Nature Made Gives An Immediate Straight Answer!

[queenofhearts]

I've been shocked at the number of unhelpful, evasive, even dismissive replies I've received from manufacturers in response to queries about gluten in their products. My response from Nature Made was a refreshingly clear and specific one, so I thought I'd give them a shout-out.

It's nice that there are some good guys out there!

Leah

Date: June 8, 2006

From: Marissa Reyes, Consumer Affairs Department

Subject: Reference #194663

Dear Leah:

We recently received your e-mail regarding Nature Made products. We

appreciate your question concerning the gluten content of this product.

We are aware that many consumers are concerned about gluten in their

diets. Although the majority of our Nature Made products are gluten free,

there are a couple of Nature Made products that contain gluten. Nature

Made products that are not gluten free include the Chewable Vitamin C 500

mg (cc 704) and Chewable Calcium Fruit Flavor (cc A352). The Nature Made

Iron 65 mg tablet is gluten free.

If you are not sure if your chewable supplements are the ones that are

mentioned above, you can find the formulation number (cc #) listed on the

upper left hand side of the label. It will be listed as a cat # (ie: cat

704).

If you have any further questions regarding your Nature Made products,

please reply with the lot number (located near the expiration date) and/or

cat number and we will be pleased to assist you. We hope you find this

information helpful.

We thank you for contacting us and hope that you will continue to use and

enjoy Nature Made products with complete confidence.

Sincerely,

Marissa Reyes

Consumer Affairs Representative

Pharmavite, LLC

MR:194663-06

[tarnalberry]

Ironically, I had a bottle of the 500mg NatureMade chewable vitamin C cc704 on the table behind me while reading this post. Printed on the bottle "No chemical solvents, yeast, or gluten".

[queenofhearts]

Ironically, I had a bottle of the 500mg NatureMade chewable vitamin C cc704 on the table behind me while reading this post. Printed on the bottle "No chemical solvents, yeast, or gluten".

Hmmmm... that does give one pause. Thought I'd found the one honest company... now I don't know what to think! Sigh.

[Becky6]

Great response but that is creepy Tiffany!