Leading the Industry with Unique Products and Services
Metagenics has a history of innovative services and nutritional products to help improve patient outcomes. We are devoted to addressing the unmet needs of patients with chronic health conditions that often require innovative and integrated programs. Metagenics has many industry firsts in pioneering low toxicity, natural-based products to support a functional medicine, patient-centered program for conditions ranging from chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia to osteoarthritis and metabolic syndrome.
Below are a few landmarks that demonstrate our expertise as a solutions provider for health care in the natural alternatives industry. You can continue to look to Metagenics for innovative development in nutritional health care to support optimal health.
Industry Landmarks
Undisputed Leadership in Professional Education
- Our program quickly set the standard for post-graduate practitioner education, led by the most renowned experts in functional medicine.
Pioneered Self-Imposed Quality Standards
- We established innovative quality procedures with after-tablet documentation to ensure product completeness, potency, activity, and disintegration that exceed industry requirements.
First to Utilize Pure, Authentic Microcrystalline Hydroxyapatite Concentrate
- MCHC remains the industry standard for comprehensive bone nourishment.
The Only Company in Our Niche Providing the Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM® Strain
- The subject of 60 scientific studies and research articles, it is still the most thoroughly researched acidophilus in the world.
First to Offer Orally Administered Zinc Assessment
- This innovation gives practitioners a way to easily and quickly evaluate zinc status.
Patents for Innovative Nutritional Supplement Formulas & Medical Foods
- Metagenics isn't a formula duplicator, we're an originator-and our string of patents illustrates our ability to identify and formulate new methods of naturally promoting health.
First to Introduce Science-Based Detoxification
- We established an efficacious clinical approach to supporting and balancing the body's Phase I and Phase II detoxification activities.
First to Identify and Commercialize a GI-Friendly Form of Magnesium
- MetaMag™, found in many of our formulas, is our fully reacted magnesium amino acid chelate that is designed to enhance absorption and intestinal tolerance of magnesium.
First to Research and Identify Low-Allergy-Potential Rice Protein
- Many of our medical foods utilize a rice protein base procured from a unique process that results in a lower-allergy-potential potential to support the needs of food-sensitive patients.
First to Establish a Clinical Research Arm: The Functional Medicine Research CenterSM (FMRC)
- This has established Metagenics as the only company in our niche with a dedicated facility to test products for efficacy in clinical outcomes.
Early and Multiple Certifications for GMP
- Our manufacturing facility in Gig Harbor, WA is certified for good manufacturing practices by the NPA, NSF International, and TGA.
Established the Largest, Most highly Trained Team of Field Representatives in Our Industry
- Many customers view them as colleagues of the multifunctional service they provide. They are educators, associates, and consultants who are dedicated to helping clinicians achieve success in their practice.