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Garden of Life
Overview
Garden of Life holds numerous third-party certifications that they have earned by creating sustainable, healthy, and trustworthy products. They have gone the extra mile to be verified and validated by reputable organizations to acquire certifications like USDA Organic, Non-GMO Verified, Certified Vegan, NSF Gluten-Free Certified, and so much more. This should assure you that you are receiving only the highest-quality and best-tested health and wellness products you could hope you find.
Price
$71.9 - $74.39
Highlight
Garden of Life holds numerous third-party certifications that they have earned by creating sustainable, healthy, and trustworthy products. They have gone the extra mile to be verified and validated by reputable organizations to acquire certifications like USDA Organic, Non-GMO Verified, Certified Vegan, NSF Gluten-Free Certified, and so much more. This should assure you that you are receiving only the highest-quality and best-tested health and wellness products you could hope you find.
Garden of Life is guided by three main principles when it comes to the process of creating and sharing their health and wellness products. The first is the science of whole food, which means that they choose what to put into their products by looking at which foods have the ability to most positively impact our health, and then trying to implement those same nutrients and natural benefits. The second principle is traceability, which Garden of Life uses to make sure they are completely transparent about where each individual ingredient of theirs comes from and how it is sourced, farmed, or made, including the ethics behind the process. Thirdly, Garden of Life operates by a ?lean is Healthy·principle that means they pay attention both to what they put into their products and what they keep out so that everything is as clean, clear, and safe as it possibly can be.
Garden of Life Is committed to making a positive difference in the lives of their customers, the environment, and local communities with their primary mission of empowering extraordinary health that goes beyond just putting out safely-made and properly certified and verified products that have a guaranteed nutritional benefit. They also stress the necessity of taking care of the planet by pursuing eco-friendly initiatives and philanthropic ventures, routinely donating time, money, and effort to help the people and placed who need them most. Examples of past and present partner organizations and events are the Special Olympics ·Palm Beach County, Vitamin Angels, SOS Children? Villages International, 1% Ocean Fund, and more.
Garden of Life gives you so much to choose from, ensuring that no matter who you are or what your lifestyle is, there is a place for their healthful products in your life. They offer probiotics, vitamins, protein, CBD, herbals, collagen, sport-related, omega-3s, and more, and best yet, all of their products are based in organic and regenerative farming practices. Garden of Life carries multiple brands of health and wellness products that are applicable to people of all ages, thus cementing itself as a Jack of all trades in their industry.
Pros & Cons
Pros:
It is easy to purchase with Garden of Life online, but if you would like to find their products in person, you can easily do that, as well, at one of the many major retailers partnering with Garden of Life, like The Vitamin Shoppe and Target. This opens up the purchasing process to customers all over the country and provides the added benefit of in-store help and guidance to select the best Garden of Life product for you.
Ritual has products that receive very high reviews and plenty of positive comments about individual experiences with the product (to which Garden of Life often takes the extra time to respond), which helps to reassure potential buyers that the goods both work and are trustworthy.
Garden of Life has a wonderful website with a lot of helpful information about their products, process, and team. Their website has Lifestyle Blog and Recipe tabs that update often with various ways to use their products or philosophy to help contribute positively to your daily life and health. They also have a quite active social media presence with verified accounts across platforms that have a solid following and are both visually appealing and easy to interact with.
Another great aspect of Garden of Life is that it currently offers free shipping on all orders over $25. They also operate with a fairly generous return policy that accepts products 30 days within the initial purchase to get you a refund. These exemplify Garden of Life? commitment to getting you their wares as simply, cheaply, and easily as they can.
Cons:
One negative aspect of Garden of Life is that they only ship to the United States, leaving potential customers who are based internationally or even in U.S. territories completely out of luck.
While they do have several products with many rave reviews, the majority of what Garden of Life has to offer is not actually reviewed at all, making it a more difficult process to select a given product when you do not have other peoples·experiences with it to be reassured or go by. It also begs the question of how often people actually want Garden of Life products as their first choice and if it is worth it to go with their options
With Garden of Life you are perhaps too spoiled for choice, as they have so much to choose from and so many buzz words like ?aw·and ?rganic·slapped onto their products that it becomes even harder to discern which one is the best for and most specifically tailored to you and your needs. Especially if you are more new to the world of health and wellness, this could make more a confusing process that may end up wasting your time and money.
Garden of Life is somewhat limited in what they accept payment-wise, as they only take Visa, MasterCard, and American Express online. You cannot pay by cash, check, or card outside of those three brands. Additionally, once an order is placed it cannot be changed or canceled after 15 minutes of putting in the order, otherwise you will still have to pay in full. It takes an additional three to seven business days to fully process a refund that does go through.