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Thank you for your email. Cal-Citrate Plus D, Vitamin D3 1000 and 3000 IUs and Glucosamine do not contain any soy. The natural vitamin E used in our Geri-Freeda is derived from natural vegetable oils including soybean oil. Through processing, there is no soy remaining in the final product. If you are very sensitive to soy, you may have a reaction to the natural vitamin E.
I can feel confident about the calcium, vitamin D and glucosamine, but I question whether their multiple vitamin (Geri-Freeda) truly is free of soy. I'm not sure that processing removes the soy in the final product. I question whether any vitamin e, made from any manufacturer, can be free of soy, since all vitamin e seems to derived from it.
Gloria
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Gloria wrote:I question whether any vitamin e, made from any manufacturer, can be free of soy, since all vitamin e seems to derived from it.
I have a hunch that you're correct, unfortunately. One would think that since soy is a well known allergen (it's one of the big 8), by now someone would have figured out that they need to use a different feedstock for vitamin E supplements.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Pure Encapsulations is sold by Pure Formulas which is a distributor. They do not manufacture their own supplements which means any of their products could be made in any of a number of manufacturing facilities, which may or may not meet GMP's. As the vitamin industry is not regulated, they can say pretty much what they want to about the ingredients in their supplements and while they are most likely being honest and above board, there is no way to be certain unless you have the supplements tested by a lab.
Leslie
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The only labeling requirements that the FDA imposes on them (and all pharmaceuticals) is that the label must specify the active ingredient/s, and the amount and total percentage of each active ingredient, and the total percentage of inactive ingredients in the product. That's all — anything else is voluntary, and not subject to oversight. There is no requirement that they must list individual inactive ingredients, allergens, or anything else — only the information about the active ingredients must be accurate.
And as you point out, the ingredients, and in many cases, the finished products themselves, are outsourced. How much attention are they likely to devote to minor details when they are at the mercy of suppliers who also have no FDA requirements to regulate anything other than the active ingredients in any product. The integrity of most of these products boils down to a matter of trust, faith, and just plain luck. About all we can do is hope that what the label says is correct, and rely on past experiences with various companies.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Pure Encapsulations manufactures their own products. This is from their website:
"Quality Assurance
Pure Encapsulations is committed to producing the most complete line of science-based nutritional supplements. Available through health professionals, finished products are pure and hypo-allergenic to optimize the long-term health of the most sensitive patients.
An extensive Product Testing Program involves verification of label claims, potency and purity by 3rd-party laboratories.
Ingredients and finished product:
Potency
Identity
Solvent residues (32 compounds)
Microbial contaminants
Heavy metals, including mercury, arsenic, cadmium and lead
Raw materials (when applicable):
Aflatoxins
Melamine
Allergens
Every reception of fish oil or krill oil ingredients:
17 dioxins and furans
12 dioxin-like PCBs
7 PCBs
Every reception of every fatty acid ingredient:
Acid value
Peroxide Value (PV)
Anisidine Value (AV)
TOTOX (2*PV)+AV
Herbal ingredients and other potentially exposed categories:
Pesticide residues (70 compounds)
Distributed worldwide, Pure Encapsulations products contain the highest quality ingredients in their most bioavailable forms and are formulated to provide strengths and dosing consistent with clinical experience and double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, the gold standard of research design. Pure Encapsulations is NSF-GMP registered in the U.S, GMP certified in Canada and exceeds the standards of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for supplement manufacturing.
Professional Strength Products
Only licensed healthcare professionals may order from Pure Encapsulations.
The most important link between our professional strength supplements and consumers is the presence and guidance of a qualified health professional.
Supplements for Sensitive People
Our products do not contain wheat, gluten, nuts, egg, or hydrogenated oils.
Comprehensive Allergen SOP in place to prevent cross-contamination.
We do not add coatings, shellacs, binders, fillers, excipients, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners or colors.
We do not use magnesium stearate in any of our products.
All two-piece capsules are hypo-allergenic and vegetarian.
Manufacturing
We manufacture our own products in Sudbury, Massachusetts. We have an open plant policy for physicians.
Each piece of equipment is dismantled and sterilized before each production run.
All manufacturing takes place in temperature, humidity and dust controlled rooms.
Our warehouse is climate controlled in order to maximize the stability of our raw materials and finished products.
Full Label Disclosure
Our supplement labels list all ingredients, including the composition of the raw material.
Standardizations of herbal extracts are provided to indicate primary active marker compounds.
Minerals are listed by true elemental weight."
"Pure Formulas" seems to be a distributor of various supplements including their own brand called "Pure Formulas" as well as the "Pure Encapsulations" brand. Pure Encapsulations supplements are carried by a lot of distributors. I take a few Pure Encapsulation products. They seem pretty trustworthy and they don't fill their products with a lot of unnecessary ingredients. Of course there is always a possibiity that they are less than honest but it doesn't seem that way to me.
Our products do not contain wheat, gluten, nuts, egg, or hydrogenated oils.
But soy is not in that list.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
The integrity of most of these products boils down to a matter of trust, faith, and just plain luck. About all we can do is hope that what the label says is correct, and rely on past experiences with various companies..jpg){kind=avatar}
