Trust · independence
Editorial & Affiliate Standards
How we make money
GLP-1 Grade earns commissions when you buy through some of our links. That is the whole model — no sponsored posts, no paid placements, no inventory of our own — and it funds the research. It does not decide the verdicts.
Straight disclosure —Some links on this page are affiliate links — we may earn a commission when you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. It never changes the price you pay, and it never changes a verdict.
Commissions never buy a verdict
A higher commission cannot move a product up a ranking, and no brand can pay for a review, a placement, or a score. The label-math bar is the same for everyone: we rank on grams per serving, dollars per 20g of protein, and published third-party testing — and an affiliate whose label fails that bar gets the same treatment as a stranger's. We also cover products that pay us nothing, because reader-useful coverage is the product. When the honest answer is "skip this one," the page says that, commission or not.
No invented credentials, no invented testing
Our writers are researchers and editors. They hold no dietitian, medical, or nutrition-science credentials, and no fitness qualifications — and we never invent any. Bylines describe what a person actually does here: reads the published panels, checks third-party testing, recomputes the math, tracks prices. Reviews are desk-verified from published sources; we do not run our own lab assays and we do not fabricate taste tests — taste and texture are reported as user consensus, clearly labeled. Read who they are on the team page.
Products, never medications — and no medical claims
The line we hold on every page: we review products, never medications. No page will say a product treats, cures, prevents, or improves any condition; no page makes a weight-loss promise or a "works with your medication" pairing; and any nutrition number we show is general information, not a prescription. Where we give context — that appetite is often lower and protein targets aren't — we state it as a fact and stop there. Nothing here is medical advice, and every relevant page repeats the same hedge: confirm your targets with your clinician, especially on appetite-suppressing medication.
Claim accuracy
Facts about a product are verified against its live listing and nutrition panel at write time; where something is not published, the review says "not published" instead of filling the gap. Prices are representative with a checked date, panel figures are attributed to the label, third-party-testing status is taken from the certifier or the brand's own report, and any marketing claim we debunk is quoted to be debunked — clearly, so the correction cannot be mistaken for the claim.
Corrections & freshness
Brands reformulate, prices move, and we get things wrong sometimes. When we update a page, the date you see reflects a real change — we do not stamp a fresh year on stale work to game a feed. Spot an error, a dead link, or a reformulation we have not caught? Tell us and we will fix it.
How we actually review products is documented on our methodology page.