Extraordinary Health Magazine Extraordinary Health Vol 22 | Page 9

Our commitment to
“Empowering Extraordinary Health®”
drives us forward.

2. Traceability is Key
Knowing where each and every ingredient in our products comes
from and getting to know each and every source: where it’s
grown; the farming practices; how they pay and treat the farm
workers—everything is a key priority.
Developing a fully traceable raw material supply chain is
a massive, complex undertaking. Take a multivitamin product:
the carton says there are 25 or so vitamins and minerals, but
that’s 25 different materials! Each one requires up to ten other
ingredients to manufacture them. Then there’s manufacturing,
capsule and tablet ingredients, bindings, coatings and more.
There could be over 100 different ingredients from 100 suppliers,
and that’s just one product. We have over 150 unique formulas!

3. Use Recognized Third-Party Inspections
CERTIFIED USDA ORGANIC: There’s only one way
to know if a product is truly organic: verification
by an independent third party to meet the USDA’s
rigorous requirements. Look for the Certified USDA
Organic seal on the front of the package. No seal?
Then it’s not really USDA Organic.
I’ve found that the only way to ensure that Garden of Life is
and remains clean is through organic. Organic costs more;
that’s why most companies don’t do it. But we do. We write
long-term contracts with our family farmers so they can sell
their crops at a fair price to cover the increased costs of
growing organic. We don’t pass those increased costs along
to our customers.
NON-GMO PROJECT VERIFIED: Today