Factors Group Canada

Natural Factors operates in the supplement category rather than food, which sits outside the Liveoras Food Quality Index scope (designed for consumable foods: coffee, chocolate, tea, oils, vinegars, etc.). Within their domain, we found strong third-party testing and GMP certification, but limited evidence of: (1) named-farm or single-origin sourcing with harvest dates/lot numbers for botanical ingredients—most herbal sources listed generically by region only; (2) processing transparency (extraction methods, fermentation protocols, temperature controls) beyond standard capsule/tablet manufacturing; (3) post-consumer recycled content or refill programs in primary packaging; (4) published producer relationships or direct-trade pricing with farms. B Corp certification is a meaningful ethics signal, but we could not verify 1% for the Planet membership or cooperative/worker-owned governance. The 1979 founding and Canadian heritage are assets, but the lack of a stable 'hero SKU' strategy (the brand operates ~200+ SKUs across vitamins, minerals, and botanicals) suggests range creep rather than disciplined range restraint. Recommend: publish named botanical suppliers with harvest regions and lot traceability; disclose extraction temperatures and fermentation times for herbal products; adopt glass or aluminum primary packaging with PCR labels; clarify B Corp audit scope and supplementary certifications.