Liquid Trace Minerals Analysis
Marine Minerals
Liquid Trace MineralsTM Analysis
Summary:
October
2002 . - This information is a summary of analysis of data
from numerous different analyses of Liquid Trace MineralsTM
from more than 12 labs in 3 different countries over several years.
The labs include private labs, government labs, government certified
labs, university labs and our own in house lab. The data from
these tests has been used to establish label claim amounts and
information and to establish and validate quality control and
standardization.
We have
diligently searched for the best analytical labs in the world
to test our products. Liquid Trace MineralsTM is a natural
product, produced using natural methods. Because of this, some
natural variations exist from harvest batch to harvest batch.
Even recognizing this, it appears that in most cases, the testing
variation between tests is greater than the seasonal harvest variations.
The results from the many lab tests have been used to validate
(or in some cases, invalidate) each other. No single lab or testing
methodology has been able to accurately test for all elements
presently Liquid Trace MineralsTM. It has been our experience
that identical samples sent to different labs, or to the same
lab on different days, or even to a single lab as part of a batch
sample for the same day testing will yield different results.
These variations have been used to establish ranges and margins
of error. In a material with as complex a matrix as Liquid Trace
Minerals©, accurate testing can be difficult, and establishing
and determining proper testing protocols can be difficult. For
example. "shadowing effect" can be particularly difficult
to deal with. Testing protocols for some elements have been determined,
other are still being researched and all are continually being
refined. For these reasons, no single test should be considered
as absolute. We have concluded that valid technology has not yet
been developed to fully and accurately analyze a product such
as Liquid Trace MineralsTM.
Additional
and more detailed test results are available upon request and
proper qualification.
This document is subject to change without notice.
ELEMENTS:
Listed in order of prominence.
Label claim is ½ teaspoon.
We test each harvest batch for magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride,
sulfate, lithium, and boron.
Chloride
Label claim: 700 mg. 62% DV (Daily Value).
Magnesium
Label claim: 250 mg. Each batch is tested twice for magnesium.
On average, most test results vary between 225 mg. and 285 mg.
Any harvest batch with two separate test below 250 mg. or one
result below 225 mg. is blended with another to standardize at
250 mg. or above.
Sulfur
(as sulfate):
Label claim: 55 mg. Sulfate. Need in human nutrition has been
established, but no US daily values have been established. Test
results vary from 50 mg. to 103 mg.. The average is 78 mg.
Sodium:
Label claim: 9 mg., and "low sodium." US Food and Drug
regulation allows a food to be labeled as "sodium free"
if it contains less than 5 mg. sodium per labeled serving size,
and "low sodium" if it contains 140 mg. or less sodium
per serving size and per 50 grams. (Fifty grams is about eight
teaspoons of Liquid Trace MineralsTM.) The preponderance of
tests indicates that sodium is generally in the 1 - 4 mg. range.
When multiple tests indicate sodium in a particular harvest batch
to be above 7 mg. that batch is blended down to lower sodium levels
or is used in manufacture of products where higher sodium levels
is not a problem.
Potassium:
Label claim: 5 mg.. US Daily Reference Value(DRV) based on a 2000
calorie diet is 3500 mg. Anything under 35 mg. represents less
than 1% of DRV and is not considered significant. Analysis results
vary between 1 and 15 mg.
Lithium
Label claim: 1.5 mg. No US daily values have been set. Test results
average between 1.4 and 2.5 mg.
Boron:
Label claim: 1 mg.No US daily values have been set. Test results
average between 1 and 2 mg.
We test
our ponds regularly for a broad spectrum of contaminants, including
test during every major harvest period. Contaminant tests include
organic and petroleum chemicals, agricultural chemicals and pesticides,
and heavy metals. Heavy metals testing also provides some data
on additional trace elements. Complete spectrum trace element
testing is done periodically, and has been done using a number
of different methodologies.
Following
is a list of those elements that have been found in Liquid Trace
Minerals©, in approximate descending order. (This order is
approximate because not all lab agree, even on identical samples
from the same batch, and because there could also possibly be
some natural variation from harvest batch to harvest batch) When
reporting test results, most labs commonly use the term "less
than" or some variation of "less than"<, dl,
etc) to indicate the element was not detected or was clearly not
readable. When this term is used, it means the element may or
may not be present at all, and if present, is less than the detection
limit for that element. The following list does not include any
element listing "less than","<","dl"etc.
unless at least one lab clearly indicates that the element was
actually detected.
Cl - Chloride
Mg - Magnesium
S04 - Sulfur as total sulfate
Na - Sodium
K - Potassium
Li - Lithium
Br - Bromide
B - Boron
Ca - Calcium
HC03 - Carbon as total Carbonate
F - Fluoride
I - Iodide
Si - Silicon
N - Nitrogen
Se - Selenium
P - Phosphorus
Cr - Chromium
Ti - Titanium
Rb - Rubidium
Co - Cobalt
Cu - Copper
Fe - Iron
Mn - Manganese
Sb - Antimony
As - Arsenic
Mo - Molybdenum
Sr - Strontium
Zn - Zinc
Ni - Nickel
W - Tungsten
Ge - Germanium
Pb - Lead - - Less Than 1ppm*
Al - Aluminum - - Less Than 1ppm*
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Sc - Scandium
Sn - Tin
La - Lanthanum
Y - Yttrium
Ba - Barium
Ag - Silver
Cd - Cadmium - - - Less Than 0.2ppm*
U - Uranium
Ga - Gallium
Zr - Zirconium
V - Vanadium
Be - Beryllium
Te - Tellurium
Bi - Bismuth
Hf - Hafnium
Tb - Terbium
Eu - Europium
Gd - Gadolinium
Sm - Samarium
Dy - Dysprosium
Ho - Holmium
Lu - Lutetium
Tm - Thulium
Er - Erbium
Yb - Ytterbium
Nd - Neodymium
Pr - Praseodymium
Nb - Niobium
Ta - Tantalum
Ce - Cerium
Cs - Cesium
Au - Gold
Hg - Mercury - - - Less Than 0.1 ppm*
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Plus the six Nobel Gasses, which
have never been tested for, but are present in sea water and are
presumed present in the Great Salt Lake, plus of course, Hydrogen
and Oxygen as H20.
*Each harvest batch is tested for
heavy metals at an independent lab using EPA approved methods.
In every single test run since beginning this program of testing,
lead, aluminum, cadmium and mercury have been below the amounts
listed.
