General FAQ

Cedar Bear® is a totally alcohol-free based liquid herbal, mineral, and vibrational/dynamized products manufacturing company. At Cedar Bear®, we are dedicated to creating and manufacturing high-quality, premium liquid herbal supplements that are always alcohol, soy, sesame, and gluten-free. Our facility is FDA registered and operates under FDA GMP standards in an NSF Certified facility & operation. All our products are Kosher Certified, Halal Certified, and Vegan Certified. We are a majority Woman Owned Business. Proudly made in the USA, we are passionate about our work and firmly believe in the power of natural, 'whole' herbs for enhancing your body and mind's health and wellness.

Herbal supplements are a category of dietary supplements, and are whole dried loose or typically in the commercial form of tablets, capsules, or liquids that contain herbs, or the herbal extract, to supplement a diet that could be lacking in certain biologicals and micro nutrients that may not be available enough in a daily diet, or that the body needs more of to stay healthy. Just like a vitamin or mineral supplement, herbal supplements can be used to give your body the support that it needs to balance an imbalanced condition, build structure, support biological functions, or to simply stay healthy.

• FDA Registered
• FDA GMP Inspected facility, operation, and products
• FDA Title 21 Label Compliant
• Independent 3rd Party Lab Testing of ingredients (for identity & contaminants), and finished products (for safety & stability)
• NSF Certified facility & operations
• Kosher (Kashrus) Certified (also OU approved for Passover production)
• Halal Certified (ISA is an internationally recognized Halal certifier)
• Vegan Certified
• 'True' Alcohol-Free!
• ECO-Friendly
• 'Sustainable' Palm Sourced Glycerin
• Preservative-Free!
• Additives-Free!
• Whole Herb 'Poly-Constituent' Based
• 6 Year Stamped Product Expiry Dating (3rd party lab verified, and longest for liquid herbs in the industry)
• Gluten-Free (also Soy and Sesame free)
• 'Genuine TincTract® Made' process
• Pureodine™ Lab-Grade process
• BTC™ Dynamized Vibrational technology
• 'Since 1982' – Over 4 decades of technology innovations and formulary expertise

Iodine is a very important 'essential' mineral that we are supposed to get from our food, but is typically lacking in the diet due to lack in soils, sometimes to a high degree, such as with the typical American diet for instance. Since our bodies cannot produce this mineral element, it is important that you get enough from your diet via known iodine-rich foods and through daily supplementation to keep your body healthy. Iodine is the most necessary mineral for thyroid function and all metabolic functions of the body, including the essential role it plays in immune functions. However, an iodine supplement has to be the right form of iodine to do the job in the body, like Cedar Bear®’s Pureudine™ processed mono-element triiodide of fixed (nascent) iodine.

Developed and named by Cedar Bear®'s founder, the name TincTract® is a contraction of the words TINCture and exTRACT, because it is more than a TINCture and more than an exTRACT. Our liquid herbs taste remarkably like the 'fresh' harvested botanical itself, which is indicative of removing constituents without denaturing or rendering them inert. The 'Genuine TincTract® Made' process retains an herbs primary, secondary and tertiary compounds in their ratio & synergy-intact state, indicated by the true-to-herb taste of our finished 'Genuine TincTract® Made' products.

You can take our products in a myriad of ways. Either straight on the tongue, or you can also mix the doses with your favorite tea, water, or in your favorite vegie or fruit juices.

A proprietary blend is a formula recipe of the specific herbs in a formula-based product and the process to create them, which ensures symbiosis of the herbs used and maximum synergistic properties, also influenced by the TincTract® process that made the herbal ingredients. Our proprietary formulas were (and are) created specifically for Cedar Bear® by the founder/owner, and are kept proprietary (trade secret protected) to Cedar Bear® to ensure we are the exclusive provider of these unique formulas as the absolute best in health support products for your herbal health needs.

Wildcrafted, as Cedar Bear® defines, means sustainably sourced herbs from their natural origin in the wild, meaning they are not 'cultivated.’ Cedar Bear® prefers ethically wildcrafted herbs since ethical wild crafters assure that harvesting is done in a sustainable manner for the wild herbs continuance.

Absolutely Not! All Cedar Bear® products are Non-GMO (I.e., Bioengineered-Free!).

Yes, all Cedar Bear products are Vegan Certified. By the way, being 'Vegan Verified' is NOT the same as being Vegan Certified. Being Vegan Certified means being validated by a recognized Vegan certifying agency that all the standards for being Vegan are confirmed and proven by the Vegan certifying agency itself, not by a non-recognized 'vegan verified' source. If you are desiring 'real' Vegan certified, then look for a seal with the words "Vegan Certified' from a recognized vegan certifying agency.

All our TincTracts are True 100% Alcohol Free. None is ever used. Fact is, alcohol intrinsically possesses the properties of denaturing and rendering inert many constituents in botanicals, many that are extracted for in alcohol-based liquid herbs. This poses a potential problem for diminished therapeutic potentials and synergies of alcohol-based botanical extracts. That's one reason we don't use any alcohol, but use glycerin instead, which has no denaturing or inert rendering effect on botanicals.

True Alcohol-Free means no alcohol is used at anytime in the making of Cedar Bear® products – None! Why use alcohol to extract something if that something is negatively affected by alcohol? We learned many years ago that alcohol denatures and renders inert many of an herb's constituents and properties. That means the glycerine we use in place of alcohol doesn’t denature or render inert any of an herbs constituents. Not using any alcohol at any time also assures our products meet Halal Certified standards, and are totally GMO-free and Gluten-Free!

Yes, numerous times throughout their making. And, it's 3rd party labs that do the testing to maintain the independent integrity of the tests. The FDA has set many regulations in place to protect you, the consumer, and we support them and you in this. All products are third-party tested both as to the single herb for identity before accepting and processing, and again testing the finished product for purity and safety, and periodically additional testing is done to verify our expiry listing on products. All these test results are kept in-house and provided to the FDA at the time of inspections to prove we are doing everything to support all product quality standards and consumer safety.

Our glycerin is derived from agri-sustainable Non-GMO palm oil that is Kosher Certified and Halal Certified. Because we utilize 'Sustainable' grown palm sourced glycerin, this is in keeping with our Eco-Friendly quality standard. Although the FDA classifies glycerin as a carbohydrate, it has little to no driving effect on blood sugar levels due to its having a 'low glycemic index,' and more importantly, a 'low glycemic load.' While alcohol also has a low glycemic index, it has a very high glycemic load, which glycerin does not have.

We use multi-stage purified water that is third-party tested for purity and safety on a regular basis to assure providing the cleanest and purest water possible for making all our products.

Lot Numbers are an 8-digit sequence of numbers that are essential when tracking and identifying a product to its manufacturing batch or group. When provided, our team can quickly locate and provide immediate customer service about a product once a lot number on a specific product is provided by the customer to Cedar Bear®.

Yes! We were the first to introduce a totally alcohol-free line of liquid herbal formulas for children into the marketplace. This means we have been doing it longer than anyone else, and are the most experienced and knowledgeable regarding children’s liquid herbal products. There are many customers of Cedar Bear® who have raised their children on our Kid's liquid herbal formulas, of which those kids, now grown up, are raising their kids on our products, with their kids, now growing up, starting to raise their little ones on Cedar Bear® children's products. It's now a multi-generational tradition. So yes, our carefully formulated children’s line provides kids with the dietary balance and support they need to live a healthy lifestyle. All products are recommended for children ages 2 and older. Parents should consult a practitioner regarding giving any dietary or herbal supplement to a child under 2 years of age.

Yes! We were also the first to introduce totally alcohol-free liquid herbal formulas for pets into the marketplace, making us the most knowlegable and experienced with liquid herbal pet products. We have a complete pet line to choose from and all of our pet formulas are made with the same care and stringent standards that we follow for all of our other products.

Adaptogens support the body’s natural ability to cope with varying types of stress. Ashwagandha, Eleuthero, Holy Basil Leaf and Maca Root are great examples of adaptogens. These herbs can also help support your body’s natural energy levels and immune stamina. However, adaptogens are not to be mistaken as muscle-builders, strengtheners, etc., which they are not, but are for working via the endocrine system (i.e., the HPA axis) to settle and balance environment-to-body stress and resistance issues. The word 'adaptogen' means to 'generate an adaptive response to stress.' whether physical, neurological, or emotional.

Cedar Bear® brand products have an independent 3rd party lab verified product stamped expiry of 6 years, the longest shelf-stability and safety verified expiry in the industry. Open bottles are still shelf stable, and don’t require refrigeration after opening. Further, Cedar Bear® brand products don't contain any preservatives or chemical additives, because they don't need them.

No, we are not an essential oils company. We are a 'whole herb' based liquid herbal, minerals, and vibrationals products company. Our liquid herbal products are sometimes confused with essential oils because of their liquid nature. Essential oils are sometimes ingested (in very small doses), but are more commonly used topically or for aromatherapy. Our products are all taken orally (either directly or mixed in a beverage.) Our Liquid Herbal Supplements contain only three ingredients: Herbs, Glycerin, and Purified Water! 

Go to your favorite Health Foods/Supplements store and inquire if they carry Cedar Bear® products or can order our product for you.
Or you can order online at cedarbear.com, by Phone, Fax and Email.
Call 1-888-854-3727, Fax 435-722-6607 or email sales@cedarbear.com
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