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posted: Feb. 7, 2008 @ 10:14p S1216 said:Puritan's Pride brand vitamins come from a mill that makes ultra cheap store-brand vitamins. They are also marketed under "Nature's Bounty", "Vitamin World", and other brands. These brands give absolutely no information about how they source their ingredients or what quality control measures they use. You pretty much get what you pay for, but for the same price as PP, you can get Solaray (very clean formulas without a lot of crappy fillers added) or Source Naturals which are on the bottom tier of the quality brands and are significantly better.
Puritan's Pride ingredients are made in China, and dealing with Chinese companies that are so called ISO 9001 certified does not indicate the level of quality and control as the US USP verified logo/sticker. In Costco, Berkley & Jensen brand vitamin have these "USP vertified." Any pharmacology professor will tell you the best vitamins to buy are "USP verified." Last bottle of Puritan's Pride vitamin I bought must have been for horses. They must put a lot of filler in the mult Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc supplement.
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Senior Member posted: Feb. 8, 2008 @ 9:29a
DeFiantROA said:S1216 said:Puritan's Pride brand vitamins come from a mill that makes ultra cheap store-brand vitamins. They are also marketed under "Nature's Bounty", "Vitamin World", and other brands. These brands give absolutely no information about how they source their ingredients or what quality control measures they use. You pretty much get what you pay for, but for the same price as PP, you can get Solaray (very clean formulas without a lot of crappy fillers added) or Source Naturals which are on the bottom tier of the quality brands and are significantly better. Puritan's Pride ingredients are made in China, and dealing with Chinese companies that are so called ISO 9001 certified does not indicate the level of quality and control as the US USP verified logo/sticker. In Costco, Berkley & Jensen brand vitamin have these "USP vertified." Any pharmacology professor will tell you the best vitamins to buy are "USP verified."
Last bottle of Puritan's Pride vitamin I bought must have been for horses. They must put a lot of filler in the mult Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc supplement. Do you guys have any evidence to back up these statements? If you're going to make these kinds of inflammatory statements about a company, you should at least backup your claims with some verifiable facts. Everything that you have said contradicts what Puritan's Pride says about their own manufacturing and quality control:
Each month, we produce 1.2 billion tablets, 500 million capsules and 450 million softgels - and we package over 14 million bottles! Our commitment to quality is not only evident in where we manufacture our products but also in the way we do it and the ingredients we use. In many ways, Puritan's Pride has set the standard for high quality vitamin manufacturing. The scientists and researchers in our laboratories have worked closely with state and federal agencies, including the FDA and the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), to establish many of the test procedures that ensure the potency, stability and purity of our products. Puritan's Pride also manufactures products under very stringent GMPs (Good Manufacturing Standards) - a distinction that few vitamin companies can claim. Avatar
DeFiantROA Senior Member
posted: Feb. 8, 2008 @ 9:50a DealCracker said:DeFiantROA said:S1216 said:Puritan's Pride brand vitamins come from a mill that makes ultra cheap store-brand vitamins. They are also marketed under "Nature's Bounty", "Vitamin World", and other brands. These brands give absolutely no information about how they source their ingredients or what quality control measures they use. You pretty much get what you pay for, but for the same price as PP, you can get Solaray (very clean formulas without a lot of crappy fillers added) or Source Naturals which are on the bottom tier of the quality brands and are significantly better.
Puritan's Pride ingredients are made in China, and dealing with Chinese companies that are so called ISO 9001 certified does not indicate the level of quality and control as the US USP verified logo/sticker. In Costco, Berkley & Jensen brand vitamin have these "USP vertified." Any pharmacology professor will tell you the best vitamins to buy are "USP verified." Last bottle of Puritan's Pride vitamin I bought must have been for horses. They must put a lot of filler in the mult Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc supplement.
Do you guys have any evidence to back up these statements? If you're going to make these kinds of inflammatory statements about a company, you should at least backup your claims with some verifiable facts. Everything that you have said contradicts what Puritan's Pride says about their own manufacturing and quality control: Each month, we produce 1.2 billion tablets, 500 million capsules and 450 million softgels - and we package over 14 million bottles! Our commitment to quality is not only evident in where we manufacture our products but also in the way we do it and the ingredients we use. In many ways, Puritan's Pride has set the standard for high quality vitamin manufacturing. The scientists and researchers in our laboratories have worked closely with state and federal agencies, including the FDA and the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), to establish many of the test procedures that ensure the potency, stability and purity of our products. Puritan's Pride also manufactures products under very stringent GMPs (Good Manufacturing Standards) - a distinction that few vitamin companies can claim.
I have Puritan's Pride vitamin bottles and there are no USP certified logo/sticker on them. This is what the logo looks like here. Here is your evidences concerning ingredients made in China:
http://www.secinfo.com/d11MXs.z1af8.c.htm NBTY, Inc owns Puritain's Pride, Natures Bounty, Spring Valley, VitaminWorld, and Metrx brands.
We are dependent on certain third-party suppliers. We purchase from third-party suppliers certain important ingredients and raw materials. The principal raw materials required in our operations are vitamins, minerals, herbs, gelcaps and bottling materials. We purchase the majority of our vitamins, minerals and herbs from bulk manufacturers and distributors in the U.S., Japan, China and Europe. Although raw materials are available from numerous sources, an unexpected interruption of supply or material increases in the price of raw materials, for any reason, such as regulatory requirements, import restrictions, loss of certifications, power interruptions, fires, hurricanes, war or other events could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
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Senior Member posted: Feb. 8, 2008 @ 4:39p
So only some of Puritan's Pride ingredients are made in China. Others are supplied by US, Japanese and European suppliers. Nothing too shocking there. Also, the fact that there parent company owns Natures Bounty, Spring Valley, Vitamin World, and Metrx brands doesn't seem too concerning either. I think the USP is a great idea but so far none of the really big name brands are participating. In fact, I believe the only big player that is signed up is Pharmavite which is actually a Japanese owned company. Pharmavite markets the Nature Made brand and also manufactures a lot of private label brands including Berkley & Jensen (BJ's) and Kirkland Signature (Costco) and others.
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Member posted: Feb. 9, 2008 @ 7:15a
I don't know how reliable is consumerlab.com but their tests showed good results for puritan's vitamins. now, Kirkland vitamins has this USP logo but I doubt they are better quality than Puritan's. Actually Kirkland vitamins have a lot of fillers, too. Avatar
DeFiantROA Senior Member
posted: Feb. 9, 2008 @ 2:38p PhillJr said:I don't know how reliable is consumerlab.com but their tests showed good results for puritan's vitamins. now, Kirkland vitamins has this USP logo but I doubt they are better quality than Puritan's. Actually Kirkland vitamins have a lot of fillers, too.
Well, we can all agree there are too many unknowns and question concerning vitamins. Does these test show good results for all Puritan's Pride Vitamins? What vitamins/supplements are using ingredients made in China? USP is definitely a great idea, but so is alternative energy? What we do know is SOME ingredients are manufacture in China. If you want to take chances, then enjoy your 70% off vitamins fellow FW(ers).
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Senior Member posted: Feb. 25, 2008 @ 3:13p
Supplements Take a Hit By Brian Lawler February 25, 2008 In what is sure to sadden late-night television commercial aficionados, on Friday the leaders of the supplement producer best known for the "smiling Bob" television ads were found guilty of various charges including fraud.
As reported by the Associated Press, the conviction of the mother and son team that led the company responsible for producing Enzyte and other supposedly beneficial supplements and nutraceuticals could land them behind bars for "more than 20 years" as a result of what prosecutors described as deceptive advertising, bank fraud, and other transgressions. The producers of Enzyte, Ohio-based Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, reportedly took in a hundred million dollars as a result of marketing a less-than-extraordinary set of ingredients as various supplements like Enzyte. It was allowed to do this because the FDA takes the opposite approach to supplement producers that it does for pharmaceutical drugmakers.
Many dietary supplements and other compounds that go by the gimmicky name of "nutraceuticals" are permitted to be sold by the FDA without having to prove their benefits or safety as long as they are not actively marketed as a treatment for a particular indication and use ordinary ingredients. Unlike pharmaceuticals, which have to be proven by drugmakers to have a benefit and be relatively safe before they can be sold, the FDA has the burden of proof to show a supplement is unsafe before it is allowed to take a supplement off the market. Supplements are much harder to regulate for the FDA because their ingredients are often found in everyday foods. Even more confounding, it's often difficult for the average consumer to separate the sometimes useful supplements, like the vitamins and minerals doctors often prescribe for pregnant women, apart from the bad (or at least money-wasting) ones like Enzyte. According to the FDA, almost 50% of Americans regularly consume vitamins, herbs, or minerals partly in the hopes of avoiding "the excessive costs of traditional medical services."
Publicly traded companies like American Oriental Bioengineering (NYSE: AOB), Nutraceutical International (NYSE: NUTR), and NBTY (NYSE: NTY) sell nutritional supplements in different places around the world. No matter what you think about them, there's big money in selling these compounds, with the size of the dietary supplement industry estimated as high as more than $22 billion. Even a few convictions of one particularly egregious supplement maker in the case of the "Smiling Bob" marketer isn't likely to have much of an effect on such a large industry. Avatar
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posted: Mar. 5, 2008 @ 4:37p Salmonella fears for shark cartilage By Alex McNally
KEYWORDS Bone & joint health
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GET THE LATEST MARKET REPORTS NBTY FTC shark cartilage
All market reports 13-Aug-2007 - Batches of shark cartilage capsules originating from the United States could contain salmonella, the UK Food Standards Agency has warned. The capsules, which are largely used for joint health, have been recalled by US distribution firm NBTY which said it discovered the "issue" during routine testing of the product.
The recall marks yet another blow to the US supplement market, which is trying to boost its consumer safety image after it has been delt a series of blows. Last month the Texas Attorney General charged supplement manufacturer Mannatech for illegal marketing. According to the Office of the Attorney General, exaggerated claims relating to the therapeutic benefits of Mannatech's dietary supplements and products were used to unlawfully mislead consumers with cancer, Down's syndrome, cystic fibrosis and other serious illnesses.
In January, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set the stage for unlawful marketing practices involving dietary supplements by fining four well-known weight-loss pill marketers for $25mn. The settlements also required the marketers of Xenadrine EFX, One A Day Weight Smart, Cortaslim and TrimSpa change their ad claims. It also comes at a time when the country launches Good Manufacturing Practises (GMPs) - legislation set to boost standards and allow for inspectors to check purity, safety and legality in manufacturing.
However, a spokesperson for the Council for Responsible Nutrition, said: "It appears to be a very isolated one off incident," but declined to comment further. It is not thought the suspect shark cartilage capsules had gone on sale in UK shops, but may have been available through internet and mail order suppliers.
Chondroitin sulphate, one of the most popular supplements for joint health, is extracted from animal cartilage like shark cartilage. The supplement is usually sold in combination with glucosamine and, according to the Nutrition Business Journal, US sales for these combined supplements were $810m (€132m) in 2005. While a routine test detected the bacteria, testing on additional batches of shark cartilage did not show any evidence of contamination.
Dr Judith Hilton, Head of Microbiological Safety at the Food Standards Agency, said: "The presence of salmonella in a food supplement is unacceptable and potentially hazardous. It's important that consumers of these capsules check that their personal supplies are not affected." Salmonella is the second-most-common cause of food poisoning. Symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea. In some cases, food poisoning can cause very serious illness or even death.
It can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. However, no illnesses have been reported to date. The affected shark cartilage capsules were sold under the following labels Puritan's Pride brand shark cartilage capsules, Nature's Bounty brand shark cartilage capsules, Rexall Sundown brand shark cartilage capsules, Vitamin World brand shark cartilage capsules, and Natural Wealth brand shark cartilage capsules.
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