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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:07:57 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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>"Dee.Dee" > wrote in message
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>> "Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:20:15 -0500, flitterbit >
>>> wrote:

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>>> I have a package of Trader Joe's High Potency B "100" right here that
>>> contains all sorts of things, including alfalfa powder, parsley
>>> powder, rice bran and watercress powder. No sourcing whatsoever for
>>> that or any of the other components of the B vitamins in the product.
>>> All the package says is "Distributed & sold exclusively by.. Trader
>>> Joe's...etc..

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>> I've noticed "Distributed ......... Trader Joe's ...." quite a lot
>> lately. It makes me uncomfortable.

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>Very few private label products are manufactured by the store itself.
>"Distributed by..." has been the norm since the birth of private label
>products 50-ish years ago.
>


No one says it is just coming into use, I was only saying that we are
given no info about sourcing of ingredients.

Boron