Product Spotlight Coral Calcium

Coral reefs are very delicate underwater ecosystems. Harvesting coral exoskeletons directly from living reefs is extremely damaging to the reef and the surrounding marine life that depends on the coral for food and shelter. Another method is dredging or vacuuming the sand around a reef to obtain dead coral and coral fragments, but this method robs coral reefs of the raw material they need to grow. Like other suppliers, NOW® Coral Calcium is imported from Okinawa, where the Japanese government strictly regulates the mining of coral, allowing only fossilized coral from above sea level to be mined, thereby protecting existing coral reefs.