Products - Solgar Herbs

Solgar's Herbs are back and better than ever!
At Solgar the purity of products is never compromised and over and above many aspects of herbal production there are a few areas that Solgar applies special importance to - Harvesting Procedures - Non-Irradiation - Plant Identification - Quality Control -

Harvesting
Solgar only uses herbal raw materials from plants that are either cultivated in an enviroment free from pesticide sprays or chemical fertilisers or from plants that are wildcrafted. Solgar buyers travel the world to find the finest raw herbs available, but as very few areas of the world have official certification schemes for organic growing, we do not claim most of our herbs as being 'certified organic'.

Solgar's herbs are sustainably harvested as herbs picked in these areas ar replenished so they are not depleting stocks of wild herbs growing in their natural herbs growing in their natural enviroments.Solgar avoids exhausting levels of endangered herbs such as Goldenseal, and ensures a sustainable future for these important plants despite the increasing popularity of herbal supplementation.

Non-Irradiated
Irradiation is a method often used for killing harmful microbes such as bacteria, parasites and fungi that can proliferate in herbal materials. It involves exposing products to a controlled dose of gamma radiation in order to eliminate microbial contamination.

Solgar has gone to extreme lenghts to make sure that all of its herbal products are Non-Irradiated. Working closely with the raw material suppliers, Solgar has devised unique methods utilising advanced technologies and uniquely engineered apparatus that guarantee herbal raw materials that are completely free of microbial contaminants. This has been achieved without negatively affecting the herbal actives or leaving any residues, as is often the case with other treatment methods. So serious is Solgar's commitment to non-irradiated herbs, many batches of herbal raw materials were rejected until the standards for purity were achieved. Seven additional scientists were employed by Solgar's supply partners to attain Solgar's quality standard for herbal materials.

Identification & Quality Control
Solgar does not adopt he common practise of purchasing herbal raw materials from suppliers in an already powdered form, which aside from making it difficult to know how old the raw material is, also makes identification more difficult. Even if the whole herb is present, identification should always involve more than merely the look, taste or smell of the plant, or taking the word of the supplier as to its identity.

A Solgar, correct laboratory analysis is undertaken, not only to ensure the correct identity, but also to ensure that the herb is suffiently active and that there are no contaminants in the raw material. Solgar utilises stage-of-the-art analytical techniques in its own laboratory, such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), thin layer chromatography (TLC) and infrared and atomic absorption (AA) spectroscopy. Additional, and especially important for herbal products, Solgar fully tests all herbal raw materials for microbiological contamination in its own full-scale microbiological laboratory.

The Solgar Stockist
Solgar's exeptional range of herbal supplements are only found in outlets where staff are committed to natural health and on-going nutritional training.
Ask for advice wherever you see Solgar products and you can be sure to find people who care about your health and wellness.