How much creatine per day? The doses and the 3 g GB claim
How much creatine per day? Most guidance says 3 to 5 g, with loading optional. The figures side by side, and the 3 g a GB label must state to claim.
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Is 10mg melatonin too much in the UK? The NHS ceilings
In the UK, 10mg of melatonin is the NHS maximum for specialist, longer-term use only. Every UK ceiling by indication, and the strengths the emc lists.
Do sleep gummies in the UK contain melatonin? Reviewed
No. The two UK-sold sleep gummies this desk read list no melatonin, which the NHS calls a prescription-only medicine. Their panels, side by side.
Creatine gummies versus creatine monohydrate powder, reviewed on what survives the format
The sports shelf now sells the same molecule two ways. Reviewed on the chemistry that decides whether the label figure reaches you, and on the one creatine wording the GB register records as non-authorised.
Herbal THRs versus food supplements, reviewed on what the registration proves
One shelf carries herbal products with a genuine MHRA registration number. The next carries the same plants sold as food. Reviewed on what a traditional herbal registration establishes, and what it conspicuously does not.
The MHRA drew a microbiome line, and the probiotics shelf sits outside it
A position paper published on 18 August places microbiome-based medicines inside the medicines framework and puts food supplements and non-therapeutic probiotics expressly out of scope.
Vitamin D oral sprays versus tablets, reviewed on what may be claimed
The spray format sells delivery rather than dose. An Advertising Standards Authority ruling in June measured that pitch against the evidence filed for it, and the result reframes the comparison.
Applied Nutrition's GLP-1 Friendly range, read as a label
A five-product British range named after a class of prescription medicine. Assessed on what the panels publish, what the claims framework permits, and where the collection's own name sits.
Kenari nuts, and what an authorisation with conditions decides
An open Food Standards Agency consultation on one traditional food is a rare chance to watch the machinery that decides which ingredients may lawfully be sold here at all.
Magnesium supplements, reviewed — form matters more than milligrams
Two products stating the same magnesium content can be quite different purchases. Reviewed on elemental content, salt form, and the authorised claims that actually apply.
Permitted health claims still trail the marketing on UK shelves
The list of things a supplement label may lawfully say is public, finite and specific. A good deal of front-of-pack copy is written to gesture past it.