Sambucus Cough Relief +♢ Immune* Elderberry Syrup

KEY INGREDIENT(S)

Vitamin C

Ingredient Testing

Zinc Gluconate

Ingredient Testing

Elderberry

Ingredient Testing

South African Geranium

Ingredient Testing

Vitamin C

Ascorbic acid

Tests done on every batch

Manufacturers determine the amount and types of testing done on raw ingredients. Nature’s Way goes above and beyond industry standards with extensive testing on every batch of ingredients before they even go into production.

Vitamin C

Nature’s Way analyzes every batch of ascorbic acid to ensure that you receive the amount of vitamin C per serving that’s stated on the label.

Potency assay

Testing is performed on certain raw materials to measure the potency of a key component. This testing ensures consistency across batches, so you can feel confident that the ingredient matches what’s stated on the label.

Identification

For non-botanical ingredients such as vitamins and minerals, Nature’s Way uses the test method that has been validated for the specific ingredient. Among these methods are Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) for complex ingredients.

Microbiological contaminants

Nature’s Way tests every ingredient for microbial contaminants that can break down ingredients, decrease potency, and degrade a product’s quality. Verifying that ingredients meet regulatory standards for microorganisms like bacteria, molds, and yeasts helps ensure a safe and compliant product.

Tests performed periodically

Nature’s Way performs additional tests to ensure every supplier’s testing meets federal regulatory and our own high standards. Extra testing is especially critical for monitoring higher-risk botanicals.

Heavy metals

Nature’s Way verifies suppliers' compliance with protective laws like California’s Proposition 65 on a periodic or annual basis. We do this to ensure the raw material meets regulatory standards and won’t expose you to harmful levels of heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead.

Solvent residue

Trace amounts of solvents used during processes such as ingredient extraction may remain in the raw materials. Performing USP <467> screening ensures that residual solvents are within safe, regulated limits. Annual testing of the ingredient ensures it is processed according to Good Manufacturing Practices.

Zinc Gluconate

Tests done on every batch

Zinc

Nature’s Way tests the potency of every batch of raw material to ensure that you receive the amount of zinc per serving that’s stated on the label.

Identification

Microbiological contaminants

Heavy metals

Every ingredient is tested to meet regulatory standards for heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead. Testing for trace metal levels ensures ingredients comply with protective laws like California’s Proposition 65, and that the supplement won’t expose you to harmful levels of chemicals.

Potency assay

Elderberry

Sambucus nigra L.

Extract standardized to contain anthocyanins

Tests done on every batch

Anthocyanins

Nature’s Way analyzes each batch of elderberry extract to ensure the anthocyanin content meets our specifications.

Standardized assay

Assay testing is performed on certain raw materials to measure the amount of a key component. This testing ensures consistency across batches of raw material, so you can feel confident that the ingredient matches the quantified amount declared on the label.

Identification

Verifying each botanical genus, species, and plant part ensures your product contains the exact ingredient listed in the Supplement Facts panel. High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) testing provides a detailed chemical fingerprint of the ingredient for comparison against certified botanical reference standards. HPTLC testing is among the best, most reliable methods for authenticating raw materials.

Microbiological contaminants

Heavy metals

Tests performed periodically

Cyanide

Testing ensures the elderberry extract meets EPA and FDA safety regulations for naturally occurring toxins sometimes found in elderberries, especially before they’re fully ripe, and that processing was done properly using only ripe berries.

Pesticides

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets safety limits, known as tolerances, for residual pesticides, and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requires botanical suppliers to comply. Nature’s Way verifies compliance with these tolerances through annual or periodic in-house testing of raw materials following the standards outlined in USP <561> to ensure safety and quality.

Aflatoxins

Aflatoxins are naturally occurring mycotoxins produced by specific mold and fungi species that grow on crops and botanicals, so it’s important to know your products are tested for them. Aflatoxin qualification testing at Nature’s Way ensures our suppliers’ testing is reliable and that the ingredients meet the required qualifications.

The ingredient

Elderberries are amazing! That’s why you’re seeing more elderberry products out there. But what you’re probably not seeing is where the elderberries come from, or that the product is made with a potent elderberry extract rather than a juice concentrate.

The elderberry extract in Sambucus is made from the highest quality elderberries we could find—worldwide. They come from high-altitude European farms and forests, where they grow best, and are picked by hand at peak ripeness to retain the highest concentration of antioxidant anthocyanins. We test every single batch of extract to ensure purity and potency. You can see it in the products’ deep purple color, which comes from naturally occurring antioxidant anthocyanins, rather than artificial dyes.

Parts used:

Berry

South African Geranium

Pelargonium sidoides

Root extract

Tests done on every batch

Identification

Microbiological contaminants

Heavy metals

Solvent residue

Trace amounts of solvents used during processes such as ingredient extraction may remain in the raw materials. Performing USP <467> screening ensures that residual solvents are within safe, regulated limits. Testing every lot of the ingredient ensures it is processed according to Good Manufacturing Practices.

The ingredient

South African Geranium, also known as Pelargonium sidoides, is a hardy plant that thrives in the dry grasslands of Southern Africa. People have used its roots for ages.

Our South African Geranium root is sourced directly from its native lands, where farmers know firsthand the benefits of their natural environment and only harvest after three years’ growth. Out of 300 geranium species in the area, only one meets our standards.

♢South African Geranium root extract is clinically proven to reduce the duration and severity of minor nasal, throat, and chest irritations and occasional coughs associated with hoarseness, dry throat, and irritants.*

Parts used:

Root

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