Testing
At Pure Mountain Botanicals we guarantee what’s on the label is in the product. We test 100% of our ingredients and finished products.
What testing do you do on materials and products?
Ingredients, in process formulas and finished products are tested according to the GMP requirements and beyond, to ensure the quality of the product, and verify that product meets the established specifications for identity, purity, strength, and composition.
How do you identify botanicals?
Botanicals are identified using the most appropriate method for that botanical and can include morphology, microscopy, high performance thin layer chromatography and organoleptic analysis.
What summarizes your quality control?
Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with organic farmers and ethical wild harvesters around the world in order to ensure the most recently harvested and most potent plants for our herbal extracts and essential oils. And we source clean GMP compliant ingredients for our vitamin, mineral and nutraceutical raw material ingredients. We accept mostly whole plants and grind them in-house, use the most effective extraction techniques, and test 100% of our ingredients and products.
What are the qualifications of our manufacturing facility and testing used?
- FDA OTC registered (We could actually make pharmaceutical drugs – But we don’t.); NSF GMP certified; KOF-K kosher certified; Certified organic; Non-GMO; Gluten-free; Allergen Testing; Pesticide Testing
When you get a shipment from Pure Mountain Botanicals, can you be certain that what’s on the label is what’s inside?
We test 100% of the ingredients that come in to our facility. Then we test each formulation and finished product to ensure that it remains pure, potent, and stable. Our team uses more than a dozen different tests at our in-house microlab to evaluate ingredients and products, including:
- FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) – helps identify chemicals or compounds.
- GC (gas chromatography) – measures chemical spectrum and potency, and is often used for testing essential oils.
- HP-TLC (high performance thin layer chromatography) – identifies the genus and species of a plant.
- HPLC (higher potency layer chromatography) – isolates chemical markers to measure the potency of a plant compound, vitamin or mineral.
- ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) – quantifies the amount of heavy metal in a raw material.
- Microscopy – helps identify the genus and species of whole botanicals by looking at cell structure.
- Macroscopy –identifies the genus and species of a whole plant.
- Microbiological testing – shows the count of aerobic bacteria, yeast, mold, e-coli, staph, and salmonella in raw and finished goods.
- Organoleptics – uses taste, color, and smell as quality markers in raw materials and finished goods.
- Titration – measures vitamin or mineral potency.
- UV-VIS (ultraviolet visible spectroscopy) – measures the amount of a specific compound in a plant.
The Pure Mountain Way
Pure, clean, effective supplements for our family and yours...
Hi there - My name is Rob - that is me up above with my wife, Shelley, and our three children. Shelley and I started Pure Mountain Botanicals back in 2013 and we continue to serve the health community to this day.
Over the course of two decades researching nutritional supplements, I couldn’t help but notice that many of the same problems found in Big Food - pesticides, ultra-processed ingredients and toxic additives - were also found in most “health” supplements.
In fact, most supplements are anything but healthy. Did you know synthetic vitamins are extracted from petrochemicals? Yuck! Not to mention ineffective.
I knew that needed to change. Your family, my family, we all deserve better.
A new way was needed. So in 2013 Pure Mountain Botanicals was born with a commitment to clean ingredients, organic practices and sustainability, all in the name of holistic health.
The solutions we offer are pure and simple. We aim to make super clean and effective supplements accessible and affordable. So we cut out the middlemen and make our wholesome, carefully-crafted supplements available direct online. It’s all the good from nature, delivered right to your door.
We believe it’s not too much to ask for your nutritional supplements to meet the same high standard you want for your food: organic, clean and natural.
Questions about the Pure Mountain Way
Pure & Potent
We only use natural ingredients you can trust - organically grown, ethically wild-harvested, or sustainably sourced. No magnesium stearate, no GMOs, no junk—just the good stuff from nature.
Tested & Trusted
We test 100% of our ingredients and products to make sure what's on the label is what's inside the bottle.
Quality Commitment
Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with organic farmers and ethical wild harvesters around the world in order to ensure the most recently harvested and most potent plants for our herbal extracts and essential oils. And we source clean GMP compliant ingredients for our vitamin, mineral and nutraceutical raw material ingredients. We accept mostly whole plants and grind them in-house, use the most effective extraction techniques, and test 100% of our ingredients and products.
Certified Clean
Our supplements are KOF-K kosher certified; Non-GMO, and Gluten-free. We also have a rigorous in-house testing protocol, including Allergen Testing; Pesticide Testing, and more.
We create our supplements in a FDA OTC registered facility that is NSF GMP certified and upholds the highest standards in dietary manufacturing.