Integrity in All We Do
At Best Nest Wellness, the reliability and safety of our products are always our top priority. Every choice we make is based on extensive research and ingredient effectiveness. We believe the best ingredients make the best vitamins–and this impacts all that we do.
Having integrity as a company drives every decision we make. It’s in who we are, the partners we choose, what we make, and the benefits you feel. All to deliver what matters — safety, quality, security, sustainability and confidence. This is our promise to you.
Thoughtful Creation
We handpick each ingredient for its optimal nutrient level and its bioavailability. We choose the most bioavailable form that is best for absorption. We look at how ingredients work together. We spend a lot of time and research to determine which delivery form will be the best for a particular product.
It can get complicated: some ingredients are quite bulky and may not do well in a capsule. Some may have an odor or an aftertaste when you swallow. Some minerals block other vitamins from absorbing. Some need a delayed-release system.
The end result is that we choose the very best delivery system for a product. Yes, in our ideal world, we would make everything fit into a tiny capsule and you could take one and be done. But the technology isn’t available yet to give you everything we want to give you in that tiny capsule. Your nutrition would not be complete. Until that time, we thoughtfully balance size, form, convenience, ability, and taste for every product we make.
Clean and Safe
What is on the label is what is in your bottle. That means all of our products are meticulously created, tested multiple times, and held up to strict standards. If they don’t meet these requirements, they don’t make it to your home.
All of our products are meticulously created, tested multiple times, and held to strict cGMP standards for manufacturing, packaging, and labeling. We source the highest-quality non-GMO ingredients and handcraft each batch under strict standards for purity and freshness in certified facilities in the U.S.A. We have comprehensive third-party testing at both ingredient and finished product levels for product ingredients, purity, microbes, heavy metals, and more. All raw materials and finished products have written specifications that must be met before being released. This includes limits of quantification, or LOQs, for heavy metal testing. Very few manufacturers do this much testing, but to us, it is important.
Clean and Safe
What is on the label is what is in your bottle. That means all of our products are meticulously created, tested multiple times, and held up to strict standards. If they don’t meet these requirements, they don’t make it to your home.
All of our products are meticulously created, tested multiple times, and held to strict cGMP standards for manufacturing, packaging, and labeling. We source the highest-quality non-GMO ingredients and handcraft each batch under strict standards for purity and freshness in certified facilities in the U.S.A. We have comprehensive third-party testing at both ingredient and finished product levels for product ingredients, purity, microbes, heavy metals, and more. All raw materials and finished products have written specifications that must be met before being released. This includes limits of quantification, or LOQs, for heavy metal testing. Very few manufacturers do this much testing, but to us, it is important.
Our standard testing regimen includes:
Nutrient-Content Tests
for identification, potency and purity
Microbiology Tests
for total aerobic counts, yeasts,
molds, and more
Heavy Metals Tests
that are sensitive to even very
low concentrations
Gluten Tests
that double verifies that our
products are gluten-free
Disintegration Tests
to ensure the ingredients
are properly released
Pesticide Tests
on all botanical ingredients for
the presence of pesticides
All of these tests are conducted by reputable, certified third-party labs using industry-standard limits of detection (LODs) and limits of quantification (LOQs).
Beyond the Expected
In addition to the essentials–such as weight, size, and hardness–every tablet is run through disintegration testing. This mimics the body’s temperature, acidity, and movement to verify the tablet will break down appropriately for nutrient absorption.
Finished Product Testing
This testing, once again, includes nutrient-content testing, a microbiology panel, heavy metals testing, and gluten testing.
Strict Standards
Our products are made in GMP- and UL-certified facilities.
GMP stands for Good Manufacturing Practice. A laboratory abiding by this set of guidelines has committed to a system of processes, procedures, and documentation that was created to ensure the integrity of claims on the dietary supplement’s label — in its identity, strength, composition, quality, and purity. A GMP-certified facility fulfills requirements stipulated by the only accredited American National Standard in the dietary supplement industry.
UL-certified facilities go even further by testing every single ingredient that comes through their door, not depending upon the certification provided by the supplier.
Best Nest Wellness multivitamins have always conformed to FDA standards, and we strive to meet and exceed the highest standards set by other authorities, even when we are not bound by those standards.
Our manufacturing facilities are subject to Pharmaceutical FDA audits every year and have subsequently implemented stringent internal controls and quality systems that, we believe, should be applied to all dietary supplements.
Sourcing
For our ingredients, we source based on purity, not location. It’s important that we work with sources that have incredibly high standards and care as much as we do. Our suppliers are thus from a myriad of countries, including the USA, Italy, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, Germany, Denmark, Hungary, Switzerland and Canada. Many needed ingredients are not found or grown here in the USA (think tea: we just don’t have the weather to grow much). In addition, we use some proprietary ingredients that only come from other countries. Again, we want to give our customers the best possible product, so we’ll go to that source, wherever it’s located.
Sustainability
Sustainability is very important at Best Nest Wellness. We have overhauled our packaging so that we minimize or eliminate plastic waste, when possible, such as working to eliminate the unnecessary outer plastic seal when there is an inner seal. Our containers are recyclable. And because they are lighter, we can transport more bottles to our destinations, thus decreasing greenhouse gases.
We have strong relationships with suppliers that support our high standards. We are able to give our customers what they want—products that are beautiful but do not compromise their standards for sustainability.
Giving Back
We believe every family should thrive in wellness. But, oftentimes, they do not even have access to food, let alone vitamins. Because this is an issue so close to our hearts, we have donated to amazing charities–Hunger Free Colorado, LeSEA Global Feed the Hungry, and STRIDE Community Health Center–to provide families in need with food and necessities. We believe healthy nutrition is a human right and we hope, one day, that it is available to all. Until then, with your help, we will continue to always do our part to improve the lives of every growing nest.