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Testing business helps prove products’ promises
Testing business helps prove products’ promises
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 6 Dec. 2011 ) One way to test the properties of a biological product, such as a honey or native plant extract, is to feed it to an animal or human and measure (hopefully) the results.
This takes a fair bit of time, and quite possibly money.
Another way to do it is using models of biological effects, something that acts as an indicator of a product’s efficacy. This can cut the time down to weeks, and causes a much smaller hole in the wallet.
Which is exactly what Wellington company Trinity Bioactives carries out for its mostly Australasian, but also global clients. It uses scientifically proven and established methods to indicate on the label, as a proxy, that a product has been shown to have biologically active ingredients.
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