Irvine, California, November 30, 2022 – BGG World (BGG) announced today that its ApplePhenon® Apple Polyphenol ingredient has attained Alkemist Assured™ status and that BGG is now an Alkemist Assured partner. ApplePhenon® is a unique extract from unripe apples with a remarkably high polyphenol content. ApplePhenon® has undergone extensive clinical research demonstrating seven diverse health benefits for humans.
The Alkemist Assured program by Alkemist Labs, which has been at the forefront of botanical testing for 25 years, consists of two tiers. The first tier of this transparency program, Next Generation Transparency™, includes regularly updated consumer-friendly certificates of analysis (COAs) for botanical testing shared with customers and consumers.
The second tier of the program, the Alkemist Assured seal, requires companies be part of the Next Generation Transparency reporting in addition to a regular schedule of product testing by Alkemist Labs to demonstrate continued product scrutiny. Companies may use the Alkemist Assured seal on their product marketing materials and websites to show that a product was tested by a trusted third-party lab for identity, potency, and contaminants.
“BGG is committed to the utmost in transparency and the highest standards of product testing to assure our customers and their consumers of our industry-leading quality,” said Shaheen Majeed, CEO of BGG Americas. “The Alkemist Assured program fits perfectly into our corporate values and unrelenting focus on producing superior products.”
“We are very pleased to welcome BGG to the Alkemist Assured program,” said Alkemist Labs CEO Elan Sudberg. “BGG is a company that has long demonstrated their commitment to quality, and increasing their transparency supports that core attribute.”
About ApplePhenon®
ApplePhenon® is a unique extract from mother apples from the region of the earth where the apple species originated. It possesses a unique and fully-characterized phytochemical profile rich in absorbable and non-absorbable proanthocyanins. The non-absorbable proanthocyanins’ fraction of ApplePhenon® has been shown to improve the bioavailability of the absorbable fraction and, in addition, to work in the modulation of the gut microbiota by boosting the proportion of Akkermansia. ApplePhenon® has proprietary clinical literature spanning 17 human clinical studies, and is supported by more than 50 publications that show potential for seven different health benefits.
About Alkemist Labs
Alkemist Labs is an ISO 17025 accredited contract testing laboratory specializing in plant authentication, botanical ingredient identification, quantitative analytical services and contaminant screening for the Food & Beverage, Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical industries. Located in a state-of-the-art facility in Garden Grove, California, Alkemist Labs offers clients a wide range of specialty research services to evaluate the identity, purity, and quality of botanical raw materials, dietary ingredients, and finished products. DEA registered 1, 2, 3n, and 4 for over 20 years, Alkemist is also approved to be on California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) list for hemp testing. Alkemist Labs also produces a complete line of Composite Reference Botanicals (CRBs), critical tools for botanical identity verification. Since it was founded in 1997, Alkemist Labs has become the ideal “Partner for Quality” to companies interested in producing high quality natural products requiring independent, third-party analysis, Stability/Shelf-life studies, Certification of Analysis, and cGMP compliance.
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