The Science Behind AURÔ

This page sets out what is printed on our labels, what the documents behind them show, and what research on colostrum does and does not tell you. We start with our flagship ingredient. The rest of the range will get the same treatment as we publish it.

Science does not say to take supplements. It says that certain ingredients, at certain doses, were studied for certain outcomes. We keep what was studied separate from what we claim.

What is printed on the label

Both colostrum formats are standardised to 25% IgG, as printed on the label. A percentage is a concentration, not a dose, so we also print the milligrams of IgG per serving:

• Powder: 25% IgG, 575 mg of IgG per 2,300 mg scoop
• Capsules: 25% IgG, 125 mg of IgG per 500 mg capsule

A high percentage on a tiny serving is not a better product. We would rather you could check that for yourself.

What the batch documents show

Each product page publishes the batch document supplied by our manufacturer. They are not all the same kind of document, so each page says what its document contains:

• Colostrum powder: microbiology, heavy metals and identity. It does not report an IgG measurement.
• Colostrum capsules and NMN: a manufacturer specification sheet, with limits rather than measured results.
• Creatine: a measured assay (HPLC), plus heavy metals and microbiology.
• Magnesium glycinate: measured magnesium content, plus heavy metals and microbiology.
• Ashwagandha, CoQ10, collagen: heavy metals and microbiology, with identity, protein or capsule fill weight depending on the product.
• Mushroom coffee: a yeast and mould count only.

The 25% IgG figure is the manufacturer's specification. An independent IgG measurement for each lot is not among the documents we publish today.

What colostrum is

Colostrum is the first milk a cow produces after calving. It naturally contains immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA and IgM), lactoferrin, growth factors such as IGF-1 and IGF-2, and other proteins. These occur naturally. We do not add them, and apart from IgG the label does not quantify them.

What the research looks at

Colostrum has been studied in people for gut barrier function, immune markers and exercise recovery. Results are mixed, doses vary widely, and most studies used a specific product that is not ours.

One example: in a small randomised crossover trial in healthy men (Playford et al., Clinical Science, 2001), bovine colostrum taken alongside the anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin reduced the rise in a laboratory marker of intestinal permeability seen with the drug alone. The colostrum dose in that study (125 ml, three times a day) is far larger than a serving of our products. The study measured a marker, not a health outcome, and it does not show that our products have the same effect.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Our products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.