All supplements under the brand names “Dr. Clark Store”, “Dr. Clark Purity” and “Vitamins Without” are manufactured in our own factory, which we have direct control over. Our very own Dr. Clark Store/Self Health Resource Center factory, known under the legal name Nutritional Supplement Manufactures, Inc. (PureNSM.com), is certified by the Largest and most reputable GMP Auditors in USA.

In addition to all of the Dr. Clark manufacturing procedures, our processes are meticulous, detail oriented and geared to hinder mistakes. We have comprehensive SOPs, MBRs and MPRs. This ensures meticulous record keeping and quality assurance.

1. SOP – Standard Operating Procedures
2. MPR – Master Production Records
3. BPR – Batch Production Records

Magnesium Stearate, a common flow agent, has increasingly been criticized for hindering absorption. Some research has been done on this and of course refuted by industry. We never use Magnesium Stearate in Dr. Clark’s supplements. Purity and Potency Go Hand in Hand.

For three reasons superior potency cannot be achieved without attention to supreme purity.  First, if you use flow agents the body has to work extra hard to break it down before enjoying the benefits of the nutrients delivered in the supplement. Second, micro toxins that are often found in highly processed excipients are poison to the body and makes the immune system, again, work extra hard. Both the above are devastating for a person with depleted immune system.  Finally nutrients should have no restriction to breaking down in the stomach for maximum absorption in the colon.

We only use NSF “food grade” iodine, ammonia and grain alcohol to sanitize our equipment and table surfaces. It is common for other manufacturers to use industrial solvents such as laundry chlorinating bleach to clean their equipment. This is about the worst thing you can do. Laundry bleach contains heavy metals meant to get stains out of clothes. Another solvent commonly used in manufacturing facilities is Propyl Alcohol or Isopropyl Alcohol. Isopropanol is found in OTC rubbing alcohol (70% Isopropanol).  It is inexpensive and effective to clean with.  In fact, Propyl alcohol is used in many industrial grade and household cleaning supplies and even creams and lotions.

When looking under“Other Ingredients”on supplement labels you will find many hard to understand names of chemicals. For this reason, it is a good idea to read the label backwards.It is common to see tablets shine in bright colors. This is good for sales, and it may give you some pleasure when taking the supplement, but again it misses the main reason why you would take a supplement.

Our supplements are not enhanced for flow, color, stabilization, and flavor. Think about it; if you take a supplement that is packaged with all kinds of chemicals, your body has to break down those chemicals. This takes energy away from your immune system. Run away when you see: Magnesium Stearate, Corn Starch, Hydroxypro­pyl Methylcell­ulose, Cellulose, Silicon Dioxide!

The Identity and quality of our raw materials are verified by us in accordance with our cGMP SOP using the best possible laboratory equipment available, including high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy FTIR.

All our incoming materials are tested for on an ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy) for total heavy metals (metallic + plant based). Each product passes NSF, USP and the strict CA Proposition 65 standards when taken according to the label. Heavy metals are found naturally in plants in two forms, plant based and metallic. Dr. Clark was only concerned with metallic versions of heavy metals which she identified using Syncrometer® Testing, We of course continue Dr. Clark’s tradition with the able help of Syncrometer® testers she personally trained.

Lead: Passed

Arsenic: Passed

Cadmium: Passed

Mercury: Passed

In addition to testing our raw materials for Heavy Metals we metal detect every single capsule and every single grain of herb at the end stage of manufacturing. We use a metal detector from Safeline that swiftly reject ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless-steel contaminants in our products.

We meticulously test all herbs for microbiological growth using our top of the line automated BioLumix and other systems. Our suppliers know better than to send us contaminated herbs, we only get the best available herbs because our vendors know we return all herbs that don’t test pure.  We also test our equipment and table surfaces. We guarantee that the product we manufacture meet the following criteria in accordance to USP or NSF standards:

Total Aerobic Count: Passed

E. coli: Passed

Salmonella: Absent

Yeast and mold count: Absent

Many herbs come from root vegetables.  Roots grow in the ground of course, and what else is in the ground?  Bugs galore!  Lots of them! One gram of natural soil, about enough to cover a nickel, contains up to a billion organisms. You are better off with our supplements, because you don’t have to waste your precious immune power on battling microbes hiding in your herbs.

It is a common misnomer that if you take a certain mg amount of a supplement that it does not matter in what form it is, how it is packaged and with what it’s packaged. Take Vitamin C for example. You can get it in many forms and some are more absorbent than others. Even if you see “Ascorbic Acid” on the label of two different products, the ingredients can vary. One manufacturer may use 90% Ascorbic Acid with 10% Corn Starch and Lactose (for better handling in manufacturing).  Of course a manufacturer that focuses on purity will use 100% Pure Ascorbic Acid.Unfortunately, this is true for lots of ingredients, including the following:

Dr. Hulda Clark taught us that both herbal and nutraceutical formulations alike should contain efficacious amounts of each compound. Not a “fairy-dust" quantity of many items. This is the opposite of what you see on the marketplace today. Dr. Clark explained that each herb sends a particular signal to your body through bio chemistry – each ingredient has a unique effect on your body.  This is why that if you take a lot of herbs and nutraceuticals at the same time those signals can “confuse” the body and cause specific effects to be lost. 

We always prefer to buy organic or wild crafted herbs.  An herb is Wild Crafted if harvested from “untouched” nature without use of pesticides. In the rare case we don’t secure Organic or Wild Crafted herbs we do what we always do; reject the materials if does not pass our quality control process.  Our suppliers know by now not to send us anything but the best or we will send it back.

Dr. Clark did not want people with depleted immune systems to use extracts because extracts are often highly processed. Invariably Dr. Clark would find contamination from the extraction process in the herbs.
Dr. Clark explained to us that the more an herb is processed, the greater the likelihood of incorporating pollutants in addition to leaving out wholesome nutrition. That is why we use the whole herb such as wormwood in our herbal supplement products.

“The complex, multicomponent mixture obtained after using a solvent to dissolve components of the biomass. Extracts may be in dry, liquid, or semi-solid form. Excipients may be added to extracts to adjust the concentration, enhance stability, limit microbial growth, and improve drying, flow, or other manufacturing characteristics" -- Definition of “extracts” from a dietary supplement association.

No TabletsWe don’t press our nutraceuticals into tablets. Making tablets requires that other ingredients be added, in addition to just the nutrients. Binders, lubricants, coatings, disintegrants, and other excipients are the ingredients most commonly added by tablet manufacturers.

Only Pure Capsules
The more you process something, the more likely you are to contaminate it.  This holds true for veggie caps.  It is much harder to make sturdy capsules out of vegetables than to make it out of animal products.

It is counter intuitive; many people erroneously think that everything vegetarian is healthier, but that is not the case.  I respect people that don’t want to eat animals but it is counterproductive to paint all vegetable based food as healthy.  A good example: highly processed tofu hotdogs.

The same principal applies to the vegetable based capsule.  It came on the market in the 1980’s when gelatin capsules had been on the market for decades. Only after complicated processing involving various solvents and chemical compounds can you make a vegetable capsule.

But aren’t gelatin capsules made with bones that might carry “Mad Cow” prions?  No. Because not all gelatin capsules are made with bones.  We only use bovine gelatin capsules that are certified BSE free. Our gelatin capsules are also Halal and Kosher.

We buy all our raw materials within USA from trusted vendors that we know have excellent quality control testing systems in place. We do not import any of our raw materials directly from China.

We use slower manufacturing methods than most other companies in the industry. This enables us to provide safer, purer and more potent products than most.