Alkemist Labs
Alkemist Labs’ Elan Sudberg and “Next-Generation Transparency”
(NIE) spoke with Elan Sudberg, CEO of Garden Grove, CA-based Alkemist Labs, and here’s what he had to say about what he calls “Next Generation Transparency:” “There’s an emerging movement I call ‘Next Generation Transparency,’ which is propelled by consumers who want to know more about the ingredients, like how they were grown, processed and ...
Alkemist Labs Issues Warning to Industry on “Dry Reporting”
Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA) has found some ingredient suppliers and marketing companies have been altering valid lab reports and using those falsified reports to promote their products. The alterations have taken multiple forms, from changing or removing the client name to replacing the lot number, and have even gone so far as to change ...
Alkemist Labs and Nutrasource Collaborate on THC Compliance Testing
Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA), a contract testing lab specializing in botanical identity and potency testing for the dietary supplement industry, and Nutrasource, a Canadian contract research organization that helps health product companies bring products to market, are preparing to launch a comprehensive third-party verification program designed to support accurate, verifiable label claims regarding the ...
Alkemist Labs and REJIMUS Collaborate for GMP Compliance Solutions
Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA) and REJIMUS (Santa Ana, CA) have announced a collaboration to offer comprehensive GMP (good manufacturing practice) compliance solutions to clients, eliminating gaps where many companies are failing GMP audits, NDI (New Dietary Ingredient) applications, and other regulatory-related responsibilities. “FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has said time and time again ...
Alkemist Labs Cuts Identity Testing Turnaround Time to 4 Days
California-based Alkemist Labs has announced a 20 percent shorter turnaround time for the most common identity tests they provide: routine HPTLC and microscopy testing. As of March 1, 2019, turnaround time for these tests will be four days. “We know that rapid turnaround time for identity testing is the biggest need our clients have,” said ...
Alkemist Labs Moves to Larger Facility to Accommodate Growth, Expand Capacity
Alkemist Labs (Costa, Mesa, CA) has announced a move to a new facility with more than four times more space to expand capacity and accommodate continued growth. The new 21,000-square-foot facility will include a much larger laboratory area, with the lab expanding from 1,000 square feet to nearly 6,000 square feet. The new facility will ...
Industry Collaborates on Adulterated St. John’s Wort, Proposes Enhancements to Authentication
Sidney Sudberg, Alkemist Labs (Costa Mesa, CA) founder and CSO, and other notable industry experts co-authored a study that identified adulterated St. John’s wort (SJW) products and recommended specific ways to improve testing of the popular herb. The study, “St. John’s Wort versus Counterfeit St. John’s Wort: An HPTLC Study,” published in the Journal of ...
Alkemist Labs, USP & Phenomenex Host Dietary Supplement Chromatography Forum
Alkemist Labs (Costa Mesa, CA) United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP, Rockville, MD) and Phenomenex Inc. will present a “Southern California Dietary Supplements Chromatography Forum” on Thursday July 28, 2016. This free event will be hosted at the Phenomenex office in Torrance, CA from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Experts will discuss current challenges and opportunities ...
Alkemist Labs to Offer Next Generation Sequencing DNA Testing
Beginning in early 2016, Alkemist Labs (Costa Mesa, CA) will include Next Generation DNA Sequencing in the arsenal of testing capabilities the company offers clients. “Adding DNA analysis to our testing capabilities once the technology evolved more has been in the plans since my father and I started building our herbarium almost 20 years ago,” ...
Alkemist Labs Now Selling Phytochemical Reference Standards
Alkemist Labs (Costa Mesa, CA) has officially begun selling phytochemical reference standards developed by Lyon, France-based Extrasynthese, as the U.S. Distribution partner. Petra Erlandson has joined the Alkemist staff as strategic sales manager—reference materials to work with customers on standard selection. A new section of the Alkemist website that lists available products and prices with ...
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