2024 Reflections from Elan Looking Back, Looking Forward Do you suffer from neck pain? I do. My massage therapist friends and my father, who is a retired chiropractor, believe it’s because I took up Jiu-Jitsu early in 2024. Considering I’m 45, have never played a contact sport, let alone a combat sport, and regularly get […]
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Herbs & Fungi We’re Watching for the Second Half of 2024
Alkemist Labs Releases List Of “Herbs & Fungi We’re Watching” for Second Half of 2024 Naming 20 Ingredients Requiring Extra Scrutiny Garden Grove, CA (December 17, 2024) – Alkemist Labs has released a list of the botanicals and fungi that most frequently failed identity testing during the second half of 2024. This information is valuable […]
Elan’s Super-Biased Quality Index
Elan’s Super-Biased Quality Index There’s this hilarious myth floating around that the dietary supplement industry is unregulated. Spoiler alert: it’s not true. I’ve been shouting this from the LinkedIn rooftops so much that my voice is starting to sound like RFK Jr’s. As someone who can identify roots (and all other plant and fungal parts) […]
Alkemist Labs Perspective on Mushroom Test Methods
Alkemist Labs Offers Perspective on Mushroom Test Methods Garden Grove, CA (November 19, 2024) – Alkemist Labs, the industry leader in botanical and fungi testing, has a history of providing clarity to testing controversies. Today, the company offers perspective on the confusion about mushroom test methods, engendered by some labs marketing claims, which Alkemist’s top scientist […]
SupplySide West Recap
SupplySide West Recap 2024 from Petra Erlandson I know you must be asking yourself right now, wow, I wonder what Petra thought of this year’s Supply Side West. What made it even more memorable than my previous 15, you ask? The first answer is that it is my last… just kidding! It was all of […]
Alkemist Labs at SupplySide West 2024
Alkemist Labs to Emphasize Contaminant Testing and the Alkemist Assured™ Transparency Program at SupplySide West Booth #3973 Garden Grove, CA (October 1, 2024) – Alkemist Labs will be talking to suppliers and brands who want to ensure product purity with robust contaminant testing in booth #3973 at SupplySide West in Las Vegas, NV October 29 – […]
Khanh Tran – AOAC Recap
Our HPTLC Supervisor Khanh Tran offers this recap from the AOAC annual meeting in Baltimore last month: Is it cold in here… or it just me at AOAC 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland? Although the session rooms may have induced from chills and had some attendees donning their winter jackets, the conference itself seamlessly blended topics […]
Reena Gordon Interview
Hear from our New COO Reena Gordon Reena Gordon began working with Alkemist Labs on a consulting capacity last spring, and after a few months, officially joined as the company’s first COO. We had to ask her, “why did a high-powered executive with your impressive global track record join an independent testing lab?” I joined […]
Alkemist Labs Announces Ms. Reena Gordon as COO
Alkemist Labs Announces Ms. Reena Gordon as COO Garden Grove, CA (September 16, 2024) – Alkemist Labs is pleased to announce that Ms. Reena Gordon has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. A transformational COO specializing in growth strategies and initiatives, Reena will position Alkemist Labs for new levels of expansion, modernizing and restructuring […]
NBJ Summit Recap
NBJ 2024 Recap from Petra Last month Elan, Bryan, and I attended the 2024 NBJ Summit at the Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, CA. This event has become a highlight of my summer, always held in a beautiful place with thought-provoking speakers. It not only educates and inspires but also renews and refreshes. The State […]