Natural Grocers® Supplement Guide

UNVEILING A CONCERNING LANDSCAPE:

THE RISK OF COUNTERFEIT SUPPLEMENTS ONLINE

Navigating through the ocean of dietary supplements online reveals a disconcerting undertow of counterfeit products, even amidst the seemingly safe harbors of widely trusted platforms like Amazon.com. Recently, for example, Fungi Perfecti, the entity behind the industry-leading brand Host Defense ® Mushrooms, unearthed multiple unauthorized sellers distributing counterfeit products under their name. These not only exhibited irregularities in packaging, but more alarmingly, tested positive for known allergens like soy and gluten, starkly deviating from the authentic gluten-free and soy-free formulations of genuine Host Defense products.

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