Caffeine powder crackdown

haidut

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Such_Saturation said:
post 98983 Well I was thinking just for Europe customers, that way you could avoid export specialists entirely, unless it's just a warehouse.

Yeah, good point. I am already looking for raw material suppliers in Bulgaria. Shipping to Europe should not be a problem. I think Swanson charges 4.99 euro for Europe packages and it takes 1 week to get to pretty much any country within EU.
 
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haidut said:
Yeah, good point. I am already looking for raw material suppliers in Bulgaria. Shipping to Europe should not be a problem. I think Swanson charges 4.99 euro for Europe packages and it takes 1 week to get to pretty much any country within EU.

Yeah, that's the good thing about the free trade union. Admittedly Swanson must be moving some pretty crazy volumes, but something of that magnitude should be approachable price-wise, probably using national posts which aren't bad for small packages like these. Or you could open in Liberland!
 

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I missed out on pure caffeine from purebulk - first time I went to order some a few weeks ago. :)
But they had 20% caffeine mixed with mannitol, so I ordered some of that. I have other powders of theirs mixed with mannitol, too. Any thoughts on mannitol as an excipient? I was guessing it would be relatively benign - it's a kind of sugar, right?
 
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tara said:
post 108825Any thoughts on mannitol as an excipient? I was guessing it would be relatively benign - it's a kind of sugar, right?

I don't think I've heard any strong criticisms of mannitol, although I don't know if there's any risks in how it's manufactured.

For everyone's reference, PowderCity still has straight caffeine, I'm not sure how they've escaped the FDA's wrath so far. I'm guessing they're making money hand over fist.
 
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Such_Saturation said:
post 98434 As if those FDA folks wouldn't enjoy some Darwinism at work :ss seriously, a scale is like 19 dollars.
No kidding. Well done, sir.
 
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Does anyone know a good source to purchase caffeine powder online in the US? I cant find anything on amazon they completely banned it
 
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