STANDARDS & PROCESS.
Kaldo Letters operates under a structured editorial process. Every article that appears on the publication passes through the same sequence of review, regardless of the writer's experience or the topic's complexity.
Kaldo Letters operates under the following editorial principles: articles are reviewed by at least one second editor before publication, sources are cited where appropriate, corrections are noted publicly, and writers disclose any commercial relationships that could influence their selection of subject matter.
Articles published on Kaldo Letters are editorial in nature and reflect the writers' observations on everyday wellness practices. The content is not intended as professional advice, nor as guidance for the management of any specific condition. Readers with specific concerns about their daily routines are encouraged to speak with a qualified wellness professional.
Topic Selection
Topics are selected by the editorial team based on their relevance to the publication's focus — daily supplementation and active lifestyle nutrition for men — and the quality of available published research. The team does not commission articles on topics where the published research base is insufficient to support substantive editorial approach.
Commercial relevance is considered separately from editorial relevance. A topic that is commercially attractive but poorly researched will not be commissioned. The editorial calendar is built around research availability, not product launches.
Research Sourcing
Writers are required to source from published nutritional research accessible via recognised databases. Where findings are contested or preliminary, this is noted in the article. Writers do not present emerging findings as settled consensus.
Content published by Kaldo Letters is selected based on published nutritional research and undergoes independent batch verification for quality and labelling accuracy. Active ingredients are sourced from documented suppliers, with each batch accompanied by a certificate of composition.
First Draft Review
Every submitted draft is reviewed by the assigning editor for tone, accuracy of factual claims, and adherence to the publication's editorial vocabulary standards. Drafts that contain unsupported claims or register drift — toward marketing language or toward insufficiently cautious generalisation — are returned for revision.
The editorial vocabulary standards prohibit the use of exaggerated claims, scarcity language, and outcome-promise framing. Writers are provided with an approved vocabulary list before commencing each article.
Second-Editor Review
Following the first draft review, every article is passed to a second editor — typically the research editor — for independent factual verification. The second editor checks all cited studies, verifies nutrient role descriptions against published reference ranges, and confirms that formulation details are accurately represented.
Second-editor review is non-negotiable regardless of the writer's experience level. The process takes three to five working days per article. Articles that fail second-editor review are not published.
Disclosure Check
Before publication, the assigning editor verifies the writer's disclosure of any commercial relationships that might influence editorial choices. This includes product relationships, advisory roles, and financial interests in brands mentioned or reviewed in the article.
Disclosed relationships are noted at the end of the article in a standard disclosure format. Articles without a completed disclosure form are held until the disclosure is received and reviewed.
Corrections Policy
Factual errors identified after publication are corrected promptly and noted in the article with a dated correction notice. The original text is not removed unless it would be actively misleading to retain it — the correction notice is placed immediately adjacent to the corrected passage.
Readers who identify potential errors are invited to submit them via the contact form. All submissions are reviewed by the research editor within five working days.
Writers source from PubMed, Cochrane, and institutional nutrition research repositories. Grey literature and non-peer-reviewed sources are not used as primary citations, though they may be noted for context.
Formulation claims are verified against independent batch documentation. Sourcing prioritises suppliers whose facilities maintain food-grade processing standards with traceable composition certificates.
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are regarded as stronger evidence than single studies. Preliminary findings are labelled as such. Writers do not present animal studies as directly applicable to human nutritional practice.
When Kaldo Letters reviews or references specific formulations, the editorial team evaluates supplier transparency using a consistent framework. This framework does not produce endorsements — it produces descriptions of what a supplier does or does not disclose.
The four criteria evaluated are: ingredient source documentation (which part of the plant was used, from which supplier, with what harvest or processing date); extract standardisation (the concentration of active compounds and the method used to achieve standardisation); batch verification (whether third-party composition certificates accompany each production batch); and labelling accuracy (whether the label accurately represents the formulation as documented).
Suppliers who provide full documentation across all four criteria are described as transparent. Those who provide partial documentation are described accordingly. Those who provide no documentation are noted as non-disclosing. No further value judgements are made.
Plant part, supplier identity, harvest or processing documentation
Active compound concentration, standardisation method, ratio declaration
Third-party composition certificates per production batch
Label content verified against formulation documentation
Structured analysis of a specific supplement formulation against the supplier evaluation framework.
Summary of published research in a given area, with study quality noted and conclusions presented proportionally to the evidence.
Observational editorial content covering daily habits, morning structure, and lifestyle practices.
Short-form documented observations and dated entries from the editorial team's ongoing wellness practice research.
Kaldo Letters is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday wellness practices. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body.
We recommend speaking with a qualified wellness or nutrition professional before introducing any new habit or routine to your daily life, particularly if you have specific dietary requirements.