How We Rate Products
Every score on this site is calculated from the same five criteria, by code, from the same data the pages are built on. Nobody types a number in.
It is our assessment, not a customer rating
We collect no customer ratings and publish none. A score here answers one question: how much can a buyer actually find out before paying? That is what we are in a position to judge. Whether a capsule worked for you is not.
This matters for reading the number. A supplement can be perfectly good and score poorly here because its maker publishes nothing — and a mediocre one can score well because it is fully documented. The score measures disclosure and evidence, not effect.
The five criteria
| Composition transparency (3) | Full marks when an amount is published, half when ingredients are named without amounts, none when nothing is published. Weighted highest because without an amount nothing can be compared with the research. |
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| Order route and terms (2) | A working route, a stated price and delivery terms with payment on receipt. |
| Evidence behind the ingredients (3) | The share of named ingredients that have a substantial published research base, judged per ingredient on our own ingredient pages. |
| Product image (1) | A photograph of the actual pack, not a stand-in. |
| Price disclosure (1) | The price is visible before you order. |
Ten points in total, shown out of five.
Why some products have no score
2 of 23 products are unrated. Where we could not confirm a working order route, we never saw the price, the delivery terms or the seller's conditions — there is not enough to judge. Publishing a low score in that situation would rate our own ignorance and read as a verdict on the product. So those pages carry no number and say what is missing instead.
What the scores actually look like
Across the 21 rated products the range is 2.0 to 4.3, averaging 3.2. No product scores five.
That spread is the point. A catalogue where everything sits between 4.4 and 4.7 tells a reader nothing except that the site wants to sell. Most supplements in this market do not publish per-capsule amounts, and the scores say so.
| Easy Flex | 4.3 / 5 — 8.5 of 10 points |
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| Normatone | 4.0 / 5 — 8 of 10 points |
| CardioCare | 4.0 / 5 — 8 of 10 points |
| Bioforce | 4.0 / 5 — 8 of 10 points |
| Prostcare | 4.0 / 5 — 8 of 10 points |
| Vaskurel | 4.0 / 5 — 8 of 10 points |
| … | every product page shows its own breakdown |
| Cardilax | 2.0 / 5 — 4 of 10 points |
| Eremax | 2.0 / 5 — 4 of 10 points |
| Cardioton caps | 2.0 / 5 — 4 of 10 points |
Scores change on their own
The number is recomputed on every build from the product data. If a supplier publishes a composition, the score rises without anyone editing it. If an order route stops working, the product drops out of the rating entirely. We do not adjust scores by hand, and we do not raise one because a product sells well.
What the score is not
- Not a medical opinion, and not advice about whether a product suits you.
- Not a measure of effectiveness — no score here is based on results.
- Not influenced by what we earn. The criteria are the same for every product.
- Not a customer rating. Nobody has voted on anything.
Who does this work: editorial team and method. Questions or a disputed score: editorial@biomedic.africa.
Medical disclaimer. BioMedic Africa publishes consumer health information and supplement research summaries. It is not a pharmacy, a clinic or a medicines regulator, and nothing here is a diagnosis, a prescription or a treatment plan. Dietary supplements are foods, not medicines: they are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Speak with a pharmacist or a qualified healthcare professional before starting any supplement, especially if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, under 18, living with a long-term condition, or taking prescription medication.
