New Brand-quality audit Published Jun 30, 2026 Recalibrated Jul 1, 2026
Low-cost marketplace supplements with decent labels, strong prices, and limited verification.
Composite trust
Quality
Poor
Formulation
Mixed
Transparency
Poor
Safety
Excellent
Value
Strong
Sentiment
Adequate
Top strengths
Key concerns
Badges
Axis by axis
What the evidence shows
Quality evidence is thin. The brand repeatedly claims FDA-inspected or cGMP manufacturing on sampled product pages, but I did not find public COAs, named third-party laboratories, ISO 17025 lab documentation, NSF certification, or USP verification. Because the rubric does not penalize ordinary absence of public COAs, no quality penalty was applied, but confidence remains limited.
Formulation is mixed but better than the quality documentation. Of 8 sampled products, 5 had plausible or strong doses for their category, but the berberine product is under the dosing commonly used in metabolic research and the iodine product is far above NIH's adult upper intake level. The line uses some better ingredient forms and absorption choices, but there is no evidence of clinical trials on Clear Formulas finished products.
Transparency is adequate on business identity and product dose labeling, but weak on verification. Clear Formulas LLC can be traced through Florida and trademark records, yet the official and marketplace pages reviewed did not provide public COAs, named labs, batch tests, facility names, or sourcing depth. The main transparency deduction is for making quality-related claims that shoppers cannot independently check from the accessible materials.
Clear Formulas has a clean searchable regulatory record in the sources reviewed, with no FDA warning letter, recall, lawsuit, or contamination incident found. The main safety caveat is not a regulatory action, but product selection: high-dose iodine and methylene blue require more caution than ordinary vitamins. The clean-record adjustment is modest because the company appears relatively young.
Value is Clear Formulas' strongest area. Sampled prices for CoQ10 and berberine are substantially below common marketplace comparators, and the brand also offers visible discounts and clear retail pricing. The value score is not maxed because the low prices are paired with limited public testing and certification evidence.
Social sentiment is positive but shallow. Marketplace ratings are generally strong and recent Walmart reviews mention shipping and value, but the brand does not show the type of independent Reddit, practitioner, athlete, or long-term community endorsement associated with top reputation brands. Review credibility is also limited by modest volume and low verified-review share on Judge.me.
The rubric
How every score was built
Each axis opens at a category baseline, then moves only on dated, cited evidence, never a gut call. That is the whole difference from a star rating: every one of these 12 adjustments is a receipt you can check.
| Points | What moved the score |
|---|---|
| Quality baseline 50 50 Poor | |
| — | Not scored No batch COAs, lab reports, facility names, NSF or USP certificate IDs, heavy metal limits, microbiology limits, or finished-product potency tests were found in accessible sources. I also did not find a direct brand quality page explaining release specifications. |
| Formulation baseline 50 62 Mixed | |
| +10 | Effective doses in a majority of sampled products. Of 8 sampled products with usable dosage information, 5 appeared plausibly dosed against common clinical or category benchmarks: CoQ10 200 mg, quercetin 500 mg, SAM-e 400 mg, lycopene 50 mg, and nicotinamide 500 mg. This is 62.5 percent of the sample, so I used the low end of the rubric's +10 to +15 majority-line range: +10 points, full current weight. 68911121617192021 Current product listings and current or recent benchmark sources, full weight · full weight |
| +3 | Limited bioavailability technology. Sampled CoQ10 products use lipid softgels and one CoQ10 listing adds BioPerine, a patented black pepper extract. This was found in 2 of 8 sampled products, an emerging rather than widespread pattern, so I awarded +3 points from the rubric's +8 to +12 bioavailability range. 910 Current product listings, full weight · full weight |
| +4 | Premium or more specific ingredient forms appear in multiple sampled products. Examples include quercetin dihydrate, potassium iodide USP plus free iodine, biologically active S,S SAM-e, tomato-derived lycopene, and BioPerine in one CoQ10 product. Because these are not widespread branded ingredients across the full line, I awarded +4 points, below the rubric's +5 to +8 branded premium ingredient range. 67101112 Current product listings, full weight · full weight |
| −5 | Underdosed product pattern, proportional penalty. Berberine is labeled as 500 mg with directions to take 1 capsule daily, while metabolic trials and summaries commonly use around 500 mg three times daily, or 1,500 mg/day. This was 1 of 8 sampled products, 12.5 percent of the sample. Rubric threshold is 50 percent plus of line for a full underdosing penalty. Calculation: 12.5 divided by 50 equals 25 percent of a -20 midpoint penalty, resulting in -5 points. 518 Current product listing and recent evidence source, full weight · full weight |
| — | Not scored Full Supplement Facts panels were not consistently accessible for every SKU, especially multi-ingredient formulas. Clinical dose comparisons are based on a sample of 8 products, not a full-line audit. |
| Transparency baseline 50 57 Poor | |
| +9 | Ownership and seller identity are publicly traceable. Florida records and business profile sources identify Clear Formulas LLC as an active Florida LLC filed November 10, 2020, and Walmart lists Clear Formulas LLC with a Miami business address and contact phone. This earns +9 points from the +8 to +12 ownership disclosure range, not the high end because the official site itself gives limited owner detail. 32728 Current or recently refreshed business records, full weight · full weight |
| +4 | Clear labeling on sampled simple products. Sampled single-ingredient or simple products generally show dose, serving count, and primary ingredient on marketplace listings. This earns +4 points from the rubric's +3 to +5 clear-labeling range. 567891112 Current product listings, full weight · full weight |
| −6 | Specific quality claims cannot be fully verified from accessible pages. Sampled listings repeatedly claim FDA-inspected facilities, cGMP facilities, lab-tested powder, or careful testing, but did not provide a named facility, certifying body, COA portal, lab name, batch report, or method details. This is a low-end -6 point penalty under claims that cannot be verified, below the -10 to -15 range because the claims are not direct NSF or USP seal claims. 157911293031 Current accessible pages and current certification directories, full weight · full weight |
| — | Not scored No direct customer-service COA request test was performed. No private lab reports, batch numbers, or contract-manufacturer documents were available from the accessible pages reviewed. |
| Safety baseline 90 93 Excellent | |
| +3 | Clean searchable regulatory record since company formation, limited by brand age. Clear Formulas LLC was filed in Florida in 2020, and searches of FDA warning-letter, supplement safety, recall, and bad-supplement resources did not surface a Clear Formulas warning letter, recall, or enforcement entry. The rubric's clean-record factor is +3 to +6 for longer histories. I awarded only +3 because the brand appears to be about 5 years old, not a 10 year plus operator. 273233343536 Current regulatory searches and current business record, full weight · full weight |
| — | Not scored Searches cannot prove absence of private complaints, unreported adverse events, non-public FDA inspections, or contract-manufacturer issues. I did not locate FDA inspection records tied to the unidentified manufacturing facility because the facility name was not disclosed. |
| Value baseline 50 80 Strong | |
| +24 | Below-market pricing on sampled commodity products. Clear Formulas CoQ10 is listed at about $19.95 for 200 capsules, around $0.10 per serving, compared with NOW CoQ10 200 mg at $22.29 for 60 capsules, about $0.37 per serving, and Spring Valley 200 mg at $29.88 for 150, about $0.20 per serving. Clear Formulas berberine is $19.95 for 180 capsules, about $0.11 each, compared with Nutricost 600 mg at $18.95 for 60, about $0.32 each, and NOW berberine at $24.25 for 90, about $0.27 each. Across these two strong comparators, Clear Formulas is more than 20 percent cheaper, so I awarded +24 from the +20 to +30 range, not the maximum because quality verification is limited. 3523242526 Current marketplace pricing, full weight · full weight |
| +6 | Transparent pricing and accessible discounts. The official site advertises 15 percent off for first-order email signup, Amazon listings show Subscribe and Save discounts, and Walmart listings show price, seller, returns, and shipping terms clearly. This earns +6 from the +6 to +10 transparent-pricing range. 135940 Current retail listings, full weight · full weight |
| — | Not scored Pricing changes frequently. Calculations used visible prices on Walmart, Amazon, and the official site as of the research pass, and may not reflect coupons, Prime-only pricing, out-of-stock sellers, or future promotions. |
| Sentiment baseline 60 73 Adequate | |
| +8 | Positive marketplace rating pattern with moderate volume. Walmart lists Clear Formulas LLC at 4.6 out of 5 from 86 seller ratings, Judge.me lists 4.44 out of 5 from 123 reviews, Walmart CoQ10 reviews show 4.8 out of 5 from 38 ratings, and FindThisBest reports an average ClearFormulas rating of 4.4. This earns +8 from the Amazon or marketplace positive-review range, not the high end because review volume is modest and Judge.me reports only 9 percent verified reviews. 342237 Mostly current reviews and current review aggregators, full weight · full weight |
| +5 | Recent positive service and value comments. Walmart seller reviews include recent 2026 comments about timely delivery, quick shipping, repeat buying, and good price. This earns +5 from the customer-service positive range because the evidence is real but limited to a small number of displayed reviews. 322 Recent 2026 marketplace reviews, full weight · full weight |
| — | Not scored No robust Reddit thread set, Trustpilot profile, BBB profile, large independent review corpus, or practitioner survey was found. Sentiment is based mainly on Walmart, Judge.me, Amazon-adjacent, and review-aggregator evidence. |
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Recalibrated Jul 1, 2026 · 12 scored adjustments · 34 distinct citations across 40 sources
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