90% Of Vitamin C Comes From China. Should You Care?

Discover what kinds of vitamin C comes from China and why you should care about it. Check out the article we found over at Living Traditionally.

Do you know where your vitamin C comes from? Most likely, from China! In fact, according to an industry group, China makes 70 percent of the world’s penicillin, 50 percent of its aspirin and 35 percent of its acetaminophen (often sold under the brand name Tylenol), as well as the bulk of vitamins A, B12, C and E.

China has invaded over 90 percent of the Vitamin C market in the United States, according to the Seattle Times. Unfortunately, this type of Vitamin C goes into many food and drink products. And we have no way of knowing where the added vitamin C comes from  because there is no law making labeling the country of origin mandatory.

90% of Vitamin C Comes from China. This is WHY you SHOULD care

Did you know that only 2 percent of all imported vitamins and other supplements are inspected? The FDA has barely attempted to ensure that Chinese food imports are safe to eat. FDA inspectors, who are responsible for 80 percent of the food supply, 95 are unable to catch most unsafe food before it enters the U.S. food chain because they inspect so little of it.

China’s vitamins are probably the most polluted in the country. In fact, China is one of the most polluted chemical cesspools on the planet. It is this water that’s often used in “organic” food  production in China. In a country with practically no environmental laws, “organic” food production is mostly a fraud because environmental sources contaminate the foods or superfoods being produced there.

The sad part about all this is that food from China is economically displacing U.S. and Canadian farmers who are generally far more honest and ethical in their farming practices.

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