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Elderberry · Nature's Way (industry audit)
Elderberry Competitor Audit
CriticalAdulterated
What the lab found
2 of 8 elderberry supplements and 5 of 25 elderberry extracts contained NO elderberry at all. Adulterants included black rice extract, oat bran, and vitamin C as substitutes.
Failure type · Adulterated
Spiked with undisclosed pharmaceutical ingredients or banned substances.
Source
Nature's Way internal testing, 2020; American Botanical Council, 2020