Nutrex is a legit company in terms of quality and they do make some good products.
They are a large company and a number of factors likely play into the development of their products. Examples include looking at popular or emerging categories and then at what price point they feel like a product needs to sell at within that category.
So I do think that as a company, they did think out many factors that played into the formulation of this product.
In this case, I would guess they looked at the sleep category which has some gh and anabolic options in a powder form and wanted to present a capsulated option for a product in that category. From that point, they would likely decide what price point they felt like the product needed to sell at and then they likely have a cost to margin ratio that they use that would determine what their maximum cost to make it could be and then they would have selected ingredients accordingly.
I'm not speaking for them - I'm just giving my best guess at the thought process involved.
In a perfect scenario, the dosages of the ingredients would be dosed higher but doing so likely wouldn't have allowed them to meet their profit margins and selling price they wanted to.
This is part of the pro's and con's of bigger companies like Nutrex.
- Pro - the product is 99% likely to have exactly in it what the bottle says and have all proper testing, GMP compliant, etc.
- Con's - its not as creative and innovate as some would like and may have dosages lower than some would like to see.
But an important factor here is transparency and honesty in that at least they're being honest about their dosages and I feel confident they can be trusted on their quality. Whereas with many companies on the market now days, they can say whatever they want on their labels but if they're capping their products themselves or having them made in places or by people that aren't FDA registered and GMP compliant, then they can say whatever they want but that doesn't really mean the stuff they claim is really in there.
Epicatechin - no, I don't think 200 mg. is enough per day for the best results. But there are a lot of other companies out there too that only use 300 mg. or less per day in their products. So, I wouldn't consider this an effective Epicatechin supplement but to their credit, I don't see them marketing it as being. On the other hand, if someone were already taking Epi-Plex at 600 mg. per day, wouldn't necessarily be a bad addition to it at all. (Not suggesting that anyone stack them; I'm just saying my thought process with the dosing).
RipFactor - the patent holder recommends a dosage of either 325 mg. or 650 mg. per day based off studies. So they are within the range suggested by the patent holder company but not at the maximum/ideal dosage. But most other brands that I've seen using this also are at 325 mg. per day.
I hope all of that makes sense.
