We are obsessed with our ingredients. That may sound odd coming from a supplement company, but it’s a fact. Whether we’re making a vitamin, or a probiotic, or a protein powder, we always start with real foods—we want our products to be the best possible formulas to enhance your health. We’re happy to leave the synthetically created, chemical “breakthroughs” from huge commercial laboratories to the other guys. We’re different that way.

And while we are obsessed about what goes into our products, we are even more fanatical about the things we keep out of them. We are committed to providing only real, whole food ingredients void of all the synthetics and chemicals that many companies use in their products. Dedicated to organic family farming in rich non-GMO soil, we want to provide you and your family with the most nutritious, clean, power-pack supplements on the planet. Traceable back to the seed—that’s what we are about. 

We have three guiding principles at Garden of Life:

Whole Food Ingredients
It’s no secret—healthy, whole foods are the best nutrition for your body. So, when we create our products, we start by looking at food. We all try to eat healthy, but even the most dedicated health nut likely doesn’t get all the required nutrients from their diet alone. We have hectic schedules, many times meals may be skipped—although unintentional—and lost nutrients need to be replenished. That’s why we use only the finest, organic whole food ingredients in our products.

Clean is Healthy
As we said, we don’t use synthetic ingredients and chemicals. Do you think chemicals are clean? We don’t! Take a look at the next piece of fruit you buy. Turn it over—do you see a list of chemicals or synthetic ingredients? We want to keep all that “stuff” out of our products since we know clean food is healthy. Which brings us to our next guiding principle—traceability via third-party certifications to prove we are clean!

Traceability
Traceability is critical to what makes Garden of Life’s products so special. We like to say, “Traceable back to the seed,” since we know exactly where each and every ingredient in our products comes from. We know where it’s grown and we know the family farmers that are growing it. We know their practices and how they treat the farm workers, their certification processes—everything.

Take a look at our formulas. For example, our mykind Organics line is made with organic fruit, vegetables and herbs—every single product in this line is Certified USDA Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified by the Non-GMO Project. Our huge line of protein powder is also third-party certified to ensure this purity, along with the entire line of Dr. Formulated Probiotics being Non-GMO Project Verified, and more!  

We say, why settle for less—especially when you’re talking about your health and that of your family. We don’t ever settle for less because it’s the only way we know to deliver on our promise of Empowering Extraordinary Health™.

Empowering Extraordinary Health™—this is more than a company mission statement to Garden of Life. Everything we do has a purpose—and that purpose is to improve the life of others. Whether it be through providing the highest-quality, Certified USDA Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified, whole food nutritional products to our consumers or developing programs to help others in need.

With your help, we’re both making a difference.

There are several organizations that Garden of Life has supported for many years now. Every time someone purchases certain Garden of Life products, they are not only supporting their own health, they are helping various charities that we have chosen based on their outstanding work.

We are proud to partner with the following organizations and foundations who are devoted to improving people’s lives through their efforts:

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES INTERNATIONAL—One of our major initiatives is partnering with SOS Children’s Villages International to help raise funds to build homes in Peru for children who can no longer grow up with their biological families. SOS Children’s Villages believes that every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect and security. SOS Children's Villages has provided quality alternative care in a family environment for over 65 years, putting the needs and development of each child at the forefront of their work. With a presence in 133 countries and territories, SOS Children’s Villages builds these homes that provide a safe haven where orphans can grow up in a healthy family environment. On a local level, Garden of Life employees come together to develop a variety of health-related projects and volunteer their time to promote these local initiatives.

VITAMIN ANGELS—Garden of Life is a corporate partner and proud member of Vitamin Angel’s Founders Circle. A portion of the proceeds from sales of many of the products from Garden of Life, including Vitamin Code™, will help Vitamin Angels fund some of its most important projects, including Operation 20/20 which has a goal of eradicating childhood blindness due to vitamin A deficiency (VAD) worldwide, by the year 2020. Vitamin Angels provides lifesaving vitamins to mothers and children under five at risk of malnutrition—reducing preventable illness, blindness, and death—to create a healthier world. They are reaching over 52 million children and mothers in need in more than 66 countries worldwide.

WOMEN HEART and NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION are two more organizations that Garden of Life donates a percentage of sales of its Oceans 3™ Healthy Hormones and Better Brain products. Both organizations offer a network of patient support groups and professionals dedicated to improving the health and quality of life for individuals who are dealing with these diseases.