26746. Vitamin products.   (F.D.O. No. 43554.   S. Nos. 65-136/9/P.)
QUANTITY : 5 ctns., each containing 3 120 tablet btls. of Eden Food Supplement, 
58 tins of Eden High Protein Wafers, 40 tins of Eden Treat, and 14 16-oz. 
cartoned btls. of Eden Chlorophyll Solution, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
SHIPPED: Between 5-8-59 and 7-6-59, from Sun Valley, Calif., by Garden of 
Eden Co.
LABEL IN PART: (Ctn. and btl.) "Eden Food Supplement A high potency Or- 
ganic or Natural source dietary food supplement * * * The Garden of Eden 
Company * * * Sun Valley, California 10249"; (tin) "Contents 180 Wafers 
* * * Eden High Protein Energy Wafers"; (tin) "Eden Treat . . . From the 
Garden of Nature's Laboratory * * * Contents: 16 ounces"; and (btl.) "16 
Oz. * * * Eden 100% Pure Chlorophyll Solution Each tablespoonful (15 cc) 
contains 100 milligrams pure chlorophyllins."
ACCOMPANYING LABELING : Phonograph records, side 1, "Nutritional Forum" and 
side 2, "Opportunity Knocks"; booklets entitled "Nutritional Forum Text 
Questions and Answers," "Opportunity Knocks," and "Your Guidebook to Bet- 
ter Living"; reprints from "Modern Nutrition June 1958," and from "Reader's 
Digest" entitled "The Vitamins, the Food and Dr. Spies"; leaflets entitled 
"Why Feel Old?," "A Report on the Health of the Nation," "Let Me Put You 
Into Your Own Fast-growing business," "Hidden Hunger," "Eden Food Sup- 
plement," "High Protein Energy Wafers!," "Eden Chlorophyll Solution," and 
"Eden Treat"; and starter kits containing promotional statements.
LIBELED :   9-28-59, Dist. Utah.
CHARGE: 403(a)—when shipped and while held for sale, the labeling which 
accompanied the articles contained false and misleading representations that 
the Food Supplement was advantageously derived completely from organic or 
natural sources; was superior in vitamins and mineral content to the various 
foods to which it was compared and contained the nutrients of such foods; 
would prevent and eliminate "hidden hunger"; would build rich, red blood, 
strong internal organs, steady nerves and good bones, teeth, hair and nails, and 
promote secretion of hormones; was a miracle of modern science; would pro- 
duce happy and healthy living; was a perfect balance of nutritional factors; 
would provide pep and vigor; and would bolster health, energy, and resist- 
ance ; contained secret ingredients; would add years to one's life without feel- 
ing old; provide all of the essential blood strengthening and tissue nourishing 
food factors; contained more potent vitamin A than fish liver oil; and would 
be effective because Americans generally are poorly nourished; that the Pro- 
tein Energy Wafers would provide high protein; furnish high, quick energy; 
continuous vigor; satisfy the desire for high caloric foods; burn up excess fat 
and sustain vitality; renew strength and energy; rebuild wornout and dam- 
aged tissues; convert poor dietary proteins into high quality proteins; and 
that it was comparable to milk, eggs, and meat but exceeded them in quality,
and was richer in all B-vitamins, except inositol, than wheat flour; that the 
Eden Treat would assure vigorous health and proper growth; and that the 
Chlorophyll Solution would produce sound health, and result in the best re- 
production and growth.
The libel alleged also that the articles were misbranded under the pro- 
visions of the law applicable to drugs as reported in notices of judgment on 
drugs and devices, No. 6021.
DISPOSITION : 2-5-60. Default—5 btls. of the Food Supplement, 5 tins of High 
Protein Wafers, 5 tins of Eden Treat, and 3 btls. of Chlorophyll were delivered 
to the Food and Drug Administration. The remainder of the articles were 
destroyed.