Broken Tablets

From time to time you may find a broken tablet in your bottle of USANA supplements. We know this can cause concern, and we would like to explain why this breakage occurs.

In order to maximize the bioavailability (utilization) of nutrients in USANA supplements, we formulate our tablets to disintegrate rapidly after you swallow them. This is accomplished through the use of tableting aids and through the use of minimal pressures in our tablet equipment. Both result in softer tablets that disintegrate rapidly.

Unfortunately, there is a tradeoff. Softer tablets break more easily. And in the process of coating, filling bottles, and shipping, a small number of tablets do break. We have procedures in place to remove broken tablets from our process stream, but sometimes the breakage occurs after the final sorting steps.

Be assured that we continue to search for ways to eliminate tablet breakage without sacrificing nutrient bioavailability. This research is part of our commitment to continuous quality improvement and to providing you with the highest quality nutritional supplements possible, Nutritionals You Can Trust.

The recent study showed that over half of the tablet products tested failed to disintegrate fully within 20 minutes (a stringent standard), and nearly 25 percent of the products failed to meet a less stringent USP disintegration test for supplements. Poor disintegration means poor bioavailability of nutrients. USANA's MultiMineral was included in the study and passed the most stringent test, meaning it has maximum bioavailability.