What Makes NXGEN Wholefoods Different Than Other Beef Organ Supplement Companies?

There’s no shortage of companies selling beef organ supplements, all with bold claims about how wonderful their products are. It’s fine to make claims, but what really matters is what goes into making them, from the pasture to the bottle. Shiny marketing is no substitute for authenticity.

How Are Beef Organ Supplements Made?

Let’s dive into how nearly all beef organ supplements (as well as those made from bison, buffalo, lamb, pigs, reindeer, elk, deer, etc), including those from the largest and most marketed brands, are made.

A major raw material supplier, based in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, and the US, purchases large quantities of organs from slaughterhouses, where organs from many different farms are combined. In the vast majority of times, there is no traceability to the farms they came from, let alone to the individual cow.  Some of these farms may have good farming and ethical practices, and others have not-so-good practices, but they are all mixed together. Then they dry them in huge batches and mill them into a powder. Sometimes they are dried and milled well; other times, harsh drying and processing methods are used. Oftentimes, the organs are defatted as well, which removes a lot of beneficial nutrients and compounds. Then these bulk suppliers sell large quantities of raw materials to companies looking to sell organ supplements.

These companies send the big tubs of powder to a contract manufacturer, who then bottles the products and applies their label. They produce the same product for numerous companies, only changing the label from brand to brand. This is a practice called private label or white label. 

The vast majority of companies selling these organ supplements have no involvement in the manufacturing or sourcing process; they are merely marketing companies. They make numerous claims about the greatness of their products, despite having very little knowledge of their production or the farms they come from. Pretty pictures, flashy ads, and questionable certifications are not a substitute for the real thing. There’s definitely a better way of doing things.  

What Makes NXGEN Wholefoods Beef Organ Supplements Different?

Unlike most organ supplement companies, NXGEN Wholefoods is in control of the whole process from start to finish. They get the organs from specific farms in the Lake Eyre River Basin of Australia. Click here to learn more about this incredible area.

They can trace each batch of organs from the abattoir back to the farm and the individual cattle from which they came. This is the level of transparency that you want from a beef organ supplement company: no mystery farms and no blending of farms with good and bad farming practices. 

In addition to procuring the organs directly from family farmers, they are also one of the only vertically integrated producers of beef organ supplements. What does this mean? It means they produce the raw materials and finished products themselves in their TGA-certified (a stricter version of US GMP) state-of-the-art facility. From raw organ to powder, to capsules, and bottling.

Once they get the organs, they are freeze-dried using a slower, gentler process than regular freeze-drying. Their freeze-drying process takes over forty-eight hours, which, while slower, avoids the burning that happens if freeze-drying is done too quickly, also known as freezer burn. This can result in a loss of nutritional value. Check out this blog to learn more about the best way to freeze-dry beef organs.

After that, they use cryomilling, a cold-milling process using nitrogen, which better protects fragile nutrients and compounds than traditional milling, which adds lots of heat and friction. Then the materials are bottled as a powder or put into capsules at their own facility. The finished product is then third-party tested for pathogens. Check out this blog to learn more about the best way to mill beef organs.

They produce small batches, rather than the large ones common with large contract manufacturers, to ensure you receive the freshest product.

Meat processing is conducted at a licensed Tier One export meat establishment to maintain the highest quality standards. A qualified Veterinary Officer is present for pre and post-mortem inspections, with qualified meat inspectors stationed throughout the production line. 

Their products are free of additives, fillers, binders, preservatives, sweeteners, and flavorings. They only use beef gelatin capsules for organ supplements and vegetable cellulose capsules for vegetable supplements. 

There is no other organ supplement company in the world with this depth and level of expertise and vertical integration.

Animal Welfare And The Environment

People, and rightfully so, have many questions about the welfare of the animals. Worldwide, there are significant issues with how many cattle are raised, particularly regarding their treatment and the environmental impact of farming practices. 

NXGEN Wholefoods takes animal welfare very seriously. Australia has some of the most stringent regulations in the world, actively enforces them, and has a strong commitment to animal welfare.

The cattle graze over a vast area. The area is so large that it requires helicopters to keep track of them. Since the area is so large and cattle roam such large distances, there is no issue of overgrazing that plagues many pastures around the world. Each area is given ample time to recover from cattle grazing. They are not confined to feedlots. Water troughs are placed throughout the region to provide water in areas where it is scarce. The cattle graze on over twenty-six different grasses found in the area. They do not get supplemental feed; they only eat the wild grasses. The area is not suitable for growing crops, so there is no overspray of pesticides, such as glyphosate, from nearby farms. Since it is not suitable for cropping, no land is being cleared or taken out of food production to make room for the cattle. No pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides are sprayed on the pastures. This approach is significantly more environmentally friendly than clearing land for cattle grazing.  The cattle droppings add a lot of valuable nutrients to the soil in the area. The cattle are not given antibiotics, hormones, mRNA vaccines, or feed additives such as Boevar.

Something uniquely Australian is that rivers flow inwards, not outwards. Each year, flooding from these rivers brings a lot of nutrients into the area, so no fertilizers are needed to support grass and pasture growth. This is in contrast to problems plaguing many regions, such as New Zealand, where too many cows are grazing in too small an area, so nitrites are being added to speed up grass growth, causing significant water pollution. Many organ supplements made from New Zealand raw materials claim to come from regenerative farms, but adding large amounts of imported nitrites to the soil doesn't qualify as regenerative farming. Actual regenerative farming improves and protects the environment; it does not pollute it.

The farms NXGEN Wholefoods sources the organs from have strict practices around the slaughter of the animals. This ensures proper treatment of the animals, preventing suffering and reducing stress, which, in turn, lowers cortisol levels. Very high levels of cortisol can reduce meat quality.

Beef Organ Supplement Testing

Australia has stringent standards for beef because its beef industry is large and generates substantial exports for the country. Any problems found in the supply would be incredibly damaging. That’s why, each month, government inspectors visit various abattoirs and test for heavy metals and other contaminants. This ensures that the organ supplements you get from NXGEN Wholefoods are free of high levels of heavy metal contamination. Click here to learn more about it.

NXGEN Wholefoods manufacturing is regulated by the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration), their version of the FDA. The TGA has strictly enforced regulations around product quality and safety, unlike the completely inadequate system for regulating supplements in the US. In the US, the FDA inspects fewer than 50% of the facilities that produce supplements each year, and admits it does not know all the factories that produce supplements. The TGA system of supplement regulation is considered the strictest and most comprehensive in the world. 

As you can see, NXGEN Wholefoods takes all aspects of beef organ supplement production seriously. From pasture to bottle, no other company comes close!

In future blogs, we’ll reveal more about what makes NXGEN Wholefoods so unique in the beef organ supplement space.