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An Inside Look at Crafting 100% Whole Food Supplements What distinguishes a 100% whole food supplements from isolates, and how is quality and potency assured in manufacturing? Read this question and answer series for an inside look into Innate Response Formulas® , the publisher of Unified Health.. Winter 2009, Vol 5, Issue 14
Editor's note: The more clinicians learn about the the manufacturing of whole food supplements, especially as compared to the manufacturing of isolates, the more they're likely to choose Innate Response Formulas®
. Here is an inside look into some key elements of our sponsor's line of 100% whole food supplements sold exclusively to health care professionals.
How is the Innate Response supplement line
distinguished from other major professional lines
in the industry?
Our belief in the healing power of nature drives our
company’s mission to focus on whole food supplementation.
For decades, the prevailing wisdom had been
that there was no difference between vitamins from
foods and high potency isolates. However, contemporary
research continues to reveal that although the
chemical structure of the vitamins may be similar, the
vitamins in whole food act differently because they
exist with their inherent food factors. Since 1972,
BioSan Laboratories, makers of Innate Response
Formulas®, has crafted authentic nutritional formulas
using the highest quality whole food nutrients with
unparalleled bioavailability. Innate Response Formulas
are crafted with BioSan’s proprietary TrueActive™
FoodState® whole food concentrates and botanicals to
naturally nourish the body as nature intended.
What are some of Innate Response’s most popular
products?
Some of Innate Response’s best-selling products are
our foundational multi-vitamins, including our
Women’s and Men’s formulas. Innate Response foundational
multi-vitamin and mineral formulas are crafted
exclusively from 100% whole food nutrients. The vitamins
and minerals in each formula are not in an isolated
state, but rather, exist within a biodynamic TrueActive
FoodState whole food concentrate. TrueActiveFoodState
concentrates not only deliver essential vitamins and minerals
but also numerous other vital constituents, including
bioactive peptides, enzymes, food compounds and
macronutrients that inherently comprise whole food.
The food constituents delivered with each whole food
vitamin and mineral have irreplaceable
roles as co-factors in
key metabolic functions, and as
bio-carriers that govern nutrient
delivery to the cells. It is the
bio-carriers that are considered
to be the “intelligence” of
whole food nutrients and other
vital constituents being delivered.
Therefore, TrueActive
FoodState nutrients have a
higher rate of utilization and are
also retained longer in the body
compared to pure, isolated
forms of nutrients.
Does Innate Response manufacture their own
products?
While most companies do not manufacture their own
products and rely on contract manufacturers for their
finished products, Innate Response not only manufactures
the finished products, but the majority of the
whole foods that go into our products as well. Being a
vertically integrated company allows us to maintain the
highest level of quality at each and every step of the
manufacturing process. Creating whole food nutrients
is our labor of love.
We recently invested in the creation of a new raw
material and lab facility with the technology to test all
of the materials that go into our products at the time of
manufacture. Scientific instrumentation is crucial to
providing raw materials with potencies that are validated
and documented. No element or aspect during
the manufacturing process goes untested. Our facility
includes state-of-the-art testing equipment, including for testing our vitamins, and Inductively Coupled
Plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP) for testing
mineral content. We feel we have perfected the best
methods for growing and drying raw materials. In fact,
we utilize what is regarded as the best drying method
for food extracts: the Refractance Window™ dryer. It is
such a new technology, there are only 22 dryers currently
in use.
What is Refractance Window™ drying, and what
makes it the best option?
We utilize Refractance Window drying at Innate
Response, a method superior to other drying techniques
used today. Although several drying methods
for whole foods have been
developed over time, none
have previously been able to
provide the high levels of
nutritional content achieved
through Refractance Window
drying.
Spray and freeze drying are
the two main methods most
companies use to dry their
foods and herbs and both of
these methods use extreme
temperatures. The most popular
is spray drying, utilizing
temperatures as high as 1,500
F. Freeze drying utilizes
extreme cold with temperatures
as low as -70F. With both of
these methods, the nutritional
value of the fruits and vegetables
is largely lost.
Refractance Window drying
equipment uses proprietary heat transfer technology to
gently and efficiently remove moisture from delicate
fruits and vegetables while also preventing oxidation of
the raw materials. Because the process is self-limiting,
it allows the fruits and vegetables to retain their inherently
exceptional levels of nutrients, color, flavor,
aroma and texture. Fruits and vegetables containing up
to 90% moisture are placed on the upper surface of the
dryer’s conveyor belt, floating on the surface of warm
water. The Refractance Window patented principle of
operation transmits infrared energy in the water directly
through the conveyer belt into the fruit or vegetable
to be dried, ensuring a gentle drying process. As the
fruit or vegetable dries, the conveyor belts’
Refractance Window closes when the fruit or vegetable
reaches 3% moisture. This bends the majority of the
infrared heat back into the water, leaving only conductive
heat as the drying means. Refractance Window
drying protects the integrity of the fruits and vegetables
by preventing degradation of nutrient content, color
and flavor.
What manufacturing standards does Innate
Response meet?
All of our products are manufactured and bottled in
our FDA-registered facility and are independently
audited with a standing “superior” rating. The ability
to create whole food supplements of consistent high
quality has opened up many international markets.
Healthcare practitioners in
Japan, England, Canada, The
Netherlands and France are
drawn to BioSan’s dedication
to manufacturing the highest
quality whole food supplements
and meeting rigorous
international standards.
As purveyors of whole food
supplements, our manufacturing
facility is also audited by,
and in compliance with, the
AIB consolidated standards for
food safety. These standards
are published strictly for food
processors, and are based on
the Food, Drug and Cosmetic
Act, the GMPs, and the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act. The AIB
standards require programs and
techniques that protect food
from adulteration during storage,
transfer and handling of ingredients.
All incoming raw materials are tested to verify they are
free from impurities, including microbes and bacteria.
In addition, we test raw materials and finished products
to validate potency and authenticity. If no testing standards
exist for a particular botanical or whole food,
BioSan Labs has the expertise and state-of-the-art
facilities to develop objective and accurate testing
methods. No element or aspect during the manufacturing
process goes untested.
What should healthcare practitioners know who
have never tried Innate Response?
Our passion is whole foods. Our products are 100%
concentrated whole foods. Our vitamin C is concentrated
from oranges; our beta carotene is from carrots.
Whole food supplements such as Innate Response are
minimally processed whole foods. Our extraction
process retains the integrity of the original whole
food.
Most other companies offering whole food supplements
have products that are only partially whole food
(also known as food-based). Much of the recent
research on long-term health issues show cause to
support the consumption of whole foods. Whole food
supplements are the perfect fit with any protocol on
which a practitioner currently has her/her patients.
Why does the supplement facts box appear
different?
We are often asked for the chemical name of vitamin C
we are using, such as ascorbic acid or calcium ascorbate.
The form that we are using is food, and our labels
list the food concentrate we are using for each nutrient.
None of the vitamins are isolated; therefore, they do
not have simple chemical forms. They are extracts of
the foods we are using.
Initially, when you look at an Innate Response label you
will notice that the vitamin potencies are labeled differently
than any other supplement company. All of our
nutrients are listed with the amount of food extract and
the quantity of the nutrient in the formula. For example:
Vitamin C... (From 1050 mg Citrus sinensis) 250 mg
These numbers are important to understanding the benefits
of a 100% whole food supplement. In whole food,
vitamins evolved as sets of interacting constituents
working as a unified whole. The concentrate provides
not only the nutrient, but all of the secondary food
compounds, enzymes and phytonutrients needed for
nutrient delivery.
In a study on vitamin C published in Nature, it was
found that 5.7 mg of whole food vitamin C is equal to
1,500 mg of isolated ascorbic acid as a free-radical
scavenger. The study points out that the majority of the
activity is due to the phenolic compounds other than
ascorbic acid that seem to significantly enhance its
antioxidant properties.
Since the potency of whole food supplements is
lower than high potency isolates, what makes them
effective?
We think of potency a bit differently. Instead of delivering
40 different vitamins and minerals in high potency,
we believe in the broad range of compounds whole
foods provide. The average tomato contains over 10,000
different vitamins, minerals and food compounds. With
an Innate Response formula you may not be getting a
high potency of 40 different nutrients, but rather a broad
potency of all the food compounds that intrinsically
work together. Our nutrients are the whole food answer
for which many practitioners have been looking.
What are the research trends in whole food
supplementation?
When assessing the studies that have been done on
vitamins, it is clear that whole food is the answer.
When science was looking at vitamin E in the 80s, it
was clear that it was an important nutrient. Then we
learned in the 90s that d-alpha tocopherol by itself isn’t
nearly as effective; it is much better to utilize a mixed
tocopherol vitamin E. Today, we know that the
tocotrienols are important as well. For years, people
were taking forms of vitamin E that were less effective.
As we discover more of the components of food we will
continue to discover the other necessary compounds
present in the whole foods. Whole food supplements
contain not only the known compounds, but also the
unknown compounds yet to be discovered, which make
whole food supplements truly effective.
How does the quality of Innate Response compare
to other whole food companies?
Since whole food supplements have become a “buzz
word,” it seems whole food vitamins are everywhere.
Many companies are claiming whole food as the
source of their nutrients. Upon closer inspection, most
of these products are regular, isolated vitamins with
very low amounts of whole foods added. In order to be
sure that you are receiving 100% whole food nutrients,
the product must say 100% on the label. Many people
are familiar with this same problem when buying juice
for their families. Many juice products are only about
10% juice, with sugar and sweeteners comprising the
majority of the product. This is the same analogy for
whole food nutrients: if it doesn’t say 100% whole
food, then it probably isn’t.
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