Minimal & Essential is a full-spectrum one or two a day multi-vitamin/mineral formula that provides adults with the minimum daily requirements of vitamins and some essential minerals. This formulation contains a potent antioxidant complex including Vitamins A, C, E and the mineral selenium. It contains B-Complex vitamins, which are used in the metabolism of protein and fats, and maintenance of muscle tone in the gastrointestinal tract. * B-Complex also supports healthy nerve cells and maintains homocysteine levels that are already in the normal range. * Vital Nutrients mission is to manufacture superior quality nutritional supplements that exceed both industry and government standards and provide clinically effective results. They provide over 200 science-based and clinically effective products. They have a comprehensive quality assurance program to ensure that purity and potency is consistently met on every product that they manufacture. Vital Nutrients uses independent U.S. ethical laboratories to test all raw materials and finished products. Each raw material is tested, regardless of origin, for purity and potency. All finished products are tested through a real-time stability protocol for expiration date validation. They are an FDA Inspected facility that exceeds FDA cGMPs, and a member of the NPA.