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How does NOW® Foods keep their prices so low?
NOW keeps their costs low through a number of different processes. We have established strong partnerships with some of the industries most reputable and long-standing raw materials manufacturers, allowing us to obtain long-standing volume discounts. Additionally, we minimize packaging expenses and curtail outside sales force expenses, relying on less expensive, but equally as effective, sales methods. Many dietary supplement users will judge for themselves if a product works for them or not. Our products work, and we let our product’s efficacy speak for us.
What industry organizations do you belong to? What does the GMP logo represent?
NOW® Foods realizes the importance of supporting different industry groups that promote quality, and therefore confidence, in dietary supplements.
We are a member of the NNFA (National Nutritional Foods Association), an organization that monitors manufacturers of dietary supplements and functional foods. The NNFA grants GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) certification to manufacturers who use the highest quality procedures in manufacturing. NOW recently received an "A" rating for our GMP’s. Read More about GMP certification
We are also a member of the NNFA’s TruLabel Agreement, which requires member businesses to provide full disclosure of all ingredients on the labeling of their products.
We support The Campaign for Natural Law, an organization that champions causes such as mandatory labeling of bioengineered products and organic certification of qualified products.
We also register all of our product claims with the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) per requirements established in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994.
And, we support a number of other industry organizations, like the AHPA (American Herbal Products Association), the Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods and Citizens for Health (CFH).
Finally, we are also concerned about environmental issues, and support charitable causes as well.
Does NOW® Foods have any plans of going public?
In this age of mergers and acquisitions, dot-com start-ups and mass layoffs, NOW® Foods plans on holding the course we have followed since Paul Richard started Fearn-Soya Foods in 1968. Read more about our company
We are a family-owned company with family values, and we have no intention of changing. And because we only sell our products to health food stores and doctor’s offices, we feel obligated to remain privately-owned, thereby protecting the interests of these types of businesses.
NOW® Foods will remain privately owned.
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