CV-SB-09 · standards

“all-natural”

Medium Substantiation 1 of 98 standards

No agency definition of 'natural' exists for supplements. The exposure is deception under FTC Act s.5 where any synthetic or processed component is present, not failure of a defined standard.

How often we find it

Found on 136 of the 1,524 best-selling listings we have ruled, 147 times in total. That is 136 live product pages carrying this wording today.

What this standard rests on

FTC · US · statute

FTC Act s.5(a), 15 U.S.C. 45(a)

“unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce”

Source checked 2026-08-18.

What kind of finding this is

An interpretation. We applied a published legal test to the published copy and reached a conclusion. Reasonable reviewers applying the same test can disagree at the margin; this is our reviewer's professional opinion, and the test is cited so you can check the reasoning.

Cite this standard

Claims Verified, standard CV-SB-09 "all-natural", standards v1.3.1, retrieved 16 September 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-09/

Or put it in your own policy

Marketing copy must not use "all-natural" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-SB-09 (standards v1.3.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-SB-09/

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