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# Declare Elysium Health Basis Supplement Adulterated: ChromaDex
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/declare-elysium-health-basis-supplement-adulterated-chromadex/
- Published: 2017-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:42:50.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5139436

ChromaDex, which says it is the only supplier of nicotinaminde riboside chloride (Niagen) that has been recognized by FDA as generally safe (GRAS), is asking the agency to investigate and take appropriate remedial action against Elysium Health over its Basis dietary supplement. The ChromaDex [petition](https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=FDA-2017-P-5082-0001&attachmentNumber=1&contentType=pdf&ref=fdaweb.com) says that in the past, the company supplied Elysium with Niagen for use in Basis.

“However,” it says, “Elysium is now using a new supplier(s) for the ingredients in Basis, the identity of which is currently unknown. ChromaDex discovered … that Elysium’s new Basis product is contaminated with toluene, an industrial solvent used in such things as paint thinners, fingernail polish, lacquers, and adhesives. In addition, Elysium is now using a nicotinamide riboside chloride ingredient in its product for which no New Dietary Ingredient notification has been filed with FDA, and which does not have GRAS status. As such, Elysium’s Basis product should be found to be adulterated and FDA should take prompt remedial action to protect public health and safety.”