About our advice articles

Our guides and blog articles help you recognise pests in the home and garden and deal with them properly. Here you can read who writes them, who checks them and where the figures come from.

Who writes the articles?

Vincenth Otte is E-commerce Manager at Super Ninja and responsible for the webshop and the advice articles. He writes and edits the texts, based on the questions customers ask us and what people search for.

Who checks the articles?

Portrait of Stef ten Dam, R&D Coordinator at Super Ninja

Stef ten Dam is R&D Coordinator at Super Ninja. He studied Forest and Nature Conservation at Wageningen University & Research (bachelor and master, Ecology track) and focused on insects in his minor, internship and thesis. Since 2019 he has worked at Super Ninja on product development and on the legal authorisation of the products. He checks our advice articles for facts and claims.

Where an article says "Content reviewed by Stef ten Dam", he checked that text on the date shown.

Stef ten Dam on LinkedIn

Where do the figures come from?

Independent efficacy tests by the SAGEA laboratory in Italy, carried out under the European Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) 528/2012. When we mention a test result, the report number and date are given with it.
The official authorisation and product information of our biocidal products. The authorisation number is shown on the product page.
The label of each product, for use, placement and how long it works.

Spotted something that is not right?

Let us know at service@superninja.eco. We will check it and correct the text where needed.

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