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Image Source - which.co.uk Which? research shows that some supplement manufacturers are making misleading claims on their products - as a result, people could be wasting money on unnecessary food supplements. Other manufacturers use clever language and font sizes to exaggerate the effect that some ingredients have. So although only a small minority of people actually need supplements, a third of adults in our survey told us they regularly take them. The supplements industry was valued at £385 million in 2012. Misleading claims The most popular supplements people take are multivitamins, glucosamine supplements for joint health, and probiotic tablets and drinks. However, all health claims relating to glucosamine and joint health have been rejected by the EU. Claims that probiotics improve digestive health were also rejected. In the past five years, products (food, drink and supplements) that want to carry a health claim have had to submit the evidence behind that claim to the EU's Eu...

There's no known cure for osteoarthritis, but many people looking for pain relief are turning to joint supplements that contain glucosamine and chondroitin. In fact, Americans spent $753 million on those over-the-counter supplements last year alone, according to the Nutrition Business Journal. Consumer Reports tested 16 popular glucosamine-chondroitin supplements, evaluating three samples of each. First the samples were tested to see whether they contained the amount of glucosamine and chondroitin that the label indicated. Testers also conducted a dissolution test, which measures how well tablets and caplets break down in water within an hour, and they tested for heavy metals such as mercury and lead. Tests show that none of the supplements contained worrisome levels of lead or other toxic metals and all of the products contained their labeled amounts of glucosamine, but Nature Made Triple Flex Triple Strength averaged only 65 percent of the labeled amount of chondroitin. Six othe...