New sourcing guide, with a sample certificate of analysis: read the guide of the month
Features Editor

Dana Kessler

Dana runs the news desk and the sourcing guides at Seed to Capsule. She files every certificate of analysis a brand sends her by lot number, and keeps a second list of the ones that never arrived.

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By Dana Kessler

80 percent and what creator commissions add
Retail

80 percent and what creator commissions add

Dana Kessler · 3 min read
Wellness within reach with Trinity Mouzon Wofford
Origins · Interview

Wellness within reach with Trinity Mouzon Wofford

Dana Kessler · 13 min read
Stripped back health traced to source with Jules Miller
Labels · Interview

Stripped back health traced to source with Jules Miller

Dana Kessler · 12 min read
57.73% and growth rate in a 90-day rosemary trial
Ingredients

57.73% and growth rate in a 90-day rosemary trial

Dana Kessler · 3 min read
Brett Ender and Harry Gray on nose to tail daily fuel
Origins · Interview

Brett Ender and Harry Gray on nose to tail daily fuel

Dana Kessler · 12 min read
How label promises became tested seals on the shelf
Testing · Essay

How label promises became tested seals on the shelf

Dana Kessler · 6 min read
Calmer coffee from six mushrooms, with Andrée Werner and Rashad Hossain
Extraction · Interview

Calmer coffee from six mushrooms, with Andrée Werner and Rashad Hossain

Dana Kessler · 11 min read
Why powder growth matters for careful label readers
Market

Why powder growth matters for careful label readers

Dana Kessler · 3 min read
44 participants and what twice daily bakuchiol showed
Science

44 participants and what twice daily bakuchiol showed

Dana Kessler · 3 min read
Brianna and Bobby Bitton on tracing every capsule to its source
Labels · Interview

Brianna and Bobby Bitton on tracing every capsule to its source

Dana Kessler · 11 min read
What prestige skincare growth changes for careful buyers
Market

What prestige skincare growth changes for careful buyers

Dana Kessler · 3 min read
Lauren Bosworth and the drugstore aisle that failed her
Labels · Interview

Lauren Bosworth and the drugstore aisle that failed her

Dana Kessler · 13 min read
What beta glucan numbers actually prove
Origins · Essay

What beta glucan numbers actually prove

Dana Kessler · 6 min read
What Madeline Lauf learned from failure
Testing · Interview

What Madeline Lauf learned from failure

Dana Kessler · 12 min read
A bedtime cocoa for better routines, with Matt Lombardi and Kevin Moran
Extraction · Interview

A bedtime cocoa for better routines, with Matt Lombardi and Kevin Moran

Dana Kessler · 12 min read
Why Tero Isokauppila put mushrooms in daily coffee
Origins · Interview

Why Tero Isokauppila put mushrooms in daily coffee

Dana Kessler · 11 min read
Inside Hiya with Darren Litt and Adam Gillman, removing two teaspoons
Testing · Interview

Inside Hiya with Darren Litt and Adam Gillman, removing two teaspoons

Dana Kessler · 13 min read
Proprietary blends and recipes they were meant to protect
Labels · Essay

Proprietary blends and recipes they were meant to protect

Dana Kessler · 6 min read
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