Every batch tested. Every result published.
Every Unived batch is independently tested before it ships. The scope, the laboratories, and the results are all on this page.
Pre-Release Checks
Microbial Contamination - every batch
Total plate count, yeast and mould, coliform, and Salmonella screening per USP and methods. Zero tolerance for pathogen detection.
Heavy Metals - every batch
ICP-MS analysis for lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. All results compared to FSSAI and USP limits. Every Unived product has met these limits since launch.
Identity & Potency
HPLC verification that the declared ingredient is present and at the declared potency. Potency testing confirms mg amounts match label claims within accepted variance.
Internal Validation
Internal verification of declared label content — serving size, ingredient list, ingredient amounts — against the batch manufacturing records.
Our Laboratory Partners
| Laboratory | Accreditation | Tests Performed |
|---|---|---|
| TUV SUD | NABL ISO/IEC 17025:2017 | Microbial | Heavy Metals | Assay |
| Bangalore Analytical | NABL - FSSAI approved - ISO/IEC 17025:2017 | Microbial | Heavy Metals | Assay |
| Equinox | NABL-FSSAI-ISO 9001-ISO 14001-ISO 4500 GLP | Microbial | Heavy Metals | Assay |
Batch Release Policy
Every batch is reviewed and approved by Unived's QA/QC Manager before release. The Certificate of Analysis from the testing lab is reviewed in full alongside batch manufacturing records.
When a test result fails, the batch is not automatically rejected. Spurious lab results do happen — sample preparation errors, instrument calibration issues, contamination at the testing facility — and treating every first-pass failure as a final verdict would mean writing off batches that may be perfectly sound. The QA/QC review assesses whether the failure is consistent with the data, the raw material batch history, and the supplier record. If the result is suspect, the sample is retested — sometimes at the original lab, sometimes at one of the other two. Many retests pass.
If a retest also fails, the batch is held and investigated in depth. Raw material batches are traced back through their suppliers. Supplier-side testing is requested. Data is reviewed end-to-end for the abnormality.
Record When the investigation confirms a failure, the batch is destroyed.
Across approximately fourteen years of operations, this has happened on the order of ten batches. Each one was a real cost to Unived — material loss, manufacturing time, the work of investigation. Each one stayed off the market.
A quality system that has caught zero failures over a decade is not a quality system; it is an absence of one. The role of testing is to catch the batches that go wrong before they reach the customer. The cost of doing that is ours to bear.
