Saturday, January 20, 2007

Eniva Vibe contains what it says it does

There has been a bit of a "stink" going around lately about a recent article on msnbc.com. The article talks about vitamin supplements that were recently tested by consumer labs. It goes on to say that Eniva Vibe had only 54% of Vitamin A that it claims it does.

Now a lesser amount of Vitamin A isn't really a serious thing (at least not as serious as LEAD being found in a vitamin), but nevertheless, the labels should still always be correct, and the vitamins need to contain what they say they do. I think that's important.

I found out that the Eniva Vibe samples they had tested were ones that were almost expired (vitamins weaken as they age, and Vibe expires 6 months after it is made). This was verified with consumer labs and Eniva, by lot number. Apparentlly the samples left the company at full-potency, but of course they must've weakened before they were tested.

Eniva's labs are visited randomly and by appointment by the USDA and FDA, and of course the FDA is VERY strict about labeling, so they have proof that that particular lot left Eniva with full-potency, and I'm sure that all other Eniva Vibe bottles/samples contain the labeled amount when they are fresh.

I've also heard that Eniva is sending them a fresh batch of Vibe to test, or making arrangements to get it retested. (Since Eniva makes all of their Vibe fresh before they ship it out to customers, this would be more accurate).

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at getfour@gmail.com. I'm always happy to help.

Take care,

April :)

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