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ConsumerLab.com provides independent test results, reviews, ratings and comparisons of vitamins, supplements, herb and nutrition products to consumers and healthcare providers.
ConsumerLab.com Reviews Summary
ConsumerLab enjoys a strong reputation among its users, who appreciate the unbiased, detailed information it provides on supplements and health products. Customers frequently highlight the site’s thorough research and reliable testing, which empowers them to make informed decisions about their health. However, some users express frustration with the frequency of email updates and recent login issues related to cookie settings. Additionally, there are requests for broader product reviews, particularly from popular retailers. Overall, while the service is highly valued for its quality and reliability, there are areas for improvement in user experience and communication.
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I have been a CL member for many years. Before I buy any product I check CL's site for information. This is such a valuable and reliable resource! I appreciate the unbiased evaluations and the volume of content. I just wishe CL was a news agency!
Consumer lab is the only resource for independent trustworthy, a supplement reviews. I refer to consumer lab frequently regarding supplement use. However, I have recommended some products be reviewed and have never received a response from consumer lab to my recommendations nor have my recommended products been reviewed.
Aly,
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your continued support as a member of ConsumerLab. We truly value your trust in our independent and trustworthy supplement reviews.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by not receiving a response to your product recommendations. At ConsumerLab, we receive a significant number of requests and recommendations from our community, and we strive to address each one diligently. We regret that we may not have been able to get back to you promptly.
Your recommendations are important to us, as they help shape our testing and review agenda. Please be assured that we value your contribution and are continuously working to improve our responsiveness to user suggestions.
Once again, we appreciate your support and trust in ConsumerLab. If you have any further recommendations or questions, please feel free to contact us, and we will do our best to assist you.
Thank you,
Dawn
As a health care professional and consumer, I use CL reports and data every week. The cost aligns with the value.
Thank you very much for sharing that, Nancy. We are very glad that you appreciate the work we are doing. We appreciate your support.
I am a registered dietitian nutritionist and use Consumer Lab to review the latest on dietary vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements. I use it consistently as a reference personally and when counselling others. I highly recommend it.
Thank you very much for sharing that, Kitty. We are delighted that you appreciate the work we are doing. We appreciate your support!
I really appreciate ConsumerLab for helping me choose effective products. I always check their reviews before buying any supplement. However, I'm a bit disappointed that most of the reviews focus on products available in the US, with only a few covering Canadian options. I'd love to see more reviews for supplements sold in Canada in the future.
Thank you ConsumerLab for making it possible to choose the right supplements.
Hi Des - Thank you for your review. We do test Canadian products from time-to-time (they are indicated with a maple leaf in our results table), but, as most of our readers are in the U.S., most of the tested products are those sold in the U.S. We will continue to purchase and test Canadian products. We also look to Health Canada for its regulations on natural health products, as they are often ahead of those in the U.S.
I enjoy reading the in-depth articles produced by Consumer Lab. I have recommended it to both friends and family. I even bought my sister. 2-year subscription for the holidays.
Keep up the good reporting and analysis of different products I count on your unbiased results!
Thank you for that nice feedback, James!
All of what they're consolidating is available somewhere else free online, consumer reports is 100% about making money off the less internet-research-Davy consumer they claim to care about. I'm sure a majority of their subscriber base is a bit older. Should be free, paid for by web traffic ads donation etc.
Very nice & informative. I like that w you show detailed information plus your top picks. The only drawback is that you don't always have a lot of the brands one buys only via the internet.
We're glad to have you as a member, Abel! Thanks for your review. You can always feel free, as can any member, to shoot us suggestions via email.
Would like to see more supplements/herbals/foods reviewed. Excellent job with the Chia and flax reviews. Would like to see saffron not just the supplement for saffron reviewed.
Thank you for asking
Thanks for your review, Anne. You can always feel free, as can any member, to shoot us suggestions via email.
I have been a member of Consumer Lab for many years. I check it at least weekly to learn about supplements and the research behind them. I don't buy any product that they review until I check to see if CL has tested it and recommends it as a Top Pick. The website is easy to navigate and has A LOT of information to help consumers on so many levels. I highly encourage people I know to become members and stay safe!
Thank you for that nice review, Cheryl. We're glad that you appreciate our work. Thanks for your support.
I have subscribed to Consumer Lab for many years - so many I've lost count. And I'll keep my subscription going ad infinitum. I check Consumer Lab for information and reviews several times a week. I often make purchase decisions based on their recommendations. There are many occasions when I have stopped using a product based on information I learned from them. There is absolutely no better source for reviews and data on vitamins and supplements than Consumer Lab.
We're glad to have you as a member, Rick! Thanks for your review.
Reviews help me to decide which products to purchase
Thanks for letting us know, Lonnie. We appreciate your support.
As a member for over 15 years, I find their reviews fully educational as well as their weekly missives. Though I wish that they tested more products or categories, obviously they would need a bigger budget to do so. Though they often respond to my emails, sometimes I have to send second requests for responses
Overall I find them to be a gift to consumers and appreciate all that they do to keep us healthy and aware of deficiencies in products and in testing
Thank you for that nice review, Steven. We're glad that you appreciate our work.
I've used Consumer Lab several times, over several years, to read about supplements I take or am considering. The reviews are very thorough and often contain a lot more information than I need, but are probably helpful to those with a variety of other health issues. I like the fact that the company doesn't take advertising and is run by a medical doctor.
Thank you for that nice review, Cheryl. We're glad that you appreciate our work. Thanks for your support.
I have relied on ConsumerLab to provide me with reliable information on nutritional supplements. Their reviews are detailed and thorough, and they give me objective information about supplements that is difficult to find elsewhere.
Thanks for letting us know, Joseph. That's exactly why we are here.
As I am getting up in years I am more open to different avenues of improving my health.Your site greatly improves my chances of exploring medicines and supplements that are available that help me to find those that are positive and others that are negative.Thankyou for your service.
Thank you for that nice feedback, Lawrence!
Have been a subscriber to Consumerlab for several years and have found them invaluable for the information they provide on products, prescribed and OTC medicines, and so much more. This is a reliable, fact based source that you can rely on. Have used many times to check on side effects, credability of product claims, supplements, and cost of dosage.
We're glad to hear that ConsumerLab.com is helpful to you, Jerome. Thank you for your review!
I love all of the information on this site. Love all of the pertinent research.
Thank you for that nice review, Bridgette. We're glad that you appreciate our work. Thanks for your support.
I appreciate the fact that ConsumerLab reviews products with science not hype. They report on all findings whether pro popular believe or not. Although they rate products it is left for the consumer to decide which product they will use with full (or as close as possible) information. I only wish there were more Canadian products listed.
Thank you very much for sharing that, Sandra. We are very glad that you appreciate the work we are doing. We appreciate your support.
Consumerlab.com does not test every manufacturer and the format of the info downright SUCKS. It's very confusing because they will do everything in paragraph for all clumped together. Then the list the Top Pick which is always something different than what was in the paragraphs. So, are they saying top pic based on cost, quality, quantity? I truly is a mystery. Let me choose the top pick not you. Is very confusing. If they put as much effort into to the layout of information as they do with the testing this site would be amazing but at this time i feel is BS.
We test hundreds of popular brands of supplements and health foods, but certainly not every product. While you should absolutely determine what criteria are most important to you, most of our readers appreciate that we also boil down the results of our tests and reviews to suggest Top Picks, and we do explain the basis for our choices -- which typically comes down to providing the highest ingredient quality, right dose, and providing the best value.
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