TORQ Tested ISO17025

All of TORQ’s products are subject to the same rigorously scrutinised production methods and we source the purest, highest quality ingredients for every batch we produce. Many of our product lines are also certified Organic by the Soil Association and you should consume and use our products with the highest level of confidence.

We don’t need to test our products for banned substances, but we do, because we want to provide athletes at the highest level of performance in this uncertain world, absolute assurance that our products are safe for them to use and will never trigger a positive dope test.

The TORQ Tested ISO17025 range of products are exactly the same products as you are able purchase from other areas of this website, but if you purchase from this page, you will receive International Standard ISO17025 batch-tested product with the official test certificate included with your purchase.

For comprehensive details, please view the tabs below.

Product Highlights

All products tested to International Standard ISO17025 for the presence of prohibited/banned substances.
Verified ISO17025 batch testing certificate issued with every product purchased.
All TORQ Tested ISO17025 products are isolated/quarantined and stored securely on TORQ’s premises.
For unparalleled security, TORQ Tested ISO17025 products are only available directly from TORQ, not from any other party.

Anti-Doping Policy

TORQ has a very strict Anti-Doping stance and we guarantee the purity of our products. As you begin to understand our philosophies, you will learn that we always source the most natural of ingredients and have made it our mission to produce the finest, most technologically advanced Performance Nutrition range in the world, without resorting to the use of artificial/chemical additives including sweeteners and colours. With a philosophy as pure as this, we hope that this alone gives you confidence in the TORQ brand.

One would think that with our commitment to purity, that it wouldn’t be necessary for us to test our products for the presence of substances listed on the WADA (World Anti-Doping Authority) banned substances list? Although we don’t think it’s necessary either, it is technically illegal for us to guarantee to our customers that our products are free from banned substances unless we test them for the presence of them. The argument being that without a valid test certificate to prove that a product doesn’t contain these banned substances, how can we be sure beyond doubt that it is actually clean?

Testing for prohibited substances for the TORQ Tested ISO17025 range takes place in a WADA accredited laboratory and is not an inexpensive process, but we feel it is necessary to provide professional athletes with the assurance and confidence they need in such an uncertain world.

Our Testing Program

TORQ Tested ISO17025 products are batch tested by LGC Group, a WADA (World Anti-Doping Authority) accredited laboratory in the UK, for the presence of prohibited substances that could give rise to a positive dope test. LGC laboratories are accredited to ISO17025, a globally recognised standard relating to laboratories and testing procedures. LGC has held accreditation since 2003.

Each batch of TORQ Tested ISO17025 product is produced from the same batch of ingredients and packaged on the same production line with no interruptions. The product is heat sealed in its individual packaging and quarantined in a specified secure area of our warehouse. A sample of this batch is then sent to the laboratory for testing. Once the test certificate is received by us and verified, a copy is made and enclosed with the tested product in a box, which is then sealed with tamper-evident tape. The product then remains in the specified secure area of the warehouse until called upon to be dispatched directly to the customer.

For security reasons, TORQ Tested ISO17025 products are only available directly from TORQ via this website or by phoning us on 0344 332 0852.

Organic Certification

Our Energy Bars, Energy Chews and Explore Flapjack products are certified Organic by the Soil Association. We also have Organic certification for our Organic Energy Drink Powder. This means that we are regularly audited to the highest possible food standards.

Organic food, by law, has to be produced under the ‘Mixing Bowl Philosophy’ which means that the food production must start with a clean mixing bowl. Anything that is then added to that bowl MUST be organic, because the moment something that isn’t organic enters the bowl, the entire recipe becomes polluted and must be disposed of. This philosophy guarantees absolute purity.

It is for these reasons that you will not see any of our organic products featured in our TORQ Tested ISO17025 range. Organic foods are by default the purest products available and therefore represent a significantly lower risk of contamination than regular supermarket food. It would be entirely at odds with our organic philosophies to test these products. If you feel safe eating regular supermarket food, you should feel equally safe consuming TORQ products, whether tested or not and you should feel even safer consuming our certified organic products. Please consume our organic products with absolute confidence.

Why not Informed Sport

Informed Sport are a very well-known name and brand in the anti-doping and product testing space, so it’s important for you to understand our heritage and why we produce our own TORQ Tested ISO17025 range of products rather than being registered with them.

To be clear, ISO17025 is the International Testing Standard used by WADA-accredited laboratories all over the world. Informed Sport has a testing program that batch tests products to the ISO17025 standard. In the same way, TORQ has a testing program that batch tests products to the ISO17025 standard. The tests that are conducted on behalf of both Informed Sport and ourselves are exactly the same and both programs use the same independent WADA-accredited laboratory, owned by LGC, in Cambridgeshire in the UK, with the same laboratory staff.

Informed Sport run a solid program and have produced a recognised brand, meaning that serious athletes from all over the world can use products from a variety of suppliers (those sporting their logo) with confidence. Informed Sport offers its commercial partners a great deal of flexibility, because these partners aren’t constrained by where their customers purchase their product. Informed Sport are however a ‘brand’ and not a ‘testing standard’ and it’s important to make that distinction.

Historically, we have always tested TORQ products to the ISO17025 International Standard via a custom randomised program established with LGC laboratories. We were testing our products long before Informed Sport was established as a brand and we have never received a positive test result back for batch samples submitted for ISO7025 testing – we also never expect to. Recently, our testing program has been refined and we now believe this to be the most thorough, secure and comprehensive testing program available.

The TORQ Tested ISO17025 program doesn’t offer the same level of flexibility for the customer as the Informed Sport program, because products must be purchased directly from the TORQ website, but this does offer some significant security benefits. TORQ Tested ISO17025 products are held securely on TORQ’s premises quarantined in sealed tamper-evident cartons and leave the building only when ordered online by the customer. A copy of the original batch testing certificate from LGC is also supplied with every product ordered, so the customer is able to see that the batch label on the product matches the certificate. This, we believe provides the highest possible level of security for athletes purchasing our products, which is what they ultimately want and need. This is more important in our opinion than easy product access and is why we run our own program.

The table below shows some comparisons between the TORQ Tested ISO17025 and Informed Sport programs:

	Informed Sport	TORQ Tested ISO17025
Products tested to International Standard ISO17025	✅	✅
Products tested at WADA-approved site	✅	✅
Products tested at LGC Group laboratories	✅	✅
Products available from range of suppliers	✅	❌
Products accessible from variety of locations	✅	❌
Products only available direct from manufacturer	❌	✅
All products stored in secure environment after manufacture	❌	✅
LGC batch testing certificate supplied with product	❌	✅

Our intention is not to criticise the Informed Sport program. Both their program and ours offer extremely high levels of protection for serious athletes and are based on exactly the same LGC testing protocols. This table serves to illustrate that there are subtle differences in the way these programs are delivered with pros and cons on both sides.

Unfortunately, no supplement testing programme can test for all prohibited substances – even the WADA prohibited list is open-ended; using the wording other substances with a similar chemical structure or similar biological effect(s) in specific sections of the list. There is no specific globally agreed list defining all prohibited substances. LGC laboratories do however work directly with sports authorities, national anti-doping organisations and national governing bodies worldwide, providing advice and expert support, assisting in the shaping of future regulation.

Substances Tested

Testing for prohibited substances is carried out by LGC Group laboratories who are accredited to ISO17025, a globally recognised standard relating to laboratories and testing procedures. LGC has held accreditation since 2003 and is frequently independently investigated by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) and A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) to ensure that all procedures meet the most stringent standards.

Close to 250 banned substances are tested for, which are listed on the following PDF:

LGC Banned Substances Testing List.pdf

LGC’s Testing Specification can be viewed on the following PDF:

Testing Specification: Nutritional Supplements v4.pdf

If you have any questions at all about the TORQ Tested ISO17025 program, please do not hesitate in getting in contact with us.

Email: enquiries@torqfitness.co.uk

Phone: 0344 332 0852

For information on the laboratory we use to test our products, please visit: LCG Group

Test Certificates

See below for the listings of TORQ Tested ISO17025 products currently available for purchase:

TORQ Gels

TORQ Gel (Rhubarb & Custard)
Test Date: 15/07/2021
Best Before: 30/06/2024
Certificate Issue Date: 27/07/2021
Batch: D483
Lab Ref: 103831