Good question, in order to know the difference between food/plant based and synthetic you need to read the label. For example, one of my supplements only has 4% of my daily value, but the other ingredients are bovine bone, dried pea juice, oat flour, bovine liver, beet root (just to name a few). A simple guide that helps is that if the ingredient list does not consistent of words with more than 3 syllables, there's a good chance it's plant based. Also, are the companies producing them all organic. This makes a difference. To learn more you can read the Standard Process site.
I do not want to sound like an Internet advertisement for a particular company, I just have more experience with SP. My naturopath is assembling some more information for me to share with the forum regarding finding stores and items that are organic and all natural without shopping at a specialty store.
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