You’ve probably noticed that some dietary supplements have an expiration date (sometimes called best-if-used-by date, and best-by date), while others include a manufacture date instead. What is the difference between them all?When used on a product, Manufacture Date is often abbreviated as “MFG”. This is the date that the product was made. A product with an Expiration Date will generally have the abbreviation “EXP”. This is the date that the product is determined to expire. Similarly, best-if-used-by date, and best-by date: abbreviated as “BB”. These dates indicated that a product is best if consumed by that date.There are a wide variety of reasons why a company may choose to use manufacture dates over expiration dates on their products, and one is not necessarily better than the other. Most companies, regardless of whether they use manufacture dates or expiration dates, have many other quality assurance measures in place to make sure that, as a consumer, you are receiving the best possible product!

Our product line originated with our Raspberry Morning Liquid Multivitamin, developed by MaryRuth as a result of her experiences in her early practice as a health educator and nutritional consultant. MaryRuth found, in coaching her customers with Liquids Till Lunch, that her clients felt nauseated by taking their capsule supplements on an empty stomach. She wanted to create an easy-to-take product that tasted great and so, the first product — our Raspberry Multi — was created!We have a wide variety of liquid supplements available, ranging from droppers to sprays to liposomals, which are unique in their delivery form and provide increased bioavailability with liposomal technology! The great thing about many liquid supplements is that you can adjust the dose to meet your supplementing needs or those of your family. Ultimately, in order to make the best health decisions possible for you and your family, we recommend speaking with your physician or healthcare professional to determine what supplements are suitable for your everyday care.

If you ask MaryRuth this question, she will answer that the best place to start is the raspberry-flavored Liquid Morning Multivitamin! This was our original product and it is still one of MaryRuth's very favorite products. It is a great tasting, sugar-free, broad spectrum multivitamin, in an easy-to-take liquid with an adjustable dose for the whole family (ages 1+). You might also check out our Triad of Health, which includes the Liquid Morning Multivitamin, as well as the Liquid Nighttime Multimineral and our Organic Liquid Probiotic; this trio supports overall health, digestive and gut health, immune support, as well as  sleep regulation and relaxation!  With a product line of over 200 products, we have many products for focused support, from digestive health to calming to immune support, to sleep products, brain health, and so on. If you are looking for something specific, we encourage you to check out the shop “By Focus” menu on our webpage, with many options to choose from! You can also reach out to our Customer Care team with your specific interest, and the team can make suggestions for you!Lastly, we always want to encourage our customers to consult with their healthcare professionals for guidance when it comes to supplementing! While we create our products to help meet supplementing needs, there are many individual considerations that we are unable to account for when formulating, such as diet, existing health conditions, and contraindications with prescription medications, and your physician or healthcare professional can help you make the best choices for your health.

MaryRuth's is the passion project of MaryRuth Ghiyam, certified health educator, nutritional consultant and culinary chef. Her vision was to formulate the best wholesome liquid multivitamin for entire families...now MaryRuth's has over 160 products in multiple retail locations!

Yes! Each lot of our products are third party tested for content claims and potential contaminants (like microbial and heavy metals). To ensure product quality and safety, MaryRuth's only uses ISO 17025 Certified labs for our third party testing. The Certificate of Analysis (CoA) must pass our standards to be released for sale. It’s important to us to be able to provide our customers with quality products so you feel comfortable trusting our brand, and confident in your health choices!We are also excited to mention that we have been working on getting our products certified by the Clean Label Project! The Clean Label project is a non-profit that focuses on bringing awareness to environmental contaminants in consumer products, and certifying products that meet testing requirements. At this time, we haveover 100 of our productscertified by the Clean Label Project, and we are actively working on adding more to this list.

We’re so excited to be working with Clean Label Project, and we are happy to share more about what Clean Label Project is and why we are working on obtaining Clean Label Project certification for our products. Clean Label Project is a non-profit focused on educating consumers about environmental contaminants in consumer products on the market today, promoting science-based techniques to advocate for cleaner food and consumer products on behalf of the public. Clean Label Project (CLP) is on the frontier of food safety, working to shift the curve from the bare minimum of federal standards to a higher standard of food safety. In addition to this work, CLP certifies products that meet rigorous testing requirements. Here at MaryRuth’s, we’re voluntarily thinking about food safety differently, and we are proud to say that we are Clean Label Project Brand Certified. At this time, we have71 individual productscertified by the Clean Label Project, and we are actively working on adding more products from our catalog to this list. These products have earned their certification after being tested for hundreds of industrial and environmental contaminants and toxins. We believe in the mission of CLP, and, considering the realities of societal choices around mining, fracking, and industrial agriculture, we want to do our part to make sure we are making clean and pure products!

In order to earn Clean Label Project Certification, Clean Label Project purchases products at retail (or online) and tests them for purity, specifically testing for chemicals of concern, including heavy metals, pesticide residues, and endocrine-disrupting plasticizers. These test results are not just compliant with federal standards, which should be considered the bare minimum of safety standards, but are compared to high risk chemicals listed on the State of California Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Office’s Proposition 65 list. If the product is found to comply, it qualifies for Clean Label Project Certification. After initial testing for certification, the products undergo random annual testing, to make sure they’re being held to the same standards on an ongoing basis.At this time, we have over 100 of our products certified by the Clean Label Project, and we are actively working on adding more products from our catalog to this list. These products have earned their certification after being tested for hundreds of industrial and environmental contaminants and toxins. We hope all this information helps to build a better understanding of Clean Label Project.