Wednesday, January 27, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters is home to supplement innovators
By Katy Yoder
Correspondent
Sisters may be a small town, but
big ideas and innovative products are
produced here. Some highly respected
nutraceutical and supplement manu-
facturers have chosen Sisters as their
home base. Long-time community
partner and neighbor, Metabolic
Maintenance (MM), has been manu-
facturing professional-grade supple-
ments for over 35 years, and locally in
Sisters for 28.
According to Karla Cross-Green,
MM9s director of marketing, what
sets Metabolic Maintenance apart is
its dedication to reliability, preserva-
tive- and excipient-free ingredients,
and their diligence to third-party test-
ing on all raw ingredients and finished
products.
Cross-Green has been with the
company since 2016.
<You can trust that Metabolic
Maintenance will always strive to
provide the best product deliverable
to our customers. At the same time,
we are always evolving. We will never
settle on a formula or a raw material
source because it9s good enough,
we feel strongly about the fact that
every nutrient in our bottles provides
a health benefit,= said Cross-Green
from her home office.
MM has been able to thrive dur-
ing the pandemic because they are
manufacturing products that support
immune health. Not that they haven9t
had to adjust and adhere to COVID-
safety regulations. <Our establishment
was already clean beyond regulatory
requirements but we9re now doing
even more to keep our employees safe
in our facility,= said Cross-Green.
MM staff have seen a huge increase
in sales of immune system categories
including vitamins Ds, Cs, zinc and
other immune-boosting supplements.
<Our supplement, Acute Immune
Boost, has been a good choice for
people looking to boost their immune
systems. We rolled it out right before
the pandemic. We didn9t realize it was
going to happen, but we9re fortunate
to have had the foresight to create the
product. It9s great for short-term use
and rapid immune support. It9s a real
heavy hitter,= said Cross-Green.
Maintaining MM9s high standards
is more important than ever right now.
During the COVID pandemic, Cross-
Green has seen many supplement
companies taking shortcuts on qual-
ity by using unverified suppliers, not
testing for microbials or contaminants,
and not verifying potency. <We will
not waver on our values and compro-
mise the health of our customers. Our
formulas are constantly being updated
and refined in response to
new research findings and
feedback from doctors. We
are always developing new
offerings as clinical evi-
dence grows for their ben-
efits. We are proud to offer
our local community 20%
off our retail prices, just
call ahead to place your
order and a no-contact
pickup will be provided
at our lobby doors,= said
Cross-Green.
Another asset to the
Sisters business com-
munity in the health
and wellness sector is
Almsbio Nutraceuticals.
Originally from Portland,
founders Jeff Taber and
his wife, Sandy Egge,
moved to Sisters after
PHOTO PROVIDED
she accepted a position
Sisters’
manufacturing
sector
includes
health-related
with Laird Superfood as
their Director of Research products.
and Development and Director of producing, Almsbio manufactures
Innovation. A clinician, Sandy cre- their products in California.
<We9re proud to call Sisters
ated the Almsbio product line and has
handed over company responsibilities home base,= said Taber, <And we9re
to her husband after being recruited by happy to represent this area with our
products.=
Laird Superfood.
Almsbio is known for quality
The Almsbio lab is in Sisters and
their products are designed and tested
here. Because of the volume they are
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