Arvelo
01 — The Origin

Foundation
Notes

Arvelo emerged from a single, consistent observation: the supplement market rewards assertion over documentation. The studio was built to invert that priority.

Warm-lit studio workspace with rows of amber glass supplement jars arranged on a dark wooden shelf with handwritten batch record cards visible under controlled lighting
Jakarta Formulation Studio Est. 2019 — Revision 02
02 — Starting Point

A Particular
Dissatisfaction

The Arvelo studio was established in Jakarta in 2019 by a qualified nutrition professional with a background in elemental formulation and traceability systems. The founding premise was straightforward: if a supplement cannot document its composition at lot level, it should not be on the shelf.

Regional sourcing partners were selected over an eighteen-month audit period. Each partner operates facilities that maintain food-grade processing standards and can provide batch-level certificates of composition. The resulting ingredient pool is smaller than what large-volume manufacturers use — and considerably better documented.

The first Arvelo formulation entered the archive in October 2019. A single revision was made in 2021 — the selenium concentration was adjusted following updated nutritional research on elemental ratios. The composition has not changed since.

Arvelo products are nutritional food-supplements registered with the applicable local regulatory authority under food-supplement classification. Products meet compositional and labelling requirements for nutritional supplement categories.

2019
Studio Founded
02
Formulation Revisions
12
Active Ingredients
5yr
Archive Retention
03 — Guiding Principles
01

Documentation First

Every ingredient in every Arvelo batch carries a certificate of composition. The lot record is archived and available on request. No certificate, no inclusion.

02

Stable Composition

The formulation does not change with trends, seasons, or supplier convenience. When a change is necessary, it is logged, dated, and archived with rationale notes.

03

Regional Sourcing

Sourcing partners are concentrated in the South and Southeast Asian supply chain, with chain-of-custody documentation maintained from raw material through finished capsule.

04

Independent Verification

Each production lot is submitted to an independent laboratory for elemental analysis prior to release. Results are cross-referenced against the label specification and retained in the archive.

05

Minimal Formulation

Twelve ingredients is a deliberate ceiling. The composition includes what the published nutritional research consistently identifies as relevant and excludes everything that cannot be justified at batch level.

06

No Proprietary Blends

Every ingredient concentration is printed on the label. The Arvelo composition does not use proprietary blend designations that obscure individual ingredient amounts from the reader.

04 — The Studio
Wide shot of the Arvelo formulation studio in Jakarta showing stainless steel preparation surfaces, batch record binders on wall-mounted shelving, and ingredient jars arranged by lot number under bright studio lighting
Close-up of a quality-control bench with a magnifying loupe resting on a printed certificate of composition alongside sample capsules in a small glass dish under controlled lighting
Stack of archive binders with lot-numbered index tabs on a dark wooden shelf, each binder labelled with a production date and batch code in a clean workspace environment
Natural mineral powder samples on white ceramic weighing dishes arranged on a precision scale surface under bright studio lighting in a food-grade processing environment
Overhead view of kraft paper with hand-annotated sourcing notes, a printed supplier certificate of origin, and dried botanical specimens arranged on a dark surface
Row of sealed amber supplement bottles with Arvelo batch code labels, photographed in profile against a dark background in a quality-control environment
05 — Sourcing

Named-Region
Materials

Active ingredients are sourced from documented suppliers, with each batch accompanied by a certificate of composition. Sourcing prioritises suppliers whose facilities maintain food-grade processing standards.

Ingredient profiles in Arvelo supplements are selected based on published nutritional research and undergo independent batch verification for quality and labelling accuracy.

View the Methodology
Zn
Zinc Bisglycinate

Sourced from a South Asian facility with food-grade processing certification. Lot-level composition certificate retained per batch.

Mg
Magnesium Citrate

Regional supplier with documented chain-of-custody from raw material extraction through processing. Elemental concentration independently verified.

D3
Cholecalciferol

Food-grade cholecalciferol source. Sourcing partner operates under a documented quality management system with annual audit records.

Se
Selenium Methionine

Concentration adjusted in 2021 revision. Current specification based on updated nutritional research. Certificate of composition required per delivery.

06 — Continue

Explore the
Composition

The full Arvelo range is detailed on the Services page, with ingredient profiles, serving compositions, and sourcing notes for each product line.