FoodChain ID
FoodChain ID is a global food and supplement compliance company established in 1996, serving more than 30,000 companies worldwide. They are the founding Technical Administrator for the Non-GMO Project and provide SQF certification, supplement compliance auditing, and multi-country regulatory consulting. For dietary supplements specifically, FoodChain ID offers recipe compliance checking against regulations in 220+ countries, label auditing with automatic regulatory change alerts, and formulation-level compliance verification including ingredients, dosages, and mandatory warnings. Their certification and auditing division is GFSI-benchmarked.
Fairfield, Iowa
Directory Listing · Records Reviewed
Public records and independent sources have been reviewed.
What this means →- MOQMOQ (Minimum Order Quantity)The smallest production run a manufacturer will accept for an order.
- Service-based (per certification or audit)
- LEAD TIMELead TimeThe time from order placement to finished product delivery.
- Not publicly disclosed
§1Editorial assessment
FoodChain ID is a global food and supplement compliance company established in 1996, serving more than 30,000 companies worldwide. They are the founding Technical Administrator for the Non-GMO Project and provide SQF certification, supplement compliance auditing, and multi-country regulatory consulting. For dietary supplements specifically, FoodChain ID offers recipe compliance checking against regulations in 220+ countries, label auditing with automatic regulatory change alerts, and formulation-level compliance verification including ingredients, dosages, and mandatory warnings. Their certification and auditing division is GFSI-benchmarked.
§2Our review
The six checks in our review, applied before any name appears in the directory. Each check is auto-derived from public evidence on this profile.
§3Inspection history
§4Certifications
0 of 2 certifications independently confirmed. What this means
§5Capability matrix
- PRODUCT TYPES
- Non-GMO Verification · SQF Certification · Supplement Compliance Auditing · Label Auditing · Multi-Country Regulatory Consulting
- CAPABILITIES
- Non-GMO Project Verification · SQF Food Safety Certification · Supplement Recipe Compliance (220+ countries) · Label Regulatory Audit & Change Alerts · Formulation Compliance Verification · Multi-Country Market Entry Assessment · Organic Certification
§6Sources
- FoodChain ID Official Website(2026-03-13)
- FoodChain ID Supplements Compliance(2026-03-13)
- FoodChain ID Certification & Auditing(2026-03-13)
- SupplySide - FoodChain ID Non-GMO Systems(2026-03-13)
Dietary supplement manufacturers must comply with 21 CFR Part 111 (Current Good Manufacturing Practice for dietary supplements). This includes requirements for personnel, facilities, equipment, production, laboratory operations, and record-keeping.
What We Couldn't Verify
- Primarily a certification and auditing body; less focused on hands-on FDA consulting compared to EAS or Registrar Corp
- Non-GMO Project Technical Administrator status is verifiable; other certifications are self-reported
- Strongest in certification/verification rather than strategic regulatory consulting
- Pricing not publicly disclosed
- On-site facility inspection was not conducted
Last reviewed: March 13, 2026
Disclosures
- No material connection exists between Inventory Ready and this company
For the check-by-check breakdown that produces this vendor's score, see our scoring framework. The connection map between FoodChain ID and other vendors, capabilities, and certifications is in the manufacturer atlas.
Our Evaluation Method
Every manufacturer assessment follows six principles:
- Evidence: Claims backed by documentation, not marketing copy
- Freshness: Information reviewed and dated within the last 12 months
- Provenance: Sources cited for every key claim
- Challenge: Inconsistencies flagged, not hidden
- Disclosure: Material connections stated directly on affected listings
- Abstention: When we can't assess, we say so explicitly
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