Puritan's Pride

Part of Nestle Health Science

https://www.puritan.com Est. 1973 (53 years)

**** Puritan's Pride is a vitamin and supplement manufacturer founded in 1973, now owned by Nestle Health Science. The company holds GMP certification and has no FDA warning letters or recalls, but has accumulated 387 FDA adverse event reports. While they avoid proprietary blends, the brand does not publish third-party lab testing results or hold additional quality certifications. **

Red Flags

⚠High number of FDA adverse event reports (387)
⚠No third-party testing certifications found

Verified Strengths

✓Established brand — operating since 1973 (53 years)

Certifications

GMP Certified

FDA Record

Warning Letters

Recalls

387

Adverse Reports

How We Calculated This Score

Every brand starts with a baseline score of 70/100.

Points added for: Third-party certifications (NSF +15, USP +15, Informed Sport +10), publishing lab results (+10), clean FDA record (+10), 10+ years in business (+10), organic certification (+5).

Points deducted for: FDA warning letters (-25), product recalls (-20), high adverse events (-15), no third-party testing (-15), proprietary blends (-10), no GMP (-10).

Score is capped at 0-100. Grade and risk level are derived from the final score.

All data sourced from FDA.gov, NSF.org, USP.org, and publicly available brand information. Last updated: 3/20/2026.