Powders
Blending supplement powders, and selling them legally
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From the uncomfortable fact that a scoop can be wrong by forty percent, through a
blend that delivers the same dose every time, to a Supplement Facts panel whose numbers are true.
21 CFR 111 applies to everyone here, regardless of size.
91 of 91 written. Every page names its source or says it has none.
Dosing and potency
A scoop is a dose, and it is wrong by up to forty percent.
The powder
What you are working with, and why it misbehaves.
Particle size, and why it decides everythingBulk density, and the half empty tubThese powders pull water out of the airFlow, and why it is a dosing problemActives, potency and what you are claimingCarriers, flow agents and what they are forFlavor, and why it is structural hereMixability, and the lump in the shakerStoring raw materials and finished stock
Getting started
Before anything is ordered.
Making a batch
The process, in order, with the records it needs.
What goes wrong
Named failures, and which are compliance questions.
Packaging
Tubs, seals, and the scoop that measures the dose.
Selling it
Labels, claims, and the documents buyers ask for.
Supplement, food, or drugWhat federal law requires on the labelCertificates, identity and what a buyer will askHow to priceSelling onlineSelling wholesaleSelling in personState rules, and why the federal layer dominatesThe state-by-state answerInsurance, and what your policy excludesWho you buy fromWhere the practitioners are
Growing
What breaks first, and in what order.
Tools and directories
Things to use rather than read.