About Sports Research
Sports Research is a family-owned supplement manufacturer founded in 1980 by Jeff Pedersen and headquartered in San Pedro, California. The company got its start with Sweet Sweat, a topical workout gel Pedersen originally developed for members of his own athletic club, and has since grown into a broad nutraceutical catalog spanning vitamins and minerals, collagen, omega-3s, and other daily-use wellness formulas sold on Amazon and through its own site.
The brand's supplements carry Non-GMO Project verification across the line, and individual products in our own testing hold additional third-party marks — Informed Sport banned-substance testing on its collagen peptides, and cGMP manufacturing in US-based facilities. In our evaluation, what stands out is consistency: the same clean-label approach, coconut-oil or MCT-oil delivery systems for fat-soluble nutrients, and vegan-certified softgel formats recur across the vitamin K2, biotin, and CoQ10 lines we reviewed independently.
Brand website: sportsresearch.com
What Sports Research makes
Sports Research's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Vitamins & Minerals
Vitamin K2 (MK-7), biotin, CoQ10, and other single-nutrient softgels and capsules — featured on BestRatedDocs
Collagen
Hydrolyzed Type I & III bovine collagen peptides powder, Informed Sport tested — featured on BestRatedDocs
Omega-3s
Fish oil, krill oil, and vegan algae DHA formulas, IFOS/IKOS/IAOS certified
Topical & Sports Wellness
Sweet Sweat workout gel and topical wellness products, the brand's founding line
Probiotics & Digestive Health
Shelf-stable probiotic capsules and digestive support formulas
Why we recognized Sports Research
The BestRatedDocs Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our category reviews. Sports Research earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: assessed against clinical criteria, verified specifications, and real-world user outcomes, and judged on merit.
Sports Research products we rated highly
Sports Research Vitamin K2 as MK-7 100 mcg with Coconut MCT Oil (60 Softgels)
One of our top vitamin K2 picks — chickpea-derived MK-7 suspended in coconut MCT oil to match K2's fat-soluble absorption profile, vegan certified and Non-GMO Project verified, backed by the largest verified review base of any standalone MK-7 in our roundup.
Read the 10 Best Vitamin K2 Supplements of 2026 guide →
Sports Research Biotin 10,000mcg with Organic Coconut Oil (120 Softgels)
The cleanest premium biotin formula we reviewed — a vegan Plantgel softgel with no bovine gelatin, carrageenan, or synthetic dyes, carried in organic coconut oil for absorption, manufactured in a US cGMP facility by a 40-plus-year family-owned brand.
Read the 7 Best Biotin Supplements of 2026 guide →
Sports Research Collagen Peptides Powder (41 Servings)
The best-verified collagen powder in our roundup — Informed Sport tested for banned-substance contamination, hydrolyzed Type I & III bovine peptides that dissolve without clumping or aftertaste, and compatible with keto, paleo, and Non-GMO dietary protocols.
Read the 8 Best Collagen Supplements of 2026 guide →
Sports Research CoQ10 100mg with Coconut Oil and BioPerine
The cleanest-label CoQ10 we reviewed and the only major Amazon CoQ10 carrying combined Vegan and Non-GMO Project certifications, with a coconut-oil-plus-BioPerine carrier that improves on plain-oil softgel absorption.
Read the 7 Best CoQ10 Supplements of 2026 guide →What earned Sports Research the recognition
- A top pick in three separate BestRatedDocs guides — vitamin K2, biotin, and collagen — each on the strength of formulation and independently reviewed absorption science, not price.
- Third-party banned-substance testing through Informed Sport on its collagen peptides, a verification standard most supplement brands don't pursue.
- Non-GMO Project verification across its supplement line, confirmed through Nutrasource's IGEN certification program covering the large majority of its catalog.
- Consistent use of fat-soluble delivery systems, coconut or MCT oil carriers for vitamin K2, biotin, and CoQ10, aligned with how these nutrients are actually absorbed.
- Family-owned and US-based since 1980, with cGMP manufacturing in domestic facilities across the products we reviewed.