Why MegaFood?

I can't say enough great things about the company MegaFood.  There is a big difference between supplement companies, and MegaFood proves that over and over again.  MegaFood creates their supplements from food. If you look at any MegaFood label you will see the food that a particular vitamin or mineral is sourced from, i.e. oranges for vitamin C, carrots for vitamin A, cabbage for vitamin K, broccoli for folate, etc. 

They use a gentle drying process, unique to their company, to slow dry the fruits and vegetables in order to retain their nutrients.  MegaFood is located in New Hampshire and they attempt to locally source their fruits and vegetables as much as possible.  They actually have farms growing specific crops of produce that may not be market ready but excellent for supplement production.  An example of this is their cranberries.  When we shop for cranberries for some juicy cranberry muffins or a rich cranbery sauce for our Thanksgiving table, we look for plump light, bitter tasting cranberries.  MegaFood has a local farmer growing a specific variety unlike the cranberries we are used to in our produce departments, they are smaller and more bitter and perfect for a nutrient rich supplement. 

Although we carry a variety of high quality supplements, I believe its important to know why MegaFood can sometimes be twice the price of the other brands.  I've been told by employees of MegaFood that they have visited several other supplement companies and when you walk in they contain vats of different liquids and powders, but when you walk in to MegaFood you see crates of fruits and vegetables.  It's important to remember that MegaFood supplements are also always free of pesticides, herbicides, gluten, and soy.

With the cold and flu season well under way, some great MegaFood supplements to help with prevention and enhancing immunity are the Complex C (made with oranges, blueberries and cranberries), or their probiotic (new to the Co-op): MegaFlora.  And they are on Co-op Deals through January 29th!