Certificate of Analysis**

GMP & ISO9000 Quality Standards

Extraction is a multi-stage, pure water, closed system, pressurized, low-temperature (< 90°C) process

Extract Solubility/Processing

Extraction by Multiple water cycles (see below), followed by Ultra High Speed Spray Drying Process

Characteristic

Specification

Analysis Result

Assay

1% isoflavones

4.70%

Mesh Size

80-100 mesh

100 mesh

Loss on Drying

< 6%

5.0%

Bulk Density

--

.45 g/cc

HPTLC Identification

Standard plate

Passes

Total Heavy Metals

USP standards (<20 ppm)

< 10 ppm

Color

Tan

Passes

Odor

Standard Sample

Compares to Standard

Taste

Standard Sample

Compares to Standard

Total Plate Count

<3000/gm

27 / g

Yeast & Mold Count

<100/gm

<10/gm

E. Coli

Negative

Negative

Salmonella

Negative

Negative

Total Coliforms

Negative

Negative

Staph Aureus

Negative

Negative

Full Spectrum, "Standardized," Concentrated, Certified Herbs.
Absolutely the best! 

Standardization with Integrity!
Background: Standardization is a term that has lost much meaning within the industry.  The problem is that there are several ways to "standardize" an herb, and most focus on a single property or component to the exclusion of the full range of the plant's constituents and properties.  In effect, for many producers, standardization means isolating a specific component.  When this occurs you are no longer taking an herb, but a diminished form of the herb and an isolate component of the herb.

Standardization with Integrity delivers the complete herb, the way nature intended it, with all balancing properties and mineral salts intact, AND assures you that the herbs key markers are at optimal/concentrated levels. Markers are known components that can be used to distinguish one herb from another.  This then serves two purposes.  By accurately using markers the herb is properly identified, and the final product delivers all the plant's constituents in the same balanced proportion that nature intended. 

Full Spectrum Concentration, assuring you receive the complete herb, as nature intended it!
Traditional use of herbs is based on quality, not chemical processing and manipulation of the herb to make it into something else.  With Full Spectrum Concentration, the full range of the herb is extracted using pure clean water.  Through a unique low temperature process, the plant's oils and resins are extracted, and through multiple cycles additional constituents are naturally extracted while reducing the water content.  Specially handled to preserve the volatile components, the liquefied material is then concentrated and, using an ultra high speed spray dryer, made into a fine powder. The final product is the only true Full Spectrum, Concentrated, Standardized Herb powder available today.

Only USA Produced Herbal Extracts! The BCN product ingredient listed here is sourced from our United States manufacturer who is regulated by, and has to answer to the FDA.  While the raw materials may come from international sources, the quality control and manufacturing performed here in the United States (meeting GMP practices and ISO9000 standards) assures that you are receiving a properly identified, inspected, cleaned, herb from certified sources.  These materials are handled properly at every step, from harvesting to final packaging, and inspected by trained botanists for their organoleptic (touch, taste, visual, etc.) qualities, matching them against known standards from the official Chinese Herbal Pharmacopoeia.   The final product is then submitted to both internal and outside laboratory analysis, the results of which appear in this certificate of analysis.  While the herbs we use are more expensive, they live up to the expression: "You get what you pay for."  From BCN you get only the best.  We know your health depends on it.

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This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.