There’s a lot of confusion—and misinformation—about what’s
natural and what’s not when it comes to nutritional supplements.
So we’re going to try to clear some of the confusion and
misunderstandings. What’s natural and what’s synthetic when it
comes to vitamin supplements? Many people envision vitamins
being squeezed from foods and then put into tablets, capsules,
and beverages. While picturesque, this is not the case. Various
technologies are used to extract or produce vitamins. These
technologies help ensure consistency and safety in the products
HAVVN provides. Some vitamins can be described as “natural-
source” or “nature-like,” whereas some synthetic vitamins (e.g.,
synthetic vitamin E) are derived from petroleum byproducts.
HAVVN uses “natural sources” for vitamin fortification in our
products. For example, nearly all of the vitamin C used in
supplements is produced from corn sugar. This is similar to how
the vast majority of animals make their own vitamin C; they
convert blood sugar to the vitamin in th