The ownership relationship
Ownership disclosure: The Ingredient Report and Earth Energy Supplements share common ownership. Earth Energy products are evaluated using the same published methodology applied to other products. This relationship may be relevant when considering our conclusions, and we encourage readers to review the complete scorecard and supporting information.
In practice: when an Earth Energy product appears on a page — as a pick, in a comparison, in a module — the disclosure appears with it, near the recommendation, not just here. Earth Energy products earn their scores under the same public rubric as every other product, and qualifying negative reader reports about Earth Energy products are published like any others.
Affiliate links
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Where a page contains an affiliate link, it is disclosed on that page, near the link. Affiliate relationships never affect scores, rankings or verdicts — products we earn nothing from can and do outrank products we could earn from.
Links that earn us nothing
For products we have no commercial relationship with, our "check the price" links are plain Google searches. We earn nothing if you buy those products, and the fine print beside each such link says so.
Advertising
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What is never for sale
Scores. Rankings. Verdicts. Award labels. Placement in comparisons. The order of products in a roundup. If a company offers to pay for any of these, the answer is no, and if it happens in writing, we reserve the right to report it.
Free products
If a company provides a product at no cost for evaluation, the review will carry this disclosure: "Product disclosure: The reviewed product was provided at no cost. The company did not receive approval rights over our conclusions."