This past month we were able to tour Now Food's manufacturing facility in Bloomingdale, Illinois! We've carried Now for years and have always liked the brand, but seeing the amazing laboratories they had and the impressive amount of testing they do on their supplements was really neat. It was also fun seeing the supplements actually being made and bottled.
In addition to extensive quality testing, they test all of their supplements for pesticide residue of over 425 pesticides to make sure they are free from any contaminants down to 10 parts per billion as well as heavy metals, and much more. Something else they mentioned is since they sell their products in 100 countries (which is pretty impressive for an Illinois company) they need to abide by all of those countries requirements and standards, some that are much more strict than the US, which i thought was pretty interesting.
We definitely recommend them as a brand, and are glad we expanded their line this year and decided to run all of their supplements and essential oils on sale every day.
From left to right: Owners Carolyn and Liz, and our manager Ale