When reading some sports nutrition labels you may notice that it lists “Supplement Facts” instead of the “Nutrition Facts” that you are accustom to seeing on food and drink labels. This is an important distinction. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) maintains a list of food ingredients that they have tested and have determined to be “Generally Regarded as Safe” (GRAS). If a product uses ingredients that are on the GRAS list in quantities determined to be safe by the FDA then the product is considered a food and can be labeled with a Nutrition Facts label. However, if a product uses ingredients that are NOT generally regarded as safe or in quantities that have not been determined to be safe, then they are typically classified as nutritional supplements in which case they are labeled as such with a Supplement Facts label.

In other words, if you want to make a product with ingredients that have not been determined whether not they are safe for human consumption then you are free to do so with a Supplement Facts label. The label should read: Buyer Beware! Our advice? Stick to products with Nutrition Facts. If you feel you need to use a Supplement then do your research to know exactly what you are putting into your body. WebMD and other trusted sources have information on ingredients commonly found in supplements.

At Crank Sports we do not make supplements, never have, never will. All ingredients in both e-Gel and e-Fuel are generally regarded as safe by the FDA and are disclosed on the Nutrition Facts labels.