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SodaPeak Testing and Quality: What Each Seal Means
Ten seals on the packaging, three marks printed on the bottle, and ten questions about this batch that nobody has answered.
Written and reviewed by the SodaPeak Editorial Desk · Last updated September 22, 2026
Quick answer
Ten seals appear on the SodaPeak packaging. Most describe a process, a registration or a sourcing statement rather than a test, and none is an approval, because no dietary supplement is FDA approved. The vegetarian seal is contradicted by the label’s own panel, which prints a gelatin capsule and orchic substance. “Doctor formulated” names no clinician anywhere. “Natural ingredients” sits on a formula where two of eight ingredients are not plants. “Naturally gluten free” describes the ingredients rather than a test of the batch. The dairy-free seal is supported by the label. And ten questions about how this batch was made and checked have no published answer at all.
Start here
What a seal on a supplement box actually is
Ten seals appear in the packaging artwork supplied with this product: the first thing most buyers look at and the last thing most sites explain.
A seal is not a result. Most describe a process, a registration or a sourcing statement, and none is an approval of this formula, because no dietary supplement is approved by the FDA before it is sold. Three of the ten we would push back on, and one of those three we would tell you to ignore outright, because the panel on the back of the same bottle contradicts it.
The honest section
The vegetarian seal, and the label that contradicts it
The one seal we would tell you to ignore
A vegetarian seal appears in the packaging artwork supplied with this product. The label itself says otherwise, twice over. The Other Ingredients line ends “Gelatin Capsule”, and gelatin is made from animal collagen. The blend itself contains Orchic Substance, which is glandular tissue of animal origin. Neither of those is a borderline case, and neither is hidden: both are printed on the panel in plain sight.
If you avoid animal-derived ingredients, this product is not for you, and the seal on the box is wrong. The label wins, and on this point the label is unusually easy to read.
Two ingredients, both printed on the panel, both animal-derived. Gelatin is boiled animal collagen. Orchic Substance is dried glandular tissue of animal origin, and under the descending-order rule it is present in a larger share than the boron beneath it. Neither is hidden and neither is borderline.
This gets a section rather than a line because it is the only mark on this packaging capable of causing somebody to swallow an ingredient they specifically avoid. A vegetarian seal is not a regulated claim in the United States, so nothing had to be verified before it was printed — which is why a reader has to verify it, and here that takes thirty seconds: read the last three words of the other-ingredients line.
We do not know whether it was applied by mistake or by habit. What we can tell you is which document to believe. What vegetarian means on a label →
Marks 1 to 5
The ten seals, one at a time: manufacturing and sourcing
The first five describe where and how the bottle was filled, and what the raw materials are said to be.
FDA-registered facility
Facilities that make supplements are required to register with the FDA. This describes a registration, not an inspection result and not an approval. No dietary supplement is FDA approved.
Manufactured in the USA
Where the bottle was filled. It does not say where the epimedium, tongkat ali or sarsaparilla were grown, and it is not a quality rating.
Non-GMO
A sourcing statement about the raw materials. Most botanical extracts have no genetically modified version in commerce, which makes this easier to earn than it looks.
Natural ingredients
“Natural” has no fixed legal meaning on a US supplement label. Read it as a description of the ingredient list, not as a standard anything was measured against - and note that two of the eight ingredients are not plants.
Marks 6 to 10
The ten seals, continued: dietary marks and the money-back seal
Five more, including the three we would push back on and the one the label actually supports.
Naturally gluten free
Useful if you avoid gluten. “Naturally” means the ingredients do not contain gluten to begin with, not that the batch was tested for it.
Dairy free
Supported by the label: no milk-derived ingredient appears on the panel or in the other-ingredients line.
Vegetarian
Contradicted by the label. The other-ingredients line ends “Gelatin Capsule”, and the blend contains Orchic Substance. Both are animal-derived. This is the one seal on the packaging we would tell you to ignore outright.
Doctor formulated
No clinician is named anywhere in the material we were given. Until a name and credentials are published, treat this mark as marketing language.
Money-back satisfaction
Points at a window whose length no supplied document states. Read it on the listing before you pay, screenshot it with the date, and keep the order email.
Three of the ten, restated without hedging
“Doctor formulated” names no clinician. Not on the packaging, not in the seller’s pack, not in any listing card. No name, no credential, no institution. Until one is published there is nothing to check, so the mark carries no information at all.
“Natural ingredients” sits oddly here. The word has no fixed legal meaning on a US supplement label, and two of the eight ingredients are not plants: orchic substance is animal glandular tissue and boron amino acid chelate is a mineral. A leaf roundel is a strange way to summarise that list.
“Naturally gluten free” means the ingredients, not the batch. The adverb does the work: it says the things that went in do not contain gluten to begin with, not that this batch was tested. If you avoid gluten because of a diagnosis rather than a preference, that difference matters.
And one that is supported. The dairy-free seal holds up. No milk-derived ingredient appears on the panel or in the other-ingredients line. When a mark is backed by the label we say so as plainly as we say the opposite.
On the label itself
Three marks printed on the bottle, not in the seal artwork
| Printed on the bottle | What it is |
|---|---|
| Advanced Formula | Printed on the front of the bottle under the wordmark. A marketing phrase: nothing in the material we were given describes what is advanced about it, and no comparison is made to anything. |
| Test Boost Proprietary Blend | The blend’s own name on the panel. “Test” points at testosterone, but no printed claim on this label mentions hormones, and US law would not allow one. Read the name as marketing attached to a blend, not as a statement about what the blend does. |
| Supports Healthy Muscle | The claim inside the roundel, with the asterisk that ties it to the FDA footnote. This is a structure/function claim and it is the only health claim printed on the bottle itself. |
The middle one needs the most care. A blend called a Test Boost Proprietary Blend points at testosterone by name, and no printed claim on this label mentions a hormone. The name is attached to the blend; it is not a statement about what the blend does, and this site will not repeat it as though it were.
The honest section
Ten testing questions with no published answer
| The question | Published answer | What we can say |
|---|---|---|
| Which factory filled these bottles, and where is it? | Not published | No manufacturing address appears anywhere — not on the label, not in the seller’s pack. The side panel carries a distributor line only: “Distributed by : Vitalifes”, which is not a factory. |
| Who audited the good manufacturing practice process, and when? | Not published | No certifying body, audit date or scope is named. |
| Was the identity of each botanical confirmed for this batch? | Not published | Six species are named in binomial form. Confirming the material matches the name is a separate job. |
| Was the batch tested for heavy metals? | Not published | A routine question for root and leaf material. |
| Was it tested for microbial contamination? | Not published | No result has been supplied. |
| Was it screened for unlabelled stimulants, steroids or hormone-like ingredients? | Not published | The specific thing the federal category warning is about. |
| What does certificate SOD-7263-26-SO actually say? | Not published | A reference code. No certificate document was supplied with it. |
| Was this batch tested for gluten? | Not published | The seal says “naturally” gluten free, which is about the ingredients rather than a test. |
| Which clinician formulated it? | Not published | The “doctor formulated” mark names nobody. |
| How does the 1200 mg divide across the eight ingredients? | Not published | “Proprietary Blend” means one declared total. |
Ten questions, ten identical answers. None of this makes the product unsafe and none is unusual for the category. It does mean the marks on the front of the box are the only quality information published about it.
We would rather print an empty column than fill it. Each of the ten would move to a real answer the moment a document appeared. Corrections go to [email protected].
Reference codes
The lot and certificate codes, and what they are not
The two codes supplied with this product are lot SOD-26/SO-7263 and certificate SOD-7263-26-SO. They look like the strongest quality evidence here and they are the weakest: These are reference codes for the batch. No certificate document was supplied with them, so they are references, not results. A code you cannot open is not a test you can read.
A certificate of analysis is a document. It names the laboratory, the batch, the tests run, the methods and the result of each, and it is signed and dated. What was supplied here is a string of characters shaped like a reference to such a document, with no document attached.
A lot code is still worth keeping: it identifies the run, and if a problem ever needed tracing, the lot number is what would trace it. It is simply not a test result. How to check the bottle you received →
Questions
SodaPeak FAQ: testing and quality questions
Is it dairy free and gluten free?
The dairy-free seal is supported by the label: no milk-derived ingredient appears anywhere on the panel. The gluten-free seal says “naturally”, which means the ingredients do not contain gluten to begin with rather than that the batch was tested.
Are the lot and certificate codes proof of testing?
No. Lot SOD-26/SO-7263 and certificate SOD-7263-26-SO are reference codes. No certificate document was supplied with them, so there is nothing to read. A code you cannot open is not a test result.
Why do you keep repeating the vegetarian point?
Because it is the one thing on this product that could cause somebody to take an animal-derived ingredient they specifically avoid. A site that mentioned it once in small type would not be doing its job.
What does “Daily Value Not Established” mean?
It means no US reference intake exists for these ingredients, so the panel cannot print a percentage. It is a normal line on a herbal label. On this particular panel it is misprinted as “Dally Value Not Established”.
Who makes SodaPeak?
The label’s manufacturing line reads “Distributed by : Vitalifes”. That is a distributor statement, not a factory address, and no factory is named anywhere in the material supplied to us.
References
Sources for this page
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Information for Consumers on Using Dietary Supplements. www.fda.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know. ods.od.nih.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Botanical Dietary Supplements: Background Information. ods.od.nih.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Using Dietary Supplements Wisely. www.nccih.nih.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Dietary Supplements for Exercise and Athletic Performance. ods.od.nih.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
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