Our method
How we review supplements
The Supplement Brief exists to do one thing well: buy a supplement, test it, read what real buyers say and give you a straight answer before you spend. Here is exactly how that works, so you can judge our Jelly Tide review on its merits.
Who we are
The Supplement Brief is an independent review publication founded in 2016 and operated by Tradewell Digital LLC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We are not a supplement company, a clinic or a laboratory, and we do not make or sell any product. We are a small editorial team that covers everyday wellness supplements, the kind sold direct to consumers, and tries to cut through the marketing with plain language and real data.
Our reviewer
Reviews are led and signed off by Nathan Briggs, a clinical pharmacist (PharmD) who focuses on over-the-counter products and supplement safety. His job on every review is to sanity-check the ingredient logic, flag interactions worth knowing about and keep the claims honest. When a product, including Jelly Tide, leans on a mechanism that the evidence only partly supports, you will see that said out loud rather than glossed over.
How we test and score
Every product we cover goes through the same five steps, so our scores are comparable from one review to the next.
- We buy it ourselves. We purchase the product from the official store at normal retail price. We do not accept free samples in exchange for a review, because that changes the relationship.
- We read the label against the claims. We map every marketing claim to the actual ingredients and check whether amounts are disclosed. Missing dose information costs points on transparency.
- We run an eight-week trial. A staffer takes the product as directed and logs appetite, energy, digestion and weight twice a week. It is one structured first-hand account, not a clinical study, and we say so.
- We aggregate verified user reviews. We collect buyer reviews from the official store and reputable retail sources, weight verified purchases more heavily, and summarize the themes, including the critical ones.
- We score across eight weighted criteria. The average becomes our editorial score, which can sit below the community rating when we think buyers are being a touch generous.
The eight criteria are effectiveness, appetite or symptom control, ease of use, taste and texture, onset speed, tolerability, value for money and label transparency. Effectiveness, value and transparency carry the most weight, which is why a product can be loved by users and still lose points with us, exactly what happened with Jelly Tide.
Editorial independence and how we make money
The Supplement Brief is reader-funded through affiliate links. When we link to a product's official website and you choose to buy, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That is the entire business model, and it comes with firm rules: commissions never change a score, a ranking or a recommendation, and we write the review before any link goes in. A product cannot pay for a better verdict here, and a high commission does not buy a higher number.
We also keep a clear line between us and the brands we cover. For Jelly Tide specifically, we are not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by its manufacturer. We refer to the maker only as "the official website," which is where our affiliate links point. You can read the full money trail on our affiliate disclosure page.
Corrections and contact
Prices, formulas and offers change, and we update reviews when they do; the "last updated" date at the top of each review reflects the latest check. If you spot something out of date or believe we got a detail wrong, email [email protected] and we will look into it.