What BRCGS Grade B, NSF GMP and FSSC 22000 actually mean on a supplement

Almost every supplement claims to be “premium” or “high quality”. Those words mean nothing on their own. Certifications do, because somebody independent has to audit the factory to award them — and can take them away. Here is what each one behind QUAKE actually covers.

BRCGS Global Food Safety — Grade B

BRCGS (formerly the British Retail Consortium standard) is the food-safety benchmark UK supermarkets demand of their suppliers. An auditor inspects the whole site: hygiene, traceability, allergen control, how recalls would work. Grades run from AA down to D. Our manufacturing facility holds Grade B on an announced audit, Issue 9, valid to May 2027. We print the grade because a bare logo tells you nothing.

NSF GMP — NSF/ANSI 455-2

GMP means Good Manufacturing Practice. The NSF/ANSI 455-2 standard is the GMP standard written specifically for dietary supplements, and it includes the gummy category. It checks that what is on the label is what is in the jar, batch after batch, and that ingredients are tested on the way in. Valid to May 2027.

FSSC 22000

A food-safety management system built on ISO 22000 and benchmarked by GFSI, the global body that recognises the serious food-safety schemes. It is about process: how the site identifies hazards and proves it controls them. Valid to July 2028.

HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points. The step-by-step method of finding where something could go wrong in production and putting a check at that point. It underpins the other certifications and is a legal requirement for UK food businesses. Valid to June 2028.

Halal

Independently certified across every ingredient and the full production process. Our gummies are pectin-based, so there is no gelatin in them to begin with, but the certificate confirms the rest of the line as well. Valid to October 2028.

Lab tested

Every batch is tested in a laboratory and released against its specification before it leaves the facility. The batch number on your jar ties it back to that record.

Why we show all of this

Because you are swallowing the product. “Premium” is an adjective; a named standard with an issue number and an expiry date is something you can look up. Every certificate above is held by our manufacturing facility.

Sources & further reading

  1. BRCGS — Global Standard for Food Safety: what the standard covers and how sites are graded.
  2. NSF: the certifier behind NSF/ANSI 455-2, the GMP standard for dietary supplements.
  3. FSSC 22000: the scheme owner's description of the standard and its GFSI recognition.
  4. GOV.UK — Food safety management systems (HACCP): the official explanation of HACCP and why every UK food business must use it.
  5. Food Standards Agency — Food supplements: the UK rules supplements are sold under.

Certificate issue numbers and expiry dates are stated as held by our manufacturing partner at the time of writing; we update this article when they are renewed.

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