NativePath

NativePath sells the collagen-powder pitch you've seen everywhere — grass-fed, pasture-raised, mixes into anything — and mostly delivers on the basics. We're featuring it here instead of Great Lakes Wellness, whose collagen showed up in an independent lead/arsenic lab report alongside a separate FDA warning letter to its parent gelatin company — a larger, less contained issue than what's below.

It's hydrolyzed bovine collagen peptides (Type I and III) sourced from grass-fed, pasture-raised cattle in Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, at 10 g collagen per scoop, gluten-free, sugar-free, and dairy-free (HealthFactsJournal). It's made in the USA in a cGMP-certified facility (Amazon listing).

NativePath claims third-party testing, but independent reviewers couldn't find published lab results, named labs, or downloadable COAs to back that up — Garage Gym Reviews rated its testing transparency only 2.5/5, and it holds no NSF or USP certification (Garage Gym Reviews, Clayton Notes).

The documented issue: NativePath entered a $26,000 California Prop 65 settlement over lead content (CA OAG settlement, notice) — smaller and more contained than Great Lakes Wellness's independent contamination report plus FDA warning letter. At roughly $1.16-$1.52/serving with a 365-day guarantee, it's a reasonable budget option, but Puori or BUBS Naturals give you actual published or registry-verifiable proof instead of an untested claim.