VeriNourish

Conflict of interest policy

Last updated: 28 July 2026

This policy explains how VeriNourish is funded, what commercial relationships we hold, and the rules that keep those relationships separate from editorial decisions. It applies to everyone who writes, edits or reviews content for this site.

1. Editorial independence

Editorial decisions are made independently of commercial considerations. What we cover, what we recommend and what we conclude are determined by our editorial standards and by the published evidence, without regard to any financial or affiliate relationship. No advertiser, brand or commercial partner has input into our content, and none is given sight of an article before publication.

2. How we are funded

We intend to earn revenue through affiliate links. This means we may receive a commission when a reader buys a product after following a link from our site, at no additional cost to the reader. Our affiliate disclosure sets out the arrangement in full.

As of the date above, VeriNourish has not joined any affiliate program and carries no affiliate links, no advertising and no sponsored content. This policy and the affiliate disclosure will be updated before the first such link is published, not afterwards.

3. Advertising and sponsored content

We do not publish sponsored articles, paid guest posts, or any content produced, funded or approved by a brand. We do not accept payment for a favorable review, for a ranking position, for inclusion in a comparison, or for a link inside an article. We do not enter into any arrangement where coverage, or the conclusion of that coverage, is agreed in advance.

Should we ever publish commercial content, it will be labelled as such and visually separated from editorial content, so that it cannot be mistaken for our own reporting.

4. Product selection and affiliate links

Products are chosen against our published selection criteria before any commercial question is considered. Commission rates play no part in what is recommended or how it is ranked. We are an editorial team, not a testing laboratory, and we do not claim to have tested products ourselves. Where an article carries an affiliate link, the disclosure appears on that page, not only in the footer.

5. Product samples

We may accept product samples from brands. Accepting a sample carries no obligation to publish, to cover the product, or to reach a positive conclusion, and many samples are never written about. The following conditions apply without exception.

  • No terms are agreed in advance. We do not promise a rating, an angle, a publication date or a link.
  • Drafts are not shared with brands, and no brand sees a review before publication.
  • Where we write about a product that was supplied to us, that fact is disclosed on the page carrying the review.
  • Sampled products are assessed against the same selection criteria as products we buy ourselves, and are compared against them.
  • We do not accept payment, gifts or travel alongside a sample, and we do not accept samples offered on condition of coverage.

6. Evidence ahead of commercial interest

Where the evidence for a supplement is weak, we report that, including for products we could earn well from. This can be checked rather than taken on trust. Biotin at the doses commonly sold has no evidence behind it unless you are deficient. Collagen is an incomplete protein that does not support muscle the way a complete protein does. Creatine did not improve bone density in a two-year trial in 237 postmenopausal women. Probiotics are not recommended routinely for healthy people. A multivitamin is not necessary for most women eating a varied diet. And we report that magnesium glycinate has not been shown to beat the cheaper citrate for sleep. Those are six of the most commissionable categories on the market.

7. Personal interests

Our editorial team and our reviewer hold no ownership stake, paid advisory role, consultancy or speaking arrangement with any supplement, testing or healthcare company whose products we cover. Should such a relationship arise, it will be disclosed on the relevant page, and the person concerned will not take the editorial decision on that subject.

8. Raising a concern

If you believe a commercial interest has influenced something we published, tell us through the contact page. Concerns are handled under our corrections policy, and where we find we got something wrong, the outcome is recorded publicly in our corrections log.