One flagged ingredient ends a season. Or a brand.
Athletes get banned for contaminated or mislabeled products; brands lose the sports market overnight. We’re building screening that checks normalized formulations against prohibited-substance lists and surfaces third-party testing status.
Free to join. Sport compliance module coming soon.
The sports supplement market demands a different standard.
- WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency) publishes an annual Prohibited List that applies to all athletes subject to anti-doping rules, regardless of sport or level. An athlete who tests positive for a prohibited substance — even from contamination or mislabeling — faces a ban that applies strict liability: intent does not excuse the result.
- For brands, a contamination incident does not just affect the athlete who used the product. It creates liability exposure, triggers retailer demands for audit documentation, and can remove a product from the sports market entirely. The demand for third-party testing and certified products comes from this risk — not from marketing.
- Third-party certification programs like Informed Sport and NSF Certified for Sport provide batch-level testing that covers prohibited substances. Brands in the sports market are increasingly expected to hold certification or to be able to document their quality assurance process at the ingredient and batch level.
How sport compliance screening will work.
Listing and formulation data
Claim your brand listings and submit your formulations. The normalization engine resolves ingredient synonyms and trade names to canonical identifiers — the same foundation the compliance check builds on.
Prohibited substance screening
Each resolved ingredient is checked against the current WADA Prohibited List and known metabolites. The check accounts for class-level prohibitions, not just named substances.
Threshold and contamination risk flagging
Substances on the Prohibited List that appear at levels consistent with contamination rather than intentional inclusion are flagged separately — giving brands a risk-tiered view of their formulation.
Third-party certification status
Surface the Informed Sport, NSF Certified for Sport, or Cologne List certification status for products in the catalog where certification records are available.
Frequently asked questions
What does 'WADA-compliant' actually mean for a supplement?
WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency) does not certify supplements. 'WADA-compliant' is an informal term that typically means a product has been screened or tested to confirm it does not contain substances on the current WADA Prohibited List. Third-party programs like Informed Sport and NSF Certified for Sport provide batch-level testing against the Prohibited List and are the recognized certification routes for supplements in the anti-doping context. No supplement can be certified as WADA-compliant by WADA itself — only by an accredited third-party testing program.
Does third-party certification guarantee a clean product?
Third-party certification programs test specific batches against the Prohibited List — they do not guarantee that all future batches will be free of prohibited substances. Certification covers the tested batch. Cross-contamination can occur in manufacturing environments, and ingredient sourcing can change between batches. Certification is a meaningful quality signal, not an absolute guarantee. Athletes and brands use it to reduce risk, not to eliminate it.
Which third-party certifications matter for sports supplements?
The two programs with the widest recognition in sport and retail are Informed Sport (run by LGC) and NSF Certified for Sport. Informed Sport tests every batch against the WADA Prohibited List and issues batch-specific certificates. NSF Certified for Sport tests products against the Prohibited List and also audits manufacturing practices. The Cologne List (run by the Center for Preventive Doping Research) is a third program with strong recognition in European professional sport. Recognition varies by sport federation — some national anti-doping organizations explicitly endorse specific programs.
One flagged ingredient ends a season. Or a brand.
Free to join. Sport compliance module coming soon.