Why do you use carrageenan in Better B3 + K2 and Better Black Seed Oil?Updated 2 hours ago
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Carrageenan is a plant-based polysaccharide derived from red seaweed. It helps form and stabilize soft-gel capsules. We use only food-grade carrageenan, which is chemically and legally different from the degraded form (called poligeenan) sometimes mentioned in blogs or older studies.
Here’s how major regulators define the difference:
Food-grade carrageenan (E 407):
- The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) confirmed safety in its 2018 review and set an Acceptable Daily Intake of 75 mg per kg body weight per day.
- The WHO/FAO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) also found no safety concern even up to 1000 mg/L in infant formulas (FAO report 2018).
Degraded carrageenan (Poligeenan):
- Formed only by acid degradation at high heat; much lower molecular weight.
- Not approved for food or supplement use by any regulator.
- Used solely for limited medical imaging applications.
- Our softgels contain tiny amounts (≈10–50 mg) of food-grade carrageenan — less than 1 % of EFSA’s conservative safety threshold for a 70 kg adult (≈5,250 mg/day).
All products are manufactured in a cGMP-certified facility and verified by independent laboratories for purity and safety.
You can view our latest Certificate of Analysis for every supplement anytime on our website, or by clicking on this link: https://organicsocean.com/pages/ingredients-page