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Answer: The ingredients in most nutritional supplements, including SuperFoodsRx are not “organic.” You should understand that the term “organic” applies only to foods, not vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. In other words, there is no such thing as an “organic” vitamin. It is also important to understand some of the complex issues associated with using organic ingredients in a nutritional supplement. One major issue is microbiological safety. All of the ingredients used in SuperFoodsRx are tested to ensure that they do not contain harmful levels of dangerous microorganisms (like bacteria or mold). It is often very difficult to obtain organic materials that can meet these stringent requirements.

Another problem with using organic fruit and vegetable powders is that the market for these materials is currently very small and the supply not very consistent and more subject to interruption. This means that each time we manufacture SuperFoodsRx, if we cannot obtain one or more of the ingredients that we need, we would have to delay production and might not be able to make the product available to customers like yourself. This obviously is not consistent with our policy of excellent customer service.

A final issue with using organic ingredients is that the small size of the market means prices are significantly higher. Our goal is to keep our raw material costs reasonable so that we can also keep the price of SuperFoodsRx reasonable.