We start with the highest quality red deer. Our deer are carefully selected, naturally healthy, free grazing herds raised in New Zealand's Canterbury Plains. Our deer live long, happy lives on our farms. No deer are ever harmed or killed. | Our deer antler velvet is collected at the peak of potency, midway through its growth phase. A unique superfood, our capsules contain 40 key compounds and 400 active ingredients, including the full growth factor matrix and IGF-1 | We use only the best, highest yielding components to produce the strongest products. Our capsules are made from valuable antler tips, upper and middle sections, and exclude the inferior base and bottom segments that all other companies use. | Our capsules are processed using specialized methods designed to maintain its efficacy. Our deer antler velvet is cold processed. We never use chemicals or heat which are destructive deer antler velvet proteins and lipids. | Antler Farms® deer antler velvet capsules are 100% pure, with no added chemicals or binders. It is a whole food - antibiotic free, growth hormone free and routinely screened for disease, agricultural and chemical contaminants. |