Manufacturing & Quality
Pharmaceutical-grade standards applied to nutraceutical manufacturing. Every batch tested before it leaves the facility.
Certifications
EX1 products are manufactured at facilities certified to the standards below. The manufacturer identity remains confidential per standard nutraceutical practice; the certifications are what matter to consumers.
WHO-GMP is the World Health Organization's standard for Good Manufacturing Practices in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical production. It covers facility, equipment, personnel, documentation, and process controls. EX1 products are manufactured at facilities certified to this standard.
AYUSH-GMP is the Government of India's Good Manufacturing Practices certification administered by the Ministry of AYUSH, covering Ayurvedic preparations and nutraceuticals under Indian regulatory law. Applied to EX1's Ayurvedic Proprietary Medicine SKUs (such as Ashwagandha) and the broader nutraceutical catalog.
FSSAI is the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, the national regulator for food products including dietary supplements and nutraceuticals. EX1 is licensed under the Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, and Functional Foods) Regulations, 2022.
Per-batch testing
The industry default is to test once at product validation and ship subsequent batches against that single result. EX1 tests every batch independently, through an NABL-accredited laboratory.
Each ingredient is verified against its specification before it enters the formulation. The active compound the label promises is the active compound in the bottle.
Active compound percentages are assayed by HPLC against the standardisation spec (for example, 5% withanolides for ashwagandha root extract).
Every batch is screened for lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium against pharmacopeia limits.
Total plate count, yeast, mould, and pathogen screening (E. coli, Salmonella, S. aureus) per pharmacopeia methods.
Each formulation is tested for shelf-life stability under accelerated conditions. The Best Before date on every bottle reflects validated stability data, not a default printed number.
Sourcing standards
Where the active compound is from a plant or herbal source, EX1 specifies a standardisation percentage (5% withanolides for ashwagandha, 80% silymarin for milk thistle, a standardised Berberis aristata extract for berberine, and so on). The standardisation is verified by HPLC on every batch.
Where there is a meaningful difference between lower-cost and bioavailable forms of an active, EX1 uses the bioavailable form as the primary salt. Iron ships as Bisglycinate. B9 ships as Folic Acid and B12 as Cyanocobalamin, the FSSAI Schedule I permitted forms for Indian nutraceuticals.
The label declares the active element, not the compound weight. A 440 mg elemental magnesium label means 440 mg of absorbable magnesium, not 440 mg of magnesium-and-glycine combined.
Raw materials enter the facility with vendor certificates of analysis and are re-tested on receipt. Manufacturer and supplier identities remain confidential per standard nutraceutical confidentiality practice.
Traceability
Every EX1 bottle carries a unique batch number. The test results for that batch (identity, potency, heavy metals, microbial, stability) are retrievable on request.
Email care@ex1nutrition.com with the batch number printed on your bottle and we will send the corresponding Certificate of Analysis from the NABL-accredited testing partner. Standard response time is 24 hours on business days, IST.
Standardisation, MK-7, bisglycinate chelate, per-batch testing. What the manufacturing standards translate to in practice.
