sourcing, U.S. manufacturing, every-batch testing and public quality information.
The VB Health Supplement Quality Standard applies across our current supplement portfolio and guides the development of future VB Health products.
VB Health was created around a simple principle: create supplements that work, and give consumers the information they need to understand why they work, including what is in each formula, why those ingredients were selected, how much of each active ingredient is provided, how the product was made and how its quality was evaluated.
Terms such as “research-backed,” “clinically formulated,” “premium” and “third-party tested” are widely used throughout the supplement industry. The VB Health Supplement Quality Standard defines what those concepts mean within our own product-development process.
Every VB Health supplement is developed within a quality framework built around seven requirements:
- Research before formulation
- Clinically relevant dosing
- Transparent ingredient quantities
- Verified ingredient sourcing
- U.S. manufacturing under established quality standards
- Every-batch quality testing
- Public access to product testing information
Together, these requirements create a traceable process from scientific evidence to finished-product quality:
scientific evidence → ingredient selection → clinically relevant dose → verified sourcing → controlled manufacturing → batch testing → public quality information
1. Research Before Formulation
VB Health begins product development with scientific research.
Our formulation process is expert-led and guided by a medical director. Ingredients are evaluated based on clinical and peer-reviewed evidence, practical effectiveness, safety and their intended role within the finished formula.
The goal is to establish a scientific rationale for an ingredient before determining whether it belongs in a product.
We do not believe an ingredient should be included simply because it is recognizable, popular or useful for marketing. Ingredient selection should begin with evidence and with a clear understanding of what the ingredient is intended to contribute to the finished formula.
Where relevant research exists, our development team considers the study population, intended outcome, ingredient form, dosing range and other factors that may affect whether published evidence is applicable to a formulation.
More information about this process is available on our How We Create Supplements That Work page.
2. Clinically Relevant Dosing
Choosing an ingredient is only one part of evidence-based formulation. The amount provided matters too.
VB Health develops formulas around clinically relevant dosing informed by available research rather than using minimal amounts of an ingredient simply so that it can appear on a Supplement Facts panel.
When an ingredient is included because scientific evidence supports a particular use, our formulation process considers the quantities used in relevant research together with the ingredient form, intended use and complete formulation.
This matters because two supplements can list many of the same ingredients while providing materially different amounts.
We believe meaningful evaluation of a supplement should therefore consider both which ingredients are included and how much of each ingredient is actually present.
3. Transparent Ingredient Quantities
VB Health discloses the amounts of active ingredients in its formulas.
We do not use proprietary-blend labeling as a way to conceal the quantities of active ingredients from consumers.
This allows customers, healthcare professionals and researchers to evaluate the composition of a product and compare ingredient quantities with the scientific evidence supporting their intended use.
Formula transparency creates a direct connection between three important pieces of information:
- The ingredient selected
- The amount provided
- The research supporting its intended use
We consider that connection fundamental to what a research-driven supplement should be.
4. Verified Ingredient Sourcing
Supplement quality begins before manufacturing.
VB Health works with verified ingredient suppliers and applies quality controls to raw materials used in our formulations.
Raw materials are screened for identity and purity as part of the sourcing and manufacturing process.
We treat ingredient sourcing as its own stage of quality control because finished-product testing alone does not replace the need to establish what materials enter the manufacturing process in the first place.
The objective is to create a quality chain that begins with supplier and raw-material controls and continues through manufacturing, finished-product testing and public quality reporting.
5. U.S. Manufacturing Under Established Quality Standards
VB Health supplements are manufactured and packaged in the United States.
Production takes place in FDA-registered facilities operating under applicable current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements for dietary supplements.
These manufacturing requirements establish controls related to the production, packaging, labeling and holding of dietary supplements and help ensure that products are manufactured according to established specifications.
VB Health combines these manufacturing controls with our own research, formulation, sourcing and testing requirements rather than treating manufacturing location alone as evidence of product quality.
More information about VB Health and our quality practices is available on our About VB Health page.
6. Every-Batch Quality Testing
Every production batch of VB Health supplements undergoes quality testing.
Our quality process includes internal controls and independent third-party laboratory testing, with testing incorporated into production and product-release procedures.
The specific testing performed depends on the product, formulation and applicable quality specifications.
Testing may include evaluation of areas such as:
- Identity
- Potency
- Purity
- Vitamin and mineral content
- Heavy metals
- Microorganisms
- Undeclared pharmaceutical compounds
- Other product-specific quality specifications
This batch-level approach is intended to make testing a routine part of production rather than an occasional verification exercise.
7. Public Access to Product Testing Information
VB Health believes quality testing is more useful when consumers can examine the information behind the claim.
Through our Certificate of Analysis Results database, consumers can search VB Health products and review laboratory testing information associated with current product lots.
Testing information is also accessible through individual VB Health product pages.
Our public CoA resource includes explanations of laboratory terminology and testing methods to help make technical quality information easier to understand.
This approach allows consumers to move beyond a general statement that a product is “third-party tested” and review product-specific testing information directly.
What “Research-Driven” Means at VB Health
For VB Health, a research-driven supplement should be traceable through a complete product-development process.
Research helps explain why an ingredient was selected.
Clinically relevant dosing determines how much of that ingredient is provided.
Formula transparency allows consumers to see those quantities.
Verified sourcing helps establish the identity and quality of incoming materials.
Manufacturing controls govern how the finished supplement is produced.
Independent laboratory testing provides additional quality verification.
Public testing information gives consumers an opportunity to review that quality process themselves.
These are separate stages, and no single stage replaces the others.
Medical Guidance and Product Development
VB Health is a U.S. supplement company co-founded by a U.S.-licensed physician.
Our product-development process is expert-led and guided by a medical director, with scientific research forming the foundation for ingredient selection and formulation decisions.
Medical guidance does not replace laboratory testing, manufacturing controls or scientific evidence. Instead, it is one component of a broader development process designed to evaluate products from multiple perspectives.
Real-World Product Evaluation
Our product-development process continues after a supplement is released.
VB Health incorporates feedback from customers and competitive athletes as an additional input into ongoing product evaluation and future development.
We work with professional and rising athletes competing at high levels of mixed martial arts, including UFC athletes, world champions and athletes competing in leading national and international organizations.
Athlete and customer feedback serves as a real-world input alongside scientific research, formulation data and laboratory testing.
Learn more about our current partnerships on the VB Health Sponsored Athletes page.
A Standard Consumers Can Evaluate
The VB Health Supplement Quality Standard is intended to make our definition of quality specific and inspectable.
Consumers should be able to ask:
- Why was this ingredient selected?
- What research supports its intended use?
- How much of the ingredient is actually included?
- Are active ingredient quantities disclosed?
- How were the raw materials sourced and evaluated?
- Where was the supplement manufactured?
- Was the finished production batch tested?
- Can I review product-specific testing information myself?
VB Health believes supplement companies should be able to provide clear answers to those questions.
Our Supplement Quality Standard is the framework we use to provide those answers across research, formulation, sourcing, manufacturing, testing and transparency.
