NSF ‘Certified For Sport’ Apps Cuts Through Unsafe Supplement Clutter

NSF International introduces Certified for Sport app to identify its 700 certified supplement products by scanning a product barcode and also connect to brands' e-commerce site. Since a hard launch in late January, NSF says downloads are “in the thousands.”

NSF International's "Certified for Sport" app connects users to e-commerce sites for dietary supplement sport products from firms that received approval in NSF's namesake testing program as complying with ingredient and manufacturing regulations.

The app, with downloads already “in the thousands” since its hard launch in late January, is targeted to consumers interested...

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