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Imagine that the game show Family Feud asked the question: “Why do people use kratom?” What would the #1 answer be? In what order would other answers appear? And do the results vary among different surveys? Numerous large-scale scientific surveys have investigated this very question, revealing the reasons users report for taking kratom. In addition, […]

Kratom tastes terrible. There’s no way to sugarcoat that fact. However, there are ways to sugarcoat kratom’s bitter taste. Kratom users rely on a variety of methods for consuming kratom that are all designed to help make it more palatable. After all, just a spoonful of sugar helps the kratom go down, although some ways […]

Kratom has been in the crosshairs of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for years. It has survived multiple attempts by the FDA to classify it as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), which would make it federally illegal. While widespread public and political support has helped play a role in […]

Coffee has a cousin, and its name is kratom. It’s true that coffee and kratom are related, both members of the Rubiaceae plant family. With some obvious differences, coffee and kratom do share many of the same desirable effects and benefits. While one billion coffee drinkers around the world rely on their daily cup to […]

As consumers, we are bombarded with advertisements and marketing messages every single day. It can be overwhelming, confusing, and often filled with jargon that we don't understand. Our industry is no exception. We frequently use many terms that may seem common to us, but that most people aren’t necessarily familiar with. Are Delta-8 and Delta-9 […]

It doesn’t get much more natural than a leaf. In fact, leaves are universally used as a symbol of nature itself. Just close your eyes and think of the word “nature” and try not to picture a leaf of some kind. It’s impossible. Plants and trees grow them. The Sun feeds them. Living creatures eat […]

We've learned about the FDA, GMP, and HACCP. Now the final acronym that ties it all together by providing our company's certification is SGS.

While Part 2 discussed the key factors of maintaining a GMP facility, Part 3 will now focus on how manufacturers can even go above and beyond those standards by implementing a HACCP program. The goal of HACCP is to keep all potential hazards in the manufacturing process under control.

As we learned in Part 1, the FDA has established Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for dietary supplement manufacturers. These are also known as current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs). The terms GMP and cGMP are used interchangeably, with that little “c” simply serving as an extra reminder for manufacturers to always stay up to date with […]

MT Brands has always been proud of the fact that we are a GMP, HACCP facility, fully certified by the SGS. Sounds impressive, right? But what exactly do those acronyms even mean? And why should a distributor or consumer of our products care? In order to understand how crucial these factors are to a manufacturing […]