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Organic Herbal Bone & Joint Support
Organic Herbal Bone & Joint Support
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$29.50 USD
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46/100
Rejected
Six-dimension breakdown
Evidence
38
Formulation
45
Manufacturing
48
Safety
55
Transparency
45
Sustainability
52
Why this scored 46/100
VeggieVerve/Livingston Naturals 'Organic Herbal Bone & Joint Support' with vitamin D3 combines plant-based minerals, herbal extracts, and D3 as a liquid formulation. Bone and joint support is a defensible category with real ingredient-level evidence — vitamin D3 at 1000-4000 IU has RCT support for bone health, calcium (from food ideally) is foundational, vitamin K2 has RCT support for bone density in older adults, and collagen at 5-10 g/day has moderate joint-comfort evidence. Herbal additions (turmeric, boswellia) have moderate joint-comfort evidence. The concern with this specific SKU is opacity: 'plant-based minerals' as a formula descriptor is vague, per-herb and per-mineral doses are not disclosed in the reviewed metadata, and the liquid format constrains achievable per-serving mineral doses. Multi-herb blend at undisclosed doses = proprietary_blend_hides_dose. Vitamin D3 disclosure alone is not enough. Middling scores reflect that the ingredient category is legitimate; the specific execution is not verifiable.
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Evidence & sources
The Vyvata score's Evidence dimension measures the quality of published RCT support for a product's active ingredients at the label dose. Our source hierarchy: double-blind RCTs in MEDLINE-indexed journals > single-blind RCTs > open-label trials > observational studies > mechanism papers > N=1 case studies (anecdotes). Predatory journals and manufacturer-authored studies without independent replication are weighted down.
Product-specific evidence citations for this item are embedded in the analysis text on the "Analysis" tab. For the full framework and evidence hierarchy, see the methodology page.
How to read the Evidence dimension
- 80–100: Multiple double-blind RCTs in indexed journals directly testing this product OR the exact ingredients at the exact dose.
- 60–79: Single double-blind RCT + supporting ingredient literature at the studied dose.
- 40–59: Open-label trials + ingredient literature; no product-specific double-blind evidence.
- 20–39: Ingredient literature only; no product-specific trials or trials in predatory venues.
- 0–19: No credible evidence base or unverifiable claims.
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- VSF score
- 46 / 100
- Tier
- Rejected
- Category
- Supplements
- Subcategory
- joint bone connective
- Last scored
- Third-party certifications
- None on record at time of scoring
- Vendor
- VeggieVerve
- Product type
- Vegan Supplement
- Tags
- Shopify Collective, VeggieVerve
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