Sprouts is where I buy this, like this is cheaper but won't buy since not shipped with ice pack. why can't amazon do this?
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amazon is made up of many sellers, and some use ice packs and some do not. You will have to contact each seller to see how they ship this item.
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NO FREEZER PACK with this shipment. It was COLD Here in Washington when this was received.. We were surprised that it did not ship with FREEZE PACK
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Hello,Thank you for your interest in DrVita. We do not ship using cold packs. Let me know if you need anything else, and have a great day.-Kaylan with customer service
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Sorry for the delay, We did talk to Jarrow and during the months from June to OCT they ship with cold packs. We do this with other Probiotics by Jarrow. We will adopt sending this product with a cold pack as suggested to maintain quality.
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Jessica, We ship this item with a free cold pack, I am not sure about Amazon or other sellers if they do.
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You need to buy it through Amazon .com they use to sell it in the supermarkets but not anymore
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The shipping and handling on all the beverages and certain other products makes the online alternative here at Amazon very cost prohibitive. I would have to be in near desperation for something to even consider buying a lot of grocery items on here. There are many other websites that offer less costly S/H that can be used, which is something for Amazon to keep in mind if it wishes to remain competitive in this arena.
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Dear Raquel Schmidt,Thank you for contacting with us. Yes, we will ship this product with ice pack. Let us know if you have any queries in this regards.Thank You,Chandu.A
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No. I sent mine back bc it was shipped without a ice pack in the middle of summer.
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Yes! We ship All "non shelf stable" probiotics (from any brand) with an ice pack inside an insulated thermal bag. We have to charge $5 extra to cover the cost. Furthermore, we use USPS Priority 1-3 days shipping for ALL standard shipping orders. Look at the condition in any probiotic listing and you will see our policy.Regards,Holly Hill Health FoodsCustomer Service
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According to several of the reviews, it is NOT shipped with a cold pack. Bummer.
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I honestly don't know. I buy it for a friend. Next time I'm in the health food store I will look at the label to see what the ingredients are. If there is a health food store near you they may carry it. I'm in San Diego, CA and "Sprouts" carries it here, also the OB Co-Op...and I think they may have it at Whole Foods.
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Unfortunately, Swanson Health Products does not ship with any ice packs. We have found that the delivery time is not long enough to damage the quality and potency of any product. With Probiotics, one of the main reasons why top-quality probiotic supplements include BILLIONS of organisms (at the time of manufacture) is the fact that some are going to die off during transit. However, enough activity remains to benefit your health. -Swanson Health Products
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I don't know, but it seems like you could. They are live seeds, so why not? I know you cant use seed packaged to plant for sprouts because they put 'treatments' on those seeds, like to keep it from molding, etc. I would think that you could get seeds to plant cheaper though.
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Yes, they are. Amazon does all of our fulfillment so they actually handle shipping the product to customers. Most of the products sold on Amazon.com today are fulfilled by Amazon. All products sold as "Amazon Prime" are fulfilled by Amazon directly. Amazon.com does their own research and they have apparently decided that impact to the potency is negligible when shipped without an ice pack. So, to our knowledge, they do not ship any of our temperature sensitive products with ice packs. I have to admit that there is merit to their method, the research indicates that when a product is new the impact of room temperature is very small (appx .1% per day), so for a new product, you lose about 1% every ten days. Your concern is something that we have been equally concerned about and that is why we reviewed some studies. There have been several studies measuring effectiveness (potency) at different temperatures. We do not know of a specific study for this product, so I will quote a more generic study. At room temperature (74*), you can expect to lose about 1% of the potency for every week at room temperature. Short time frames are alright, you just don't want to store it at room temperature for extended periods of time. I have quoted you the study of leaving the product at room temperature for 1 year, and averaged the 1% across that time period, but the last few months as the product ages are the most impactful. You should feel confident that brief shipping times should only impact the potency by a small amount, and this product is high potency. We still prefer using Amazon to ship product because they turn product over so quickly that it does not sit on store shelves and age. Aging also negatively impacts the potency. We typically turn all of our inventory of this product in 30-60 days so the product is new and potency is high. We are confident that the product will still perform well for our customers even though it is shipped without an ice pack and for that very brief time is not refrigerated.
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Ice packs are not included when your order is fulfilled by Amazon and are included when fulfilled by merchants listing offers to ship with ice and the buyer sees clearly the ice pack is included when making their purchase. More importantly, however than the question as to whether the product comes with an ice pack or not is the question regarding necessity of an ice pack. It's significant to note that while many buyers of Klaire Labs probiotics insist these products require refrigeration to ship, the manufacturer does not. The manufacturer reports in their summer 2011 update on probiotics; "At Klaire Labs, we conduct real-time stability studies on all our probiotic products to assess their long-term viability at both refrigerated and room temperatures. Data we've obtained from independent laboratory tests indicate our products maintain a relatively high degree of stability at room temperature for up to five months and then gradually begin to lose potency (see graph below). This suggests that while our probiotics require refrigeration to maintain viability over time, they do not quickly die off at room temperatures. Products may be taken out of the refrigerator for weeks or even months without a significant loss of viable organisms. Products shipped to customers with cold packs also retain excellent viability even if the cold packs are thawed and the product no longer feels cold to the touch at the time of arrival. To further ensure the potency of our products, we routinely formulate with "overages" so that even small losses of activity that may occur during shipping, handling, and storage are insignificant."
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Order from Vitacost.com. They ship with a cold pack. Watch your mail for when it arrives so it doesn't sit there.