How we review

Every review follows the same process, so you can judge our work the same way we judge a product: by its sources.

The process

  1. Find the official sources

    We start with what the seller publishes: the product page, the label or ingredient list, the refund policy and the terms of sale. We save the address and the date of every page we use.

  2. List the claims

    We write down each promise the seller makes, in the seller’s own words, so readers can see exactly what is being claimed.

  3. Check each claim

    For every claim we look for a primary source: a policy page, a regulatory record, or a published study on the same formula. Each claim then gets one of three statuses: confirmed, not verified or contradicted.

  4. Say what we could not check

    We only describe personal experience with a product when we have actually used it, and we say so. Everything else is research based on documents, and the review makes that clear.

  5. Date it and check again

    Offers, prices and policies change. Every review shows when it was last checked, and we update or correct it when the sources change.

What each result means

Confirmed
The claim matches the manufacturer’s official page or a primary source that we link to, on the date shown in the review.
Not verified
We could not find a primary source that supports the claim. It may be true, but the evidence was not available to us.
Contradicted
The evidence we found says something different from the claim, for example a policy page with other terms.

What it looks like

Example of a claim check
What the seller saysWhat we checkedResult
“Comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee”The refund policy on the official websiteConfirmed
“Clinically proven to work”Whether a published study on this exact formula is citedNot verified
“Price only available today”The offer page on three different datesContradicted

Illustrative example, not a real product.

What we do not do

  • We do not write personal experiences for products we have not used.
  • We do not publish star ratings or scores without a documented method.
  • We do not accept payment from sellers for reviews or for changing a review.
  • We do not give medical advice. Health questions belong with a qualified professional.