I work at a supplement testing laboratory where my specialty is HPLC. Every single product that has come through the door with Ashwagandha on the label from these 2 brands is insanely low in withanolide content. Orders of magnitude low. I just got Sensorils HPLC method and I'm seeing how they quantify their product and they are lying liars, like how NBC Dateline with Chris Hansen did with that dry labbing lab in 2012. They aren't quantifying anything, literally making up numbers. Yeah that's right, I'm accusing Sensoril of lying about what is in their product and I have proof, not just in their garbage method but in the dozens of clients samples I've tested that contain literal fairy dust amounts of actives. These products contain no plant DNA either so there's no way you can positively identify that Ashwagandha is in a product.

What's more, I know that there is at least one independent laboratory that is advertising their ability to test Ashwagandha and I have proof that they are literally making up numbers, I sent them a sample with a fake spec and they hit the fake spec right on the money. I have been a chemist for 18 years now and I am extremely reserved about accusing other institutions/laboratories of misconduct but I am 100% confident there is major fuckery happening in ashwagandha manufacturing and testing.

Today I learned the makers of KSM-66 are suing Sensoril because Sensoril is essentially copying their product. But both products are worthless extracts. Sensoril and KSM-66 say their product are standardized to withanolide glycosides and that their products are aqueous extracts which is horseshit, withanolide glycosides are not water soluble.

These companies are advertising hearty soup but delivering hot ham water.

And no, I have no conflict of interest, I don't have a financial stake in any of this.

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