Is Balance of Nature FDA Approved?

Balance of Nature and the FDA…it’s a question that just keeps coming up. Today we decided to dig into the question of the FDA and Balance of Nature and see what is going on with this trending supplement.

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FDA Approval for Dietary Supplements

Dietary supplements, in general, are not FDA–approved. Under the law dietary supplement companies do not need FDA approval prior to marketing their products. It is the company’s responsibility to make sure its products are safe and that any claims are true.

I first heard about Balance of Nature a year ago on their radio commercials. Their natural supplement products intrigued me. I actually ended up buying and testing their products (You can read my experience with Balance of Nature here and in my opinion my Balance of Nature pros and cons).

Before I tried Balance of Nature I wanted to know more about their company. Believe me it wasn’t easy finding info actually, which is why you are probably here too. I was curious about a few company details that I couldn’t find, like who owns Balance of Nature? Simple details like their address was hard to find as well, where is Balance of Nature located?

But let’s get back to the question…

Is Balance of Nature FDA Approved?

Balance of Nature products are not approved by the FDA. But Balance of Nature is registered with the FDA and must adhere to the FDA regulations and guidelines. This is not surprising actually. Almost all supplements are not FDA approved.

According the FDA, advertising that supplements have the ability to treat, cure, alleviate or prevent diseases and disorders is not legal. They say that if a supplement really could do all that, then it would be a drug subject to rigorous study and testing to gain FDA approval.

What Were the Balance of Nature FDA Violations?

It does appear Balance of Nature has had a few FDA warnings in the past. But from my investigation the FDA issues with Balance of Nature all appear to be advertising related and not because of issues with their products. Balance of Nature in the past had made some claims that their supplements “prevent and cure lifestyle diseases,” such as heart disease and obesity. These ads have since been removed.

The FDA has made Balance of Nature adjust some of their advertising claims because getting the scienfic proof for some statements requires a lot of research.

The FDA stated in a 2019 warning letter:

“Your products Whole Food Fruits, Whole Food Veggies, and Whole Food Fiber & Spice are intended for treatment of one or more diseases that are not amenable to self-diagnosis or treatment without the supervision of a licensed practitioner. Therefore, it is impossible to write adequate directions for a layperson to use your products safely for their intended purposes.”

Okay this makes sense, of course people need to consult their physician if they have questions if a supplement is okay for someone to take. But to be honest that whole statement is quite funny. For Balance of Nature specifically we are only talking about taking dried fruits and vegetables.

Another statement from the FDA shows:

“Your Whole Food Veggies capsules product declares “yam” as part of the proprietary blend whereas the product’s batch record for lot #20191401 (from (b)(4) inspection ending 2/8/2019) lists “wild yam.” These are two different botanical ingredients – the label must state the common or usual name for the dietary ingredient used in the product.”

A few other issues the FDA pointed out were wording issues on the product labels. This included not including “dietary supplement” as a description, an asterisk in an incorrect place, the “Supplement Facts” being an incorrect type size, the order of the ingredients on the label is not in desending order or ingredient product weight, and a few other minor label details.

All of these issues are non-factors and simple edits. Except for the ingredient order on the labels. This is something that definitley needed to be adjusted.

I did not find any FDA infraction regarding the ingredients, safety of the supplements, or making of the products.

Natural Foods Can Heal

The FDA rules makes sense, especially in today’s lawsuit happy world. They are trying to protect people from incorrect statements and bad business practices. That is good. However, I am a believer in natural foods. There are foods, herbs, plants, etc that heal and provide health better than synthetic man-made products. I feel that often we as a society have lost sight of that.

The FDA is required to make decisions based on public safety, but I feel this has really hurt many products and the overall public mindset of natural foods from nature.

Nature provides ways to heal, naturally.

One of the things I found that might have been the most surprising about Balance of Nature is that they do not use any synthetically made ingredients. No extracts, sweeteners, synthetic vitamins, fillers, nothing. Just 100% produce.

My Overall Takeaway

After reviewing the FDA warnings to Balance of Nature I’m not concerned with any of the issues. They are all advertising statement claims that need to be adjusted and minor labelling corrections.

I fully support the natural properties of Balance of Nature products. I really have never found other products match the quality of natural ingredients that Balance of Nature supplements provide.

You can find out more about Balance of Nature’s ingredients here.