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Curcumin & formulation guides

Guides covering turmeric-derived curcumin ingredients, the companion ingredients often formulated alongside them, and how to read the amounts printed on a label.

Row of pressed golden turmeric tablets beside clear vegan capsules filled with turmeric powder on a pale stone slab

Turmeric Tablets vs Capsules: What's the Difference?

Why tablet and capsule describe dosage form only, how whole turmeric differs from a concentrated extract, and the label checks that actually let you compare two products.

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Best Turmeric & Curcumin Supplement UK? How to Compare Products

A transparent UK buying guide: whole turmeric vs extract, Curcumin 95, actual mg vs 'equivalent' mg, tablets vs capsules, black pepper, Boswellia and an eight-point checklist.

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Curcumin 95 Explained

What a 95% figure on a curcumin label actually describes, and how to read percentages, milligrams and serving sizes together.

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Magnifying glass beside an unbranded amber supplement bottle with a blank label, golden capsules and dried turmeric slices

How to Read a Curcumin Supplement Label

A practical guide to comparing curcumin supplement labels — ingredient forms, percentages, milligrams, serving sizes, companion ingredients and 'equivalent' numbers.

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Two brass bowls on stone, one holding bright turmeric powder and the other a smaller pile of concentrated extract powder, with fresh turmeric root

Turmeric Equivalent mg vs Curcumin Extract

What 'equivalent to' turmeric milligram numbers really describe, how they differ from actual extract weight and standardisation percentages, and how to compare labels fairly.

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Curcumin and Boswellia Explained

What curcumin and Boswellia serrata are, why they are commonly paired in supplement formulas, and what to check on labels.

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Whole black peppercorns in a stone bowl with coarsely ground pepper and a small mound of golden turmeric powder on cream linen

Why Black Pepper Extract Is Used With Curcumin

Why black pepper extract so often appears alongside curcumin on supplement labels, how whole pepper, extract, piperine and BioPerine® differ, and what to check.

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Fresh turmeric root, turmeric powder in a bowl and black peppercorns on a light stone surface

Curcumin vs Turmeric

A clear comparison of turmeric, curcumin and curcuminoids — how they differ, how concentrated extracts compare with turmeric powder, and what to check on labels.

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Other botanical guides

Guides to the wider botanicals used in our Vitality Max Supreme formulation.

Bowl of resinous Himalayan shilajit beside dried ashwagandha roots on a stone surface

Shilajit vs Ashwagandha

A factual comparison of shilajit and ashwagandha — what each ingredient is, how they differ and what to check on supplement labels.

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Ingredient reference guides

Single-ingredient reference pages that sit alongside the guides above.

Boswellia Serrata

What Boswellia serrata is, where the ingredient comes from, and how resin, extract, stated milligrams and standardisation percentages appear on UK supplement labels.

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BioPerine® & Black Pepper Extract

What black pepper extract, piperine and BioPerine® describe, and how they are listed on supplement labels.

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See the ingredients in context

Every ingredient we mention in these guides is listed on our ingredients page, alongside the formulation it appears in.

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