I run a small health food store and have to say customer demand is very weak on this. Regardless, I have sought out suppliers who have high qa/qc standards. They say to me they are doing what they can to reduce sourcing from China. Especially with vitamins and supplements, that is very hard to do. The only way is for the company to have both a strong qa/qc group testing every lot of what comes in plus third party testing for work overloads and additional expertise.
There are others, but in my research, so far, there are three stand-outs, Solgar, Blue Bonnett, and Olympian Labs. Another that may get my stamp approval once I have finished my homework on them is Country-Life.
I give my competition, Trader Joe’s, a standing ovation on taking the lead here. It is a lot harder to do than it seems. Suppliers are not always forthcoming with their sources. They try to avoid the subject and make blanket assurances they obviously can’t back up.
Moreover, the lengths you would have to go to in order to certify to your own satisfaction that all the ingredients are safe is simply overwhelming. That Trader Joe’s is commited to this puts them on the top of my list. This means they had to get tough with all their suppliers. They are showing more balls and backbone than anyone else among the large stores.
Notice the relative silence from Whole Foods, Mrs. Greens and others.
Thank you for your honesty.
We all want better product but it is difficult to source.
The ones we can tend to source are high dollar.
You folks who try to bring us the best product at the best price are to be commended
I would be very interested in the results when you finish your homework. Two companies I order supplements from were unable/unwilling to supply me with sourcing information when I asked. Of course, I'm just a lowly consumer :-)
>>>I run a small health food store and have to say customer demand is very weak on this. Regardless, I have sought out suppliers who have high qa/qc standards.
When you go to a big China sourcing/wholesaling site like Alibaba.com (now owned by Yahoo IIRC) it’s easy to see why. It’s where you go to price and negotiate stuff like vitamin B1 by the hundred-kilogram lot or vitamin C by the metric ton. 20 kilos of 100 percent caffeine powder? Yep, can do.
My local health food store promotes Blue Bonnett as well.
That’s about the only vitamins I take.
All of you continue to believe the liberal mainstream media hysteria and lies and live your lives in fear. Meanwhile I shop at Walmart and am fearless and don’t worry. I haven’t had a health problem ever. And so what if I do . Everyone dies so does the media want us to believe the only way we will die is if we buy from China or Walmart or buy an SUV (global warming hoax).
God Bless that American company called Wal-mart for saving me so much money!.
Live it to the Germans (The Albrecht Bros. are the owners of TJ's) to show some fortitude how to handle customers wishes!
I shop exclusively at the Monrovia CA main store. They even special ordered things my wife wanted and delivered to our place...and yes, I have seen some of the healthy hippies strolling around looking like zombies but, who cares as long you get your choice of foods.
They do have some excellent prices on eggs, real butter, spices, breads (bagels,muffins etc), frozen meals, wines, spirits and did I mentioned beers?(genuine German Biers?)
Go try it out, you won't be disappointed.