Three principles guide our process at Garden of Life®
1. The Science of Whole Food
Your body was created to eat, process, and derive its nutrition from food—real, healthy food. So, when we create our products, we start by looking at food. What is the “good stuff” in the highest quality food that we are missing in our diets? Which of those foods have the greatest potential to impact—and empower—extraordinary health?
2. Clean is healthy
We start with what goes IN our products—true, whole food ingredients. But we don’t stop there. We also pay very close attention to what we keep OUT of them. And once again, we look at food—real nutrition food. When is the last time you picked up an apple, turned to read the ingredients, and saw a list of chemicals? If it’s not in your food, then we don’t want it in our supplements. We use the following third-party (never self-affirmed) certifications to prove we are clean! Click on them below and see.
3. Traceability
Traceability is key to what makes Garden of Life’s products so special. Traceability starts with 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. Just look at our formulas. Our Organics line is made with Organic fruit and herbs—every single product in this line is Certified USDA Organic and Non-GMO VERIFIED by the Non-GMO PROJECT. That’s why it’s so important to start with Certified USDA Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified fruits and vegetables that are grown without these chemicals. We want to get the good stuff from foods that are grown without any of the bad stuff. We do it because it’s the only way we know to deliver on our promise of Empowering Extraordinary Health®.
Our Certifications
Third-party certification is the best method of verification to ensure the statements being made are indeed validated by outside sources and up to that particular organization’s standards. It’s not the easy way to go, but worth the extra effort.
Holding Our Company To A Higher Standard
Want to learn what each of our third-party certifications means to Garden of Life, our products, and to your health?
Read more here!
USDA OrganicMade from Certified USDA Organic Plants grown without the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, genetically modified organisms or ionizing radiation. |
Non GMO Project VerifiedNon-GMO Project Verified is an assurance, through ongoing testing, that the product has been produced according to consensus-based best practices for GMO avoidance. |
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NSF Certified Gluten-FreeNSF Gluten-Free Certification ensures that companies have a gluten-free compliance plan and undergo onsite inspections of their production and handling facilities. |
OU KosherThe Orthodox Union’s Kosher Division is the world’s largest kosher certification agency. As of 2010, it supervised more than 400,000 products in 8,000 plants in 80 different countries. |
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Truly Grass-FedThe Truly Grass-Fed seal signifies that dairy ingredients come from cows that are grass-fed, free range, rBST-free, antibiotic free, and Non-GMO Project Verified, as well as raised ethically, humanely and sustainably. |
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IGEN™IGEN™ stands for International Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Evaluation and Notification Program. It is a third-party certification program developed by Nutrasource to test for the presence of GMOs in supplements and ingredients. |
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