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The batch this desk holds a record for is lot SOD-26/GO-2953, with certificate reference SOD-2953-26-GO.
Both are filing references that index a batch rather than laboratory results. Six checks below can be run on the bottle itself in about a minute, and the order desk can match a lot to a purchase.
What the references are, what they are worth, and what you can check yourself.
The SodaMelt lot record, in full
Ten fields, and what each of them is actually worth.
| Field | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Lot code | SOD-26/GO-2953 | The batch reference printed on the bottle |
| Certificate reference | SOD-2953-26-GO | The filing reference the order desk holds against that batch |
| Product | SodaMelt, dietary supplement | As printed on the artwork |
| Form | Capsule with a hypromellose shell | Not a gummy, not a powder and not liquid drops |
| Count | 30 capsules | One serving each, thirty servings |
| Panel rows | 2 | Calcium 100 mg, and a 250 mg blend |
| Botanicals in the blend | 11 | Listed under the blend row in label order |
| Distributed by | SodaMelt, PO Box 12730, Ogden, UT 84412 | Printed on the artwork under Distributed By |
| Retailer of record | BuyGoods | Runs the checkout and the order desk |
| Sourcing statement | Manufactured in the USA with globally sourced ingredients | Printed on the artwork |
Every field is read from the artwork or from the distributor's own paperwork.
A lot code and a certificate reference are index numbers. They connect a bottle to a batch in somebody's records, which is genuinely useful when something needs matching, and they are not laboratory results.
This site says that in the footer of every page and repeats it here because the distinction is the whole point of this page. A reference that indexes a test is not the test, and a buyer who asks for the certificate is asking the right question.
No independent laboratory report on this batch has been published, and this desk has not commissioned one. Everything below is a check a buyer can run on the bottle in their own hand, which is a different and more honest kind of verification.
Six checks to run on the SodaMelt bottle you received
Six checks, and the only equipment is the bottle and this page.
Count the panel rows
Two. A calcium row with a figure and a percentage, and a Proprietary Blend row with a figure and a dagger. A panel with more rows, or with a milligram against each botanical, is a different product from the one described here.
Read the two amounts
Calcium 100 mg at 7.5%, and a Proprietary Blend at 250 mg. These are the only two figures on the panel and both are easy to check in a few seconds.
Count the names under the blend
11, in label order: Oat, Alfalfa, Psyllium, Chinese Rhubarb, Scabrous Gentian, Aloe Vera, Cascara Sagrada, Goldenseal, Buckthorn, Bentonite, Lactobacillus acidophilus. Each carries its Latin name and plant part in brackets except the clay and the culture.
Read the other ingredients line
Rice Flour, Hypromellose (vegetable capsule), Magnesium Stearate (vegetable), Silicon Dioxide. A gelatin shell would be a different product, and the vegetable grade of magnesium stearate is specified on the artwork.
Check the serving and the count
One capsule a serving, 30 servings a container, 30 capsules in the bottle. The three should agree with each other and with this page.
Find the lot and match it
The lot is printed on the base of the bottle where the bottle carries it. The batch this desk holds a record for is SOD-26/GO-2953, and the order desk can match a lot to a purchase.
Five of those six take under a minute and none needs anything but the bottle. They are worth running on the day the parcel arrives rather than at week six, because every one of them is easier to raise while the order is recent.
What a SodaMelt bottle tells you about its own age
Five things about the age of a bottle, and where each of them can be read.
Two dates matter on a supplement and only one of them is usually printed. The best-before date appears on the base of the bottle where the bottle carries it. The date of manufacture is the more useful of the two and it is normally held in the batch record rather than on the label.
On this formula the question has more force than it would on a mineral tablet. A live bacterial culture declines over time, and it declines faster in warmth and damp, which is why the storage line on this artwork is doing real work rather than filling space.
| What you can read | Where it is | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Best-before date | The base of the bottle | The end of the period the manufacturer stands behind |
| Lot code | The base of the bottle | Which batch it came from, which the order desk can match |
| Date of manufacture | The batch record held by the seller | How old the contents are, which is the figure that matters for a culture |
| Storage since manufacture | Nowhere, on any bottle | The gap no label in this category can close |
| Storage since delivery | Your own cupboard | The only part of the chain a buyer controls |
The last two rows are why a bottle from an unknown route is a different proposition from one that came through the seller.
This is the practical argument for buying through the official route, and it is a better one than any appeal to trust. A bottle that arrived from the seller has a known chain: a batch, a dispatch date and a delivery date. A bottle from a resale listing has a lot code and nothing else.
Writing the date you opened the bottle on the label closes the last gap, and it is the one piece of record-keeping nobody else can do for you.
Asking for the SodaMelt certificate of analysis
One reference, one desk, and five questions worth asking with it.
The reference is SOD-2953-26-GO and the request goes to the order desk, which can see your order and the batch it was picked from. The website address on this site cannot see an order and cannot retrieve a certificate.
What a certificate of analysis normally covers is identity, purity and contamination testing on a batch: heavy metals, microbial counts and confirmation that the material is what the label says it is. What it does not cover is efficacy, and no certificate anywhere speaks to whether a capsule works.
- Quote the lot on your bottle and the certificate reference together.
- Ask what the certificate covers: identity, heavy metals, microbial limits.
- Ask who performed the testing, since an in-house result and a third-party result are different documents.
- Ask for the date of manufacture, which is what tells you the age of what you have.
- Expect a batch document rather than a test of your individual bottle.
A blend makes one part of this harder than it would be on a single-ingredient product. Identity testing can confirm that a named botanical is present; confirming how much of the 250 mg each of 11 names accounts for is a different question, and the proprietary blend format is what keeps it closed. The NIH perspective on the format sets out the trade.
What a SodaMelt batch reference can and cannot prove
Four things a lot reference does, and five it does not.
What the lot reference is good for
- It connects your bottle to a batch in the distributor's records.
- It lets the order desk match a bottle to a purchase and a date.
- It gives a fixed reference for any question about the contents of that batch.
- It gives this website something specific to publish rather than a general claim of quality.
What it does not establish
- It is a filing reference rather than a laboratory result.
- It says nothing about how the blend divides across eleven botanicals.
- It does not establish potency, and no batch reference anywhere does.
- It cannot be checked by a buyer against any public register.
- It does not travel with a bottle bought outside the official route, because there is no order behind it.
A reader who takes only one thing from this page should take that division. A batch reference is an administrative fact and a useful one. Treating it as evidence of quality is the mistake this category invites, and it is the reason the footer of every page on this website says the same sentence.
SodaMelt batch questions
What is the SodaMelt lot number?
SOD-26/GO-2953, with certificate reference SOD-2953-26-GO held against it. Both are filing references that index a batch rather than laboratory results.
Where is the lot printed on a SodaMelt bottle?
On the base, where the bottle carries it, alongside a best-before date. If your bottle shows a different lot, the order desk can match it to your purchase.
Can I get a SodaMelt certificate of analysis?
Ask the order desk, quoting reference SOD-2953-26-GO and the lot on your bottle. The website address on this site cannot see an order and cannot retrieve one.
Does a SodaMelt certificate prove the capsule works?
No. A certificate of analysis covers identity, purity and contamination on a batch. Efficacy is a different question and no certificate anywhere addresses it.
Can the certificate tell me how much psyllium is in SodaMelt?
Identity testing can confirm a botanical is present. How much of the 250 mg it accounts for is closed by the proprietary blend format rather than by the testing.
What if my SodaMelt bottle has no lot code?
Contact the order desk with your order ID. A bottle that cannot be matched to a batch is a bottle of unknown origin, and the printed caution about the safety seal applies with more force to one.
Sources for this SodaMelt batch analysis
The published work behind the blend-format and label-accuracy points above.
- Saldanha LG, Dwyer JT, Hardy CJ, et al. Perspectives on the Use of Proprietary Blends in Dietary Supplements. J Nutr. 2023;153(5):1305-1308. PMID 37004873. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37004873/
- Gundogdu A, Karis G, Killpartrick A, et al. A Shotgun Metagenomics Investigation into Labeling Inaccuracies in Widely Sold Probiotic Supplements in the USA. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2024;68(12):e2300780. PMID 38856022. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38856022/
- Peloso M, Capriotti A, Accurso D, et al. UPLC-MS/MS Analysis of Hydroxyanthracene Derivatives in Botanical Food Products and Supplements: Surveillance of the Italian Market. Foods. 2025;14(7):1229. PMID 40238473. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40238473/
- Using Dietary Supplements Wisely. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of Health. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/using-dietary-supplements-wisely
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