As a Blogger, I am lucky to have the opportunity to find out about great products, but I don’t often get to visit the companies in person. Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the #NOWwellness immersion program at NOW Foods in Bloomingdale, IL.
While a lot of science goes into making the wonderful products at NOW Foods, the real secret behind the company’s success is their people. From the company CEO down to the warehouse employees, there is a true sense of pride in working for this company.
NOW Foods lives by the Golden Rule. They aim to treat their customers as they would treat their family members. Still a family owned company, the founding “father” was a scientist who wanted to make pure products for his family. He started NOW Foods in the back of his own health food store and it’s grown to the company it is today.
Before our plant tour, we learned more about the NOW Foods essential oils collection. Essential Oils can be used in many ways. We made a yoga mat cleaner and foaming hand soap. My daughter is excited to try the oils and defuser in her room. She’s hoping the “Mental Focus” oil will help her concentrate on her homework. I’ll report back on how this goes. I’m excited to try other products like the skin care line, vitamins, probiotics and plant protein powder.
Upon touring the NOW Foods plant, it was clear that this was a special place. I was thoroughly impressed to find out all that goes into making NOW Foods products. They are extremely careful about quality control. They constantly test raw materials, in-process formulas and finished products to ensure the highest quality products get to their customers. NOW is one of the very few vitamin suppliers capable of testing for microbes in-house, allowing for greater control standards.
We found out that NOW stopped manufacturing rice protein for months until they could find a raw material supplier with the quality product they required. The NOW Food CEO, Jim Emme explained that they may have lost some customers (and certainly lost money), but they were determined to stick with their quality standards until they found a suitable raw material for their product. I doubt many companies would hold to such a high standard. I was very impressed!
After our Plant Tour, we learned about how NOW Ambassador, Toni Church uses NOW products in her everyday life. Next, we had the chance to learn more about the NOW Foods edible collection including gluten-free cake mixes, “sugarless” sugar, quinoa pasta, and so much more. We also had the opportunity to taste a wide variety of food oils like Almond, Avocado, Macadamia Nut and more. We made personalized dressing and created our own mason jar salad too.
Overall, it was a wonderful and enlightening experience. I am so excited to try more of the now products. There are so many more to choose from. I received a fantastic collection of products upon my arrival at the event.
HUGE NOW FOODS GIVEAWAY!
Want to experience a little bit of NOW for yourself? The wonderful folks at NOW Foods will give one of my lucky readers the same collection of products that I received. We’re talking snacks, essential oils, skin care, cookbooks, protein powders and more! A Total value of over $530. WOW!!
Simply visit NOWFoods.com and comment via the Rafflecopter below. There are other options for even more entries too! Good luck!
Thanks to NOW Foods and BSMMedia for hosting this wonderful event. All opinions expressed are my own.
WOW! So many gluten free products! I love that not only do they carry a wide choice but they also put up recipes for them!! I would love to start off by trying the Gluten-Free Baking and Pancake Mix, I saw a recipe for Gluten Free Blueberry Frangipane Tart on the site! Our family has to be GF and sometimes it hard to find products in town. Thanks for the post!
I would like to try the Joint Support Chewables for my cat who is 14 years old
I would love to try tee tree oil. Thank you.
I would love to try the Berry Energy Tea Slender Sticks!! TY!
I would love to try their Berry Full™ Conditioner.
I’d love to try the
Berry Full™ Shampoo…
I just visited their site and would like try their Serrazimes® 20,000 Units Veg Capsules for my husband.
They have such a huge array of products. I would love to try the CoQ10 Supplement!
I would love to try their skin care products
I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THE Cajun Sesame Sticks 🙂
want to try their avocado oil
Thanks for the chance to win, I would also like to try the dried herbs like cayenne and turmeric
I would like to try their coconut infusions
I’d like to try their carrier oils.
I would like to try their essential oils.
I would like to try ll of their essential oils.
The omega mix
Love their products! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I had no idea they had all that skincare! I’d love to try that.
I want every essential oil ever! Lol
I would like to try the Ellyndale® Naturals Premium Avocado Oil.
I would like to try the MCT Oil.
I would love to try their Apple Cider Vinegar 450 mg Capsules. I take vinegar daily and it would be nice to take it in pill form.
I would love to try their Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix, Organic & Gluten-Free and the avocado oil.
I would love to try the tea tree and lavender essential oils.
I would love to try the quinoa spagetti that would be amazing
I’d love to try their Rose Absolute Oil.
I want to try the avocado oil and the beauty items.
I like the Cocoa Lovers Organic Hot Cocoa
I’d love to try their Detox Support supplement, it looks great!
I would love to try their beauty products like the Avocado and Jojoba oils. I think my boys would like the Organic Golden Berries.
I would love to try the avocado cooking oil.
I’ve been wanting to try MCT oil. I also saw a nice variety of nut cooking oils that would be new to me.
I want to try their Lemon Oil, Certified Organic. I’ve used some of their essential oils and like them.
Thanks for the contest.
I would get the immune support for my dog.
I want to try the avocado oil/
I can’t wait to try their other carrier and essential oils! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I would love to try the clarify and illuminate moisturizer!
I would love to try the variety of baking mixes.
I would love to try out the Avocado Oil.
I would like to try the avocado oil!
I’d like to try the probiotics.
I would love to try the Sugarless Sugar™ Packets.
There is so much I’d love to try from NOW foods. One I’d like to try is the tri-color quiona!
i want to try the macadamia oil.
I would love to try the NOW brand oil essentials.
I would love to try some of their essential oils. I just started dabbling in using essential oils and theirs look great at far less cost than some places.
I would like to try the 8 Billion Acidophilus & Bifidus Veg Capsules.
I would love to try their cocoa lovers organic hot cocoa. It sounds delicious. They have a nice variety of products.
They have a lot of great products, a couple I would like to try are the Cocoa Lovers Slender Hot Cocoa, Dried Tropical Fruit Dices, Balsam Fir Needle Oil and many other items:)
try the tea tree oil sounds something id use
Vanilla Extract, Organic
I would like to try the 8 Billion Acidophilus & Bifidus Veg Capsules.
I would love to try the avocado oil and the 2 in 1 Correcting Eye Cream.
Their skin care products sound wonderful. The 2 in 1 Correcting Eye Cream is one I would love to try for the skin around my eye area that is showing my age.
I would love to try the quinoa macaroni pasta.
I would like to try the tea tree oil.
I would love to try the spouted brown rice.
I think the drinks look really good
I want to try their avocado oil
Me too, I would love to try the avocado oil!
I would love to try the beauty products or the cooking oils.
I would like to try their essential oils.