Natren's Packaging Process

Step 1:

From Lab to Fridge

Natren cares through the whole process! Why? To protect our probiotics against their three biggest enemies: moisture, heat and UV light. Here’s how:

Step 3:

MANUFACTURING & PACKAGING

Natren probiotics are manufactured and stored in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment at our production facility. Ideally we need to keep them in that state all the way to your doorstep. The key to this is high quality packaging – and that takes more than a regular box!

The vital feature to shipping our probiotics cold is ice – and lots of it. This is no ordinary ice though – we use commercial grade gel ice packs to and during warmer temperatures, we add an additional helping of dry ice to keep the probiotics cold. All of this is contained inside a polystyrene layer within the cardboard outer box, which insulates the contents against the outside environment.

Finally, we carefully wrap each bottle with bubble-wrap – not only for insulation – but also to act as a moisture and freeze barrier between the probiotics and the ice. Any space left in the thermally controlled box is filled with air bags to avoid breakages in transit.

The bottle itself is designed to protect the probiotics inside. The dark amber glass bottles offer the best protection from moisture, heat and light. At Natren we believe that glass offers superior protection from moisture and heat than plastic bottles which may allow moisture to seep in over time. The metal lid is also designed to prevent damage from moisture, and the plastic shrink-wrap adds an additional layer of protection for the glass bottle, and also serves as a safety seal to the consumer that the product is intact and has not been tampered with. These glass bottles are also eco-friendly and recyclable.

Step 5:

FROM LAB TO FRIDGE – NATREN CARES THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS

Probiotics are ALL that we do. We have been researching, formulating, producing and shipping probiotics for over thirty-seven years. By going the extra mile with our shipping and packaging, we can guarantee our probiotics as fully potent through the expiration date. We also ensure similar high standards for Natren probiotics purchased at retail stores – Natren probiotics are cold-shipped to the store, and the store is required to move them into cold storage within 4 hours. This way, we assure that however you buy your Natren probiotics, they get to you alive, well and ready to go to work, like no other probiotic!

THE COLD HARD TRUTH WITHOUT CONTINUOUS REFRIGERATION, PROBIOTICS DIE! DON’T BE FOOLED!

Only Natren probiotic products refrigerated from manufacturing, shipped in thermally controlled boxes, refrigerated at store level and handled with care by the consumer assure a GENUINE POTENCY GUARANTEE. When some “probiotics” arrive at the store unrefrigerated, labeled as “shelf stable” and packaged in plastic bottles, they are DOA (Dead On Arrival), and putting them in the store’s or customer’s refrigerator won’t bring them back to life.