Food Supplements Authentication
The food supplements sector exists on trust. Consumers purchase vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and nutritional supplements believing they contain what labels claim. When counterfeiters exploit this trust, they do not just steal revenue—they endanger health.
Fake supplements may contain no active ingredients, wrong ingredients, or dangerous adulterants. For an industry built on promoting health, counterfeiting represents an existential threat to consumer confidence. The brand KURZ SCRIBOS technology delivered through OET rebuilds that trust.
The Counterfeiting Challenge
Industry Vulnerabilities:
- Pills and capsules are easy to manufacture without specialized equipment
- Consumers cannot visually distinguish genuine from fake supplements
- E-commerce enables direct-to-consumer counterfeit distribution
- Premium products command prices that make counterfeiting highly profitable
- Global supply chains create multiple vulnerability points
Categories at Risk
Vitamins and Minerals
Basic vitamins through premium formulations face counterfeiting. Fake products may contain incorrect dosages, wrong vitamin forms, or no active ingredients at all.
Sports Nutrition
Protein powders, pre-workout formulas, and performance supplements are heavily counterfeited. Athletes face particular risks as counterfeits may contain banned substances.
Herbal and Botanical Products
Complex herbal formulations are easily counterfeited since consumers cannot verify botanical identity.
Specialty Supplements
Omega-3s, probiotics, collagen, and specialty ingredients—premium supplements commanding higher prices attract counterfeiters.
ValiGate®: Uncopyable Authentication
The brand KURZ SCRIBOS developed ValiGate® to provide authentication that counterfeiters cannot defeat.
Cryptographic Security
Each ValiGate® code contains encrypted, unique data that cannot be extracted or duplicated.
Physical Verification
Microscopic security elements are verified during each scan—requiring specialized production technology unavailable to counterfeiters.
Lifecycle Tracking
SCRIBOS 360 tracks products from production through consumer verification, enabling rapid response to quality concerns.
Regulatory and Quality Standards
Manufacturing Standards
Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) require documented quality systems. Authentication supports traceability requirements.
Third-Party Certifications
Independent testing organizations (USP, NSF, ConsumerLab) verify supplement quality. Authentication can link consumers to these certifications.
Sports Anti-Doping
Athletes require supplements certified free of banned substances. Authentication protects certification integrity.
Healthcare Practitioner Channel
Practitioner Trust
Doctors, naturopaths, and nutritionists recommend specific brands based on quality reputation. Counterfeits damage these relationships.
Clinical Protocol Integrity
Treatment protocols depending on specific formulations fail when patients receive counterfeits.
Professional Dispensaries
Healthcare practitioners dispensing supplements need verification that products are genuine.
Application Options
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As one of the exclusive application and sales partners of the brand KURZ SCRIBOS in Türkiye, OET provides complete technology infrastructure and local implementation expertise. Through this partnership, brands in Türkiye and beyond gain access to world-class anti-counterfeiting technologies that combine physical product security with digital intelligence.
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