What is Carnipure®?
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Carnipure® crystalline – is pure l-carnitine
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Carnipure® tartrate – is l-carnitine in the form of l-tartrate.
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Carnipure® ALC – patented acetyl-l-carnitine
In reality, Carnipure® tartrate and Carnipure® ALC are made using Carnipure® crystalline. Carnipure® tartrate is prepared by adding tartaric acid (L-tartaric acid) to Carnipure® crystalline. The ratio is 2: 1, with l-carnitine representing 68% and tartaric acid 32% of the total composition. Carnipure® tartrate is the raw material with the highest concentration of pure l-carnitine on the market. It is approved for use by newborns (l-carnitine is often given to newborns because their biosynthesis is often too weak) and for use in foods and products with specific uses (PARNUTS). It has a positive EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) safety assessment, GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status in the United States and is approved by the MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) in Japan. Carnipure® crystalline and Carnipure® tartrate are:
- ISO 9001 and FSSC 22,000 certified
- Kosher and Halal certified
- Completely traceable
What does all this mean in practice?
As with all other supplements, l-carnitine is available from dozens of different manufacturers, under dozens of different logos. We are often asked which l-carnitine is the best and what is the difference between the different products. The source of the raw material and its quality is one of the differences. Does this mean that products that do not use Carnipure® are of poor quality or dangerous? No way. L-Carnitine-L-Tartrate is one of the most widely used forms of carnitine and virtually any raw material acts just like Carnipure®.
However, almost none of the manufacturers of food supplements specify where its raw materials come from and thus the consumer does not have information about the amount of pure l-carnitine in the product, whether it is well purified, etc. When you buy a product that uses Carnipure®, you will know that you are using a really high quality product. If you buy a product for which it is not specified what the raw material is, you will rely only on the company’s reputation for using raw material with proven quality and purity. Of course, you will pay more for the patented raw material than for the one without a patent, and depending on the price policy of the manufacturer of the product itself, the price is sometimes double.
Which products use Carnipure®?
If you still decide to choose a product containing the patented raw material, among our products those of NOW Foods, Pure Nutrition and the liquid version of SAN will not disappoint you.
Sources used for Lonza Carnipure carnitine :
