ConsumerLab.com
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| Private | |
| Industry | Book Publisher (NAICS code 51130) |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | White Plains, NY, United States |
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Key people
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Tod Cooperman, M.D. (President) |
| Services | Publisher of test results and guides for dietary supplement, brand licensing and advertising. |
| Website | www |
Tod Cooperman, M.D. (President)
Mark Anderson, Ph.D. (VP of Research)
ConsumerLab.com, LLC. is a privately held American company registered in White Plains, NY. It is a publisher of test results on health, wellness, and nutrition products. Its mission is "to identify the best quality health and nutrition products through independent testing."
ConsumerLab.com was founded in 1999. It purchases supplement products on the open market for testing and publishes a report on them with reports obtained on sample products it submits to third party laboratories for testing. It primarily derives revenue from the sale of subscriptions to its online publications. Other sources of revenue include a proprietary certification program, licensing fees, contents re-publication license fees and advertising.
ConsumerLab.com was founded by Tod Cooperman in 1999.
In March 2006, ConsumerLab.com founder and president, Tod Cooperman, appeared in a hearing before the House of Representatives' Committee on Government Reform on the Regulation of Dietary Supplements. In May 2010, he issued a panel statement on "Dietary Supplements: What Seniors Need To Know" hearing at the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. William Obermeyer helped found ConsumerLab.com and served as V.P. for Research until 2012. Obermeyer worked as a Natural Products Chemist testing dietary supplements within the CDER at the FDA for nine years prior to joining ConsumerLab.com in 1999. Obermeyer now serves as an advisor to ConsumerLab.com. The current V.P. for research is Mark L. Anderson, a pharmacologist/toxicologist who was previously Director of Research and Development at Triarco Industries.
ConsumerLab.com reports that its main revenue comes from sales of online subscriptions. Other revenue-generating products include books and survey reports and the sale of licenses to publish its proprietary information. Tests are not conducted by ConsumerLab.com but are contracted out to independent laboratories. A 2000 New York Times article reports that one of the laboratories is Alpha Chemical and Biomedical Laboratories in Petaluma, CA. Products to be tested are purchased from retail stores or online retailers, or through catalogs or multi-level marketing companies. Products are not accepted from manufacturers, and are retested every few years. A 2004 JMLA review noted that "approximately half of the [laboratory test results] reports indicate the date the review was posted". For a fee, ConsumerLab.com offers a voluntary certification program. Products that pass the certification can use the "CL Seal of Approval" for which there is a licensing fee. Vendors of brand name products named in its reports can, for an advertising fee, be listed in a "Where to Buy" section which is clearly marked as advertising.
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