• We Reinvented Liquid Herbs!™ – by completely reinventing how they are made, along with what they are made with. No one had done this before, it started with our founder, L. Carl Robinson, MH, FH, TT, CCHt, RH(AHG).
• We are the manufacturer of our own products – which means we have full control over all aspects of manufacturing operations, ingredients, and the multi quality standards we operate from.
• We are the first and ORIGINAL alcohol-free clinical-based & micronutrient-rich formulas in the liquid herbal products industry – That's right! The first and original, because no one was doing it before. And, with our founder, we have been doing it longer than anyone else. Many of our clinically-based & micronutrient-rich formulas are so good and successful in the market that others attempt to imitate, sometimes even listing the same herbs on their labels, but they are not the original, not the same successful formula 'recipe' basis, and most importantly, are not made using our generationally enhanced & refined serialized multi-step, multi-dynamic TincTract® process, that incorporates an innovative Molecular Energy Induction Modulating Harmonizer (MEIMH™) for amplifying naturally occurring 'dielectric synergies' of TincTract® made liquid herbal products, and therefore, are not of the same premium quality, dynamically enhanced, astounding stability, good tasting, and multi quality standards-driven offerings that our products represent.
• The Molecular Energy Induction Modulating Harmonizer (MEIMH™) for amplifying naturally occurring 'dielectric synergies' – is another original Cedar Bear® TincTract® generational enhancement that on some levels is as innovative and revolutionary as the TincTract® process itself. The MEIMH™ is not a metaphysical thing or the like. It possesses an actual operating effect that amplifies the dielectric synergies of a TincTract® solution, which in turn enhances the extractive potentials of the TincTract™ process, and increases the stability of finished products, evidenced by a 3rd party lab verified 6-year BBD (Best By Date) product label listing – the longest in the industry. Other MEIMH™ effects have been noted and are proprietary to Cedar Bear®.
• Exclusively doing 'alcohol-free' for 40+ years – Our founder was the originator, therefore, we been doing it longer, and are more experienced for making true alcohol-free liquid herbs and liquid herb formula blends than anyone else in the industry, by decades! In our industry, decades of studies and experience means everything!
• None of the intrinsic denaturing, inert rendering, or redox-driving effects of alcohol – on a botanical's biologicals, constituents, and micronutrients – Alcohol's intrinsic denaturing, inert rendering, and redox-driving effects are a fundamental chemistry fact!
• Our products are Clean Label & Non-UPF Compliant – meaning our products only contain a small number of whole, easy to understand ingredients, and their making utilizes the TincTract® or Pureodine™ processes, which are not ultra-processing methods (like is used to make fraction/isolate phytopharma ingredients, or ultra-processed foods), but are 'whole' based processing technologies, and contain no added preservatives, chemicals, or additives (either artificial or natural). TincTract® made products contain only glycerin, multi-stage purified water, and herbs, and Pureodine™ made products contain only glycerin, multi-stage purified water and molecular iodine or zeolites mineral complex. Nothing else!
• We are driven by innovation – it's our calling card – We don't copy, imitate, or duplicate anyone elses accomplishments. We never have had to. Ours are original and unique to us, many being industry firsts. Our founder, for decades, was told by colleagues and competitors that what he was doing with the glycerin-based TincTract® process was not possible, often with the proof in front of them. The TincTract® process has proven otherwise since its inception and development approaching 45 years ago, and our founder was also the first in the dietary & herbal supplements industry to introduce into the marketplace lines of formula-based liquid herbal blends, which hadn't been done before. His 'true' alcohol-free liquid herbal formulas were first used by midwives he worked with for pregnant mothers and childrens needs, which was followed up with being the first to commercially introduce Childrens, Premium, Pets, Equine lines, and a line of Women's totally alcohol-free liquid herbal formulas blends, along with numerous innovative formulary firsts for conditions and body systems that are now widely imitated by other liquid herbal products companies. That's how innovative and good we are.
• Decades of studies, collaborations, and clinical-based formulary expertise – Our founder, Carl Robinson, MH, FH, TT, CCHt, RH(AHG), also a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), is a genuine decades studied and experienced clinical & formulary herbalist and integrative CAM practitioner (that includes vibrational technologies), is the formulator of our potent, efficacious, and good tasting 'true' alcohol-free TincTract® made liquid herbal concentrates utilizing an innovative multiplex (i.e., differentiated) synergies-focused approach that's considered one of the most extensive approalches to botanical formulating in the industry. He is one of only a handful of clinical & formulary herbalists in the industry who melds traditional medicine herbalism with multi-disciplines-based science considerations in his formulary work utilizing his innovative 'Multiplex' approach. Carl is a highly sought after custom formulator of botanical blends in the private label industry, and has been doing nutrition and clinical & formulary herbalism now approaching 50 years!
• The first in our industry category to be Kosher certified and Halal certified (and currently the only liquid herbal products manufacturer to be Halal certified). We are also FDA registered & GMP audited, and NSF GMP certified, Vegan certified, and SBA Woman Majority Owned registered.
• We're a company of numerous ancillary quality standards – being one of the most multi-quality standards driven in our segment of the industry. Go to the banner header "About Us' pull down menu and select 'Quality Assurance' for detailed info on the many QC certifications and ancillary quality standards we operate under. They are many.
• We are a majority woman owned and day-to-day woman run company. That may not mean a lot to some people, but in the natural health products industry it carries a lot of weight. Women account for approximately 70% of health products purchases, especially dietary and herbal supplements, and approach 90% for choosing and purchasing children's health products. The founder of Cedar Bear® was the first to suggest that the company become a majority woman owned and run business, that included onboarding an industry-experienced woman who is also a certified nutritionist and certified herbalist, to direct the company's sales & marketing, and have onboarded other women in management positions with prior years of experience in their related fields. The majority woman owner of Cedar Bear® is also a traditional herbalist and 'main street' small business advocate.
• Our TincTract® made liquid herbs are 'whole' poly-constituent-based – which means that they are not ultra-processed or fraction-isolate based, thus removing and retaining the broad spectrum of constituents, components, and micronutrients released from an herb into the fluid medium in their ratio-intact state, and retaining the integrity of the synergies between the primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary constituents. That's what we mean when we say we are, "Whole" herb based and non-ultra-processed – just like nature intended, and has provided. It's also what 'real' herbalism is based on.
• We use the best and safest quality raw materials available, and consider their biological & commercial sustainability – Our preferred sources of raw botanicals in order are ethically wildcrafted (the highest quality), wild-cultivar, and organic certified. Our glycerin is perferred sustainably-grown, USP grade, GMO-Free, Kosher certified, and Halal certified. All raw materials are 3rd party lab tested for identity, and where required, to be pesticide residue-free. Biological sustainability is an important consideration in our determing whether to acquire such botanicals or not, and commercial sustainability decisions are based on potential scale-up needs that may be required for continual acquiring of a particular herb.
• Good tasting like no others – The truer to taste something is, the truer its effects and benefits will be. No added flavorings or additives (artificial or natural-base). Because of our serialized multi-step TincTract® process, our liquid herbal products taste remarkably good, often like the fresh harvested herb itself, and our totally natural taste quality continues to stand above all others.
• We don't do dry herb finished products, such as dehydrated, powdered, freeze-dried forms that have been encapsulated, gel-capped, or tableted – because their constituents, components, and micronutrients are still bound to the cellulose matrix of an herb, of which humans have no cellulose-digesting enzyme (celluase) to break down and release components from an herb's cellulose. Our TincTract® process can be looked at as a pre-digestive removal of an herb's constituents from the cellulosic matrix of an herb in their whole poly-constituent basis, like consumed 'whole' foods and juices provide.
• We don't gel-cap or encapsulate our liquid products. Many people have weak digestive systems that have a difficult time breaking down and digesting the gelatin of gel-caps, or capsules containing herbal ingredients, regardless of the ingredient source such capsules or gel-caps are made from.
• Being in a fully liquid delivery format, means TincTract® made products, and their true-to-taste properties, fully interface with the oral taste receptors-to-gut/systemic activation triggers. The herbs contained in tablets, gel-caps, and capsules, whether dried or fluid-based, bypass the oral taste receptors, which chemically, energetically, and vibrationally triggers digestive and systemic functions for receiving the benefits of consumed herbs (as well as foods, juices, etc.), whereas tablets, gel-caps, and capsules short-circuit this essential oral-triggered effect in the digestive and systemic functions required for 'complete' digestion, absorption, and systemic utilization of herbs benefits.
• And not to be forgotten, we were the first, yes, the first, in the liquid herbal products industry, by decades, to crack-the-code on effectively extracting mushroom mycellium constituents with glycerin, and preserving constituent integrity - utilizing our serialized multi-step, multi-dynamic TincTract® process with its Molecular Energy Induction Modulating Harmonizer (MEIMH™), evidenced by head-to-head 3rd party lab analysis, in which the same batch/lot raw material sample of Cordyceps that was used by another company and us to extract from, compared our TincTract® made mycelium glycerite against the other company's 50/1 high pressure extraction (propane-based) processed product, in which the TincTract® mycelium glycerite constituents basis tested an average of seven times higher than the 50/1 extract for 12 of 13 mycelium polysaccharide constituents tested for – with us using far less raw material than the 50/1 product used! The point being, if the TincTract® process can effectively extract mycelium constituents from a mushroom's chitin matrix, one of the hardest known components to break down and extract from, it can extract many other constituents from other hard to extract from raw materials not previously thought possible for glycerite-based liquid herbal products. Again, we were the first, have been doing it longer than anyone else, and therefore are more eperienced at doing so.
• TincTract® made liquid herbal concentrates are BOTH corrective/restorative and nutritive like no other liquid herbal products are, with biological and nutritive components integrity being retained by the TincTract® process because no alcohol is ever used in their making. This means that unlike other liquid herbal products, including other herbal glycerite products, TincTract® made botanicals not only possess corrective and restorative properties but also place an emphasis on removing micronutrients from an herb. Micronutrients of herbs have been, and are still largely unaddressed, often even ignored, in the industry, except by Cedar Bear Naturales from its beginnings.
For instance, while other companies are promoting using their liquid herbs in smoothies, juices, and such, no mention is made of the nutritive aspects (if any) of their tinctures for doing so. Cedar Bear® has recommended adding its TincTract® made herbal concentrate products to smoothies, juices, and foods for both restorative AND nutritive & micronutrient benefits for over 20 years now. This is another differentiator unique to Cedar Bear® TincTract® made products, and we have customers who operate smoothie and juice bars across the country who have been providing the option of adding a daily dose of Cedar Bear® TincTract® made herbal concentrates of their choice to their customers smoothies and juices for decades now. That's represents another innovative industry first from Cedar Bear®.
With so many reasons for choosing Cedar Bear® products as your go-to solution for herbal-based corrective/restorative and nutritive/micronutrient benefits, why choose anyone or anything else?
• Read on... You'll be impressed and maybe surprised at our 'Reinventing Liquid Herbs™' to a whole new corrective/restorative & nutrient/micrinutrient level that was not previously thought possible with a liquid herbal preparation, but was made so by the founder of Cedar Bear® – coming onto 45 years ago!
L. Carl Robinson, TT, CCHt, RH(AHG) • Founder
Jhoane Robinson, CKYI, CCHt • Co-Founder
CEDAR BEAR® DOES NOT PRODUCE 'TINCTURES,' IT PRODUCES BROAD-SPECTRUM 'TincTract®' HERBAL CONCENTRATES
And we only use USP Grade Non-GMO Kosher & Halal certified vegetable glycerin as the primary extractive solvent which has none of the denaturing, inert rendering, or redox-driving effects of alcohol on an herb's constituents and components.
AND, WE DON'T DO DRIED HERBAL PREPARATIONS
Such as dehydrated, powdered, or freeze-dried that are loose powders, encapsulated, gel-capped, or tableted. Such preparations constituents, regardless of the benefits claimed, are still cellulose-encased, which binds an herb's constituents within its matrix, of which the human body does not possess the cellulose digesting enzyme, cellulase, to break down and release the virtues of an herb into the body. Liquid herbs are a type of pre-digested herbal product, meaning the constituents and components of an herb have been removed from the cellulose for easier digestion, absorption, and benefit.
ALSO, WE DON'T MAKE 'SYNERGIES-BROKEN' FRACTION-ISOLATE MONO-CONSTITUENT-BASED 'DRUG-LIKE' PHYTOPHARMACEUTICALS, AND WE DON'T USE THEM EITHER
We only use 'whole' herbs in the making of our TincTract® made liquid herbal concentrates. Unlike phytopharmaceutical preparations and the fraction-isolate constituent potency spiked 'Standardized' products that contain them, TincTract® made liquid herbs contain the broad spectrum of an herb's constituents in their ration-intact and synergy retained state. This means a more natural approach to using herbs, as nature intended!
WE DON'T USE ALCOHOL – EVER!
A fundamental chemistry fact is that alcohol possesses intrinsic denaturing, inert rendering, and redox-driving effects on the constituents of herbs, and other biologicals and their components. That is one of the main reasons we don't use alcohol in making our products.
GLYCERIN IS A SUPERIOR EXTRACTIVE SOLVENT TO ALCOHOL – VERIFIED SCIENTIFICALLY!
Glycerin is a better solvent than alcohol as evidenced in the following quote: “Glycerin combines the extractive qualities of water and alcohol: and many substances dissolve even more easily in it than in either of the two liquids.”
(Reference: GLYCERIN, Its Industrial and Commercial Applications. By Leffingwell, PhD; Lesser BS,
1945 Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
[It’s HOW glycerin is utilized and the 'range' of dynamics it is subjected to that determines its extractive potentials.]
HOW AN EXTRACTIVE SOLVENT IS UTILIZED IN A PROCESS IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE SOLVENT BEING USED – That's the fluid chemistry science part of the TincTract®'s technological equation we utilize.
We don't subject our herbs/glycerin solution exclusively to a passive process (i.e., tincturing, percolating, macerating) like other companies do in making their tinctures or herbal glycerites, nor do we exclusively apply straight-up sustained heat with its own complete denaturing and inert rendering of removed constituents, but subject the glycerin (and herbs) to a series of steps where each step increases in dynamic effects to access the full extractive potential of glycerin, that when done in this manner rivals, and in many instances even exceeds alcohol's extractive potential. We were the first in the liquid herbal products industry to realize and take advantage of glycerin's versatility and extractive potential, and have continued to make innovative generational enhancements and refinements to the TincTract® process, such as the inclusion of a Molecular Energy Induction Modulating Harmonizer (MEIMH™). That means we've been doing this form of alcohol-free, with its fluid chemistry science and alchemy-based aspects, longer than anyone else, and have moare experience regarding herbal glycerite concentrate making than anyone else.
GLYCERIN IS A MACRO-NUTRIENT.
That's correct! Unlike alcohol, glycerin is a consumable nutrient. There's nothing magical or mysterious about glycerin, as it is a thoroughly science researched compound. It is widely used throughout the foods, beverage, confectionary, flavorings, and personal care products industries, and utilized for human-based medicine & therapies and veterinarian medicine & therapies. It is safe for diabetics to use since glycerin not only possesses the same 'low glycermic index' as alcohol does, but additionally, possesses a 'low glycermic load,' which alcohol does not. Many dietitians and nutritionists believe the glycemic-load is a more important factor than the glycemic-index. One of glycerin's known benefit's, which alcohol does not possess, is its gentle cleansing and nutritively building properties on the liver.
DEFINITION OF TincTract®
The TincTract® process is an original and innovative 'serialized' multi-step, multi-dynamic approach to making our herbal concentrates that utilizes glycerin as the extractive solvent. It is best described as, 'More than a TINCture and more than an eTRACT, it's a TincTract®,' meaning it incorporates the best of both without the downsides of either. No other liquid herbal concentrate-making process possesses the fusion of complimentary inputs that a TincTract® process does. – It's a melding of tradition with contemporary science, that includes: solvent chemistry; colloidal chemistry; serialized fluid chemistry; principles & practices of thermodynamics and dielectrics; high and low altitude process enhancing inputs, pH considerations; phyto-extractive potentials (that vary from herb to herb); applied alchemy; and custom mechanical & engineering of specialized equipment and implements are some of the complementary aspects incorporated into the revolutionary, innovative, proprietary TincTract® process.
GENERATIONALLY ENHANCING OUR INNOVATIONS
We are constantly enhancing and refining the TincTract® process. Over the decades since its inception as the 1st generation kitchen-based process, the TincTract® process has been generationally refined and perfected to its 12th generation multi-qualities certified, award-winning endeavor, that included inclusion of a Molecular Energy Induction Modulating Harmonizer (MEIMH™), evidenced by the 1st generation iteration's recommended dose of 1 teaspoonful, to the 12th generation's commercially scaled-up TincTract® process' recommended dose of 1/4 teaspoon (1/8 teaspoon for children). So, you can be assured of continued consistency, potency, and efficacy – the ultimate quality qualifier of all.
THE MOST SYNERGIES-RETAINED LIQUID HERBAL GLYCERITE CONCENTRATES AVAILABLE
The TincTract® process for making our herbal glycerite concentrates was developed almost 45 years ago by our founder L. Carl Robinson, MH, FH, TT, CCHt, RH(AHG). The TincTract® process goes beyond tincturing, percolates, and macerations, that can only result in 'weak' glycerites that may need added preservatives, with some even doing the no-no of adding alcohol to boost asepticicity. Or, others might utilize a full-on sustained high-heat decoction method to make their herbal glycerites, thus denaturing and rendering inert many important constituents, similar to how using alcohol denatures and renders inert many constituents, with some even caramelizing (i.e., sustained heat over-reducing the fluid) their products to make it darker looking, but with a stronger 'over-cooked' flavor, which remains denatured and synergies-broken all the same. TincTract® processed herbs are potent poly-constituent-based synergies-retained herbal glycerite concentrates, that are not denatured or rendered inert, and they taste remarkably good with no additional flavorings, preservatives, added chemicals, or additives (either artificial or natural-based).
CUTTING EDGE FLUID CHEMISTRY & APPLIED ALCHEMY PRINCIPLES
Coming on 45 years ago, Carl, a CAM practitioner and a clinical & formulary herbalist, who worked from a personal apothecary of hundreds of different herbs, conceived the early 1st generation home kitchen-based iteration of the serialized TincTract® process based on fluid chemistry science and innovative principles of applied alchemy, that included herbal energetics and vibrational theory, to create the first ever potent and effective 'true' alcohol-free liquid herbal glycerite products with a great taste and with generational enhancements and refinement, that included a Molecular Energy Induction Modulating Harmonizer (MEIMH™), the 12th generation TincTract® includes astounding long-term stability that now includes 3rd party lab verified 6 year product stable & safety BBD (Best By Date) listing, the longest in the industry.
THE BEST LIQUID HERBAL OPTION AVAILABLE – ESPECIALLY FOR ALCOHOL-FREE!
Because our liquid herbs are completely alcohol-free from start to finish, as verified through our being Halal certified, there are no hidden alcohol tags, no preservatives, and no added flavorings because they're not needed given a TincTract® made product already tastes good. 'Genuine TincTract® Made' herbal glycerite concentrates are the best alternative/option available to alcohol made/containing product or other glycerin made products there is. Our being not only the first of its kind for totally alcohol-free liquid herbal products, but the first to be Kosher certified and the first to be and currently the only Halal certified liquid herbal products manufacturer in the industry.
NUTRITIONAL HERBALISM
The nutrient and micronutrient aspect of herbalism is often glossed over or ignored, but not here at Cedar Bear®. Our founder, Carl, was the first in the industry to coin the term 'Nutritional Herbalism.' An herb's nutrients, especially micronutrients, play an important role in herbalism. Because the serialized TincTract® is a multi-step, multi-dynamic process for removing and preserving heat sensitive and water soluble constituents requiring low-to-no heat, and through its multi-step multi-dynamic approach, also removes thermo-soluble components requiring a tiered dynamic input to be removed from herbal material, and never use any alcohol, but only glycerin instead, our products not only possess medicinal, corrective, and restorative properties, but also possess astounding regenerative micro-nutrient properties that are synergyies-affixed with the plethora of other constituents in an herb. Glycerin is a healthy macro-nutrient (whereas alcohol is not) that does not denature or render inert constituents and nutritive factors like alcohol does, which means other macro-nutrients, mineral electrolytes, enzymes, and micro-nutrients of vitamins, co-factors, organo-bound trace mineral, etc., are removed and preserved in an undenatured state, with their intrinsic synergies to each other remaining intact. Hey! We're talking basic chemistry and nutritional science here.
MULTI QUALITY STANDARDS MADE PRODUCT
Our formula-based Premium, Women's, Children's, and Pets lines are all totally alcohol-free formulary firsts in the industry, are differentiated from all others, and have been the industry standard for totally alcohol-free herbal glycerite concentrates for coming onto 45 years, longer than anyone else by decades! We are not only FDA Registered and GMP inspected/audited, we are NSF GMP certified, Kosher certified, Halal certified, and Vegan certified, along with being GMO-Free, Gluten-Free, Soy-Free, Sesame-Free, and Preservative & Additive-Free, and use ethically wildcrafted, wild-cultivar, certified organic, and verified pesticide residue-free naturally grown herbs.
YOUR GO-TO BRAND FOR 'HERBAL HEALTH' SOLUTIONS
With the innovative TincTract® process and its revolutionary Molecular Energy Induction Modulating Harmonizer (MEIMH™), and so many quality assurances, being the most concentrated, potent, stable, and best tasting in the industry for our product category, decades of clinical/practitioner and consumer proven efficacy feedback, and 40+ years experience in the 100% alcohol-free segment of the liquid herbal products industry, being the longest, most experienced and proven – it only makes sense to make Cedar Bear® Genuine TincTract® Made 'true' Alcohol-Free liquid herbal products your first and foremost go-to solution for herbal health! Especially considering we Reinvented Liquid Herbs!™
Taste is a major indicator of the constituent integrity and retained qualities of the raw herb extracted from. Taste is intricately tied to the gut's digestive processes and initial systemic, energetic, and vibrational responses. Alcohol-based herbs taint taste and can disrupt those digestive and systemic connections. And 'dry' herbal products that are dehydrated, powdered, freeze dried, then encapsulated or tableted, bypass the oral taste receptors, which diminishes the digestive system and body's systemic response for receiving the herbs. Taste is a major part of healing, restoration, regeneration, and systemic interfacing of the body with ingested herbs.
TincTract® herbs are very palatable and taste good, many remarkably close to the freshly harvested herb. This makes them easy and enjoyable to use regularly for adults, children, and pets, and where clinically utilized, enhances compliance of use. The proprietary TincTract® process, combined with the extractive versatility, enhanced micro-encapsulating property of, and natural sweetness of glycerin, preserves the flavor profile of the herbs, making them more palatable compared to other companies liquid herbs.
This natural sweetness not only naturally moderates the bitterness of some herbs but glycerin also preserves their therapeutic and restorative properties through the TincTract® process enhancing glycerin's microencapsulating properties (provided there is a high glycerin-to-water ratio). The pleasant taste, with no added flavorings or preservatives, is especially appealing to children, encouraging consistent use and making it easier for parents to incorporate these herbal remedies into their family’s daily routine for optimal health benefits. The great taste of a 'Genuine TincTract® Made' product is unmatched by any others and has been so for over four decades. Great taste, with no added flavorings or preservatives, is a major differentiated definer of Cedar Bear® 'Genuine TincTrat® Made' potent herbal glycerites.
Consistency in manufacturing brings consistent results. The TincTract® is an FDA audited and NSF GMP certified 'manufacture-standardized' process. We use the highest quality herbs available – ethically wild-crafted, wild-cultivar, organic certified, or verified pesticide-free natural grown. TincTract® made liquid herbs are broad-spectrum medicinal/corrective & nutritionally dense herbal concentrates with an amazing potency, taste, and effectiveness. Since no denaturing or inert rendering alcohol has been used, the effectiveness and taste factors have not been altered or distorted and the extracted constituents from the herbs have their ratio-intact and synergies-retained poly-constituent basis intact and active, making TincTract® herbs totally bio-available, and bio-utilizable, with their therapeutic, restorative, regenerative and nutrient integrity intact.
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