W e buy our vitamins and minerals directly from several leading manufacturers. Many of these are the same supplements sold under well known brand names in natural food stores, vitamin stores and supermarkets at much higher prices. We distribute the product ourselves. No middlemen or additional costs are incurred. Since Trader Joe's volume is huge and our overhead is low, we can keep our costs down and pass the savings along to you.
T here are only a handful of manufacturers of vitamin and mineral raw materials.
All tableters and manufacturers of vitamin and mineral supplements basically use the same raw materials. Vitamins, minerals and other supplements in tablet form are manufactured products. A supplement may contain only one vitamin or mineral, like Vitamin C or Chelated Zinc, or may be a combination of vitamins or minerals, such as our Multiple Mineral or Anti-Oxidant. The manufacturer mixes the appropriate blend of raw materials and shapes it into tablets, capsules or other forms. Glossary of Some Commonly Used Vitamin Terms W e are in the process of updating all of our supplement labels to include full disclosure of all the materials used in making our vitamin and mineral supplements.