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Ddrops™ Booster is a PTPA Winner

By Ddrops Company | Published: October 18, 2011

Ddrops™ Booster has earned the coveted Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Seal of Approval

All of us at Ddrops Company are excited to announce that Ddrops™ Booster has been awarded the PTPA Winner’s Seal of Approval.  We don’t mean to brag (well, maybe just a bit), but this is not our first PTPA award winning product.  Baby Ddrops™, Kids Ddrops™ and Ddrops™ (adult) are also all PTPA winning products.

PTPA Media has North America’s largest volunteer parent testing community, with over 40,000 parents.  Consumers looking for high-quality products and services can rest assured when they see the PTPA Winner’s Seal; it’s evidence of product excellence as evaluated by unbiased parent consumers.

Ddrops™ Booster was among many entries from across North America competing to earn the PTPA™ Seal. Because independent parent volunteers evaluate these products in their own homes, PTPA winners are chosen based on merit and consumer experience – not on commercial considerations. As a result, the PTPA Media™ Seal has quickly gained recognition as an international leader in certifying consumer products for quality, effectiveness and value. Their CEO, Sharon Vinderine has appeared on over 40 morning shows as a reliable source for the latest and greatest in family products. The media and parents alike trust the collective opinion that PTPA Media represents.

Being honored with the influential Seal of Approval from PTPA Media Inc. is a huge achievement for a product geared to families, children or parents.  “Ddrops™ liquid Vitamin D products were developed with Moms in mind, to make it easy and convenient or Moms to care for their families’ health.  With Ddrops™ Booster being the 4th Ddrops™ product to win the PTPA award, we feel confident that we have achieved our objective of making Moms’ lives a little easier”, Chris Temovsky, CEO Ddrops Company.

“At PTPA Media, we are proud to play a role in certifying innovative products that families can trust,” says Sharon Vinderine, CEO and founder of PTPA Media Inc. “When consumers search for our Seal of Approval on product packaging and web sites, they are essentially searching for validation from their peers.  Their peers will have objectively tested and approved these products based on their performance in a real life environment. That type of resource for families is priceless.”

About Ddrops Company

Ddrops Company is a Canadian company founded in response to a need for a simply better way to provide the one vitamin that is most often deficient in North Americans – vitamin D. Our research and development is geared toward developing and marketing safe, effective, convenient and economical forms of vitamin D supplements for your entire family under the Ddrops™ brand.  Call us for more information @ 905-851-8898, or visit our website www.ddrops.ca.

For further information:

Media contact:
Susan Jankus
Ddrops Company
Tel: 905-851-8898  Fax: 905-851-8890
www.ddrops.ca
media@ddrops.ca

About PTPA Media Inc.

PTPA Media provides an objective framework for appraising and promoting new products designed to enrich family living. The company’s mission is to marry innovative companies with discerning consumers, to improve consumer access to quality products and services for their families and homes.
PTPA Media Contact Information:
Janine Streiter, Tel: (905)738-1447 x240 For more information visit www.ptpamedia.com.

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Ddrops™ sponsors 4 Canadian Mom bloggers to Blissdom Canada ’11

By Ddrops Company | Published: March 21, 2011

Here at Ddrops Company, we are of the opinion that Moms can have substantial influence on the health of Canadians. Not only are Moms often the caregivers for their children and other loved ones, but they sometimes openly share their personal health-related experiences and advice with other Moms online.

A recent poll by CBC News / Leger Marketing showed that 41% of Canadians search for health advice online, and that 67% trust the information that they are getting from online sources. This gives a lot of importance to the health information that Mom bloggers share online.

Ddrops Bliss contest

So we asked Canadian Mom bloggers to tell us how they believe Mom bloggers can influence the health of Canadians.  To make this more fun, each article written was counted as a contest entry to win one of four sponsorships to Blissdom Canada ’11, a conference targeted to women bloggers.  For complete details about the Ddrops Bliss contest and the prize, click here.  Twenty Canadian Mom bloggers submitted an article and entered the contest.  The public had the opportunity to read the articles and vote for up to two of their favorite entries.  There were slightly over 900 votes.

After careful evaluation of the votes, and removal of duplicate votes, here are the 4 lucky winners of the Ddrops Bliss contest (in alphabetical order):

Congratulations to the four winning Canadian Mom bloggers!  We will be in touch with each of you individually.

We would like to thank all of the twenty contestants for participating in the contest.  Their articles were inspiring, and they showed a lot of passion in getting the word out about the contest to encourage people to vote.  We are grateful that they took the time and interest to be involved in our contest, and we so appreciated the opportunity to get to know them better.  And of course, thank you to everybody who voted.  We know it was a difficult choice for many of you as the Canadian Mom blogging circle is a very tight network.

And now, we just wait to find out the date and location for Blissdom Canada ’11 !!

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Baby Ddrops™ celebrates its PTPA award with parents

By Ddrops Company | Published: March 15, 2011

PTPA Seal of Approval

All of us here at Ddrops Company are excited to announce that Baby Ddrops™ has been awarded the PTPA Winner’s Seal of Approval.  We recognize that this award is thanks to all the positive feedback that parent reviewers gave to the PTPA organization after they tested Baby Ddrops™.  As a result, we want to thank parents for their support of our brand, Baby Ddrops™, by inviting them to a celebration.

Come celebrate with us on our Baby Ddrops™ FaceBook page today, Tuesday March 15th.  We hope to inspire some fun discussions and connect our parent members with one another.  And here’s a bonus: Write us a congratulatory note on our wall and we will send you a free Dora and Diego* growth chart. To let us know your shipping address privately, you can either send us a DM on our Baby Ddrops™ Twitter account, or you can send a message to our social media Mom, Nat, on FaceBook.  We hope to see you there!

Here are the details on Baby Ddrops™ and the PTPA Seal of Approval award:

Growth chart by Ddrops Company


PTPA Media has North America’s largest volunteer parent testing community, with over 40,000 parents.  Consumers looking for high-quality products and services can rest assured when they see the PTPA Winner’s Seal; it’s evidence of product excellence as evaluated by unbiased parent consumers.

Baby Ddrops™ was among many entries from across North America competing to earn the PTPA™ Seal. Because independent parent volunteers evaluate these products in their own homes, PTPA winners are chosen based on merit and consumer experience – not on commercial considerations. As a result, the PTPA Media™ Seal has quickly gained recognition as an international leader in certifying consumer products for quality, effectiveness and value. Their CEO, Sharon Vinderine has appeared on over 40 morning shows as a reliable source for the latest and greatest in family products. The media and parents alike trust the collective opinion that PTPA Media represents.

Being honored with the influential Seal of Approval from PTPA Media Inc. is a huge achievement for a product geared to families, children or parents. Ddrops Company President, Chris Temovsky, was beaming with pride; “Baby Ddrops™ is a fairly new product in both the Canadian and American market.  When it was designed, we had Moms and babies in mind.  And knowing that Mom reviewers are the ones who made this award possible is very satisfying and rewarding.”

“At PTPA Media, we are proud to play a role in certifying innovative products that families can trust,” says Sharon Vinderine, CEO and founder of PTPA Media Inc. “When consumers search for our Seal of Approval on product packaging and web sites, they are essentially searching for validation from their peers.  Their peers will have objectively tested and approved these products based on their performance in a real life environment. That type of resource for families is priceless.”

About Ddrops Company

Ddrops Company is a Canadian company founded in response to a need for a simply better way to provide the one vitamin that is most often deficient in North Americans – vitamin D. Our research and development is geared toward developing and marketing safe, effective, convenient and economical forms of vitamin D supplements for your entire family under the Ddrops™ brand.  Call us for more information @ 905-851-8898, or visit our website www.ddrops.ca.

For further information:
Media contact:
Susan Jankus
Ddrops Company
Tel: 905-851-8898  Fax: 905-851-8890
www.ddrops.ca
media@ddrops.ca


About PTPA Media Inc.

PTPA Media provides an objective framework for appraising and promoting new products designed to enrich family living. The company’s mission is to marry innovative companies with discerning consumers, to improve consumer access to quality products and services for their families and homes.
PTPA Media Contact Information:
Sharon Vinderine, Tel: (905)738-1447 x.224 For more information visit www.ptpamedia.com.

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Baby Ddrops™ sponsors Momstown.ca fan party

By Ddrops Company | Published: February 27, 2011

We love to have a good time with other Moms.  So we are very pleased to let you know that on Monday February 28th, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm E.S.T., Baby Ddrops™ will be a sponsor of the Momstown.ca fan party. We will be giving away a gift card with a $25 value.  The winner will select the store for the gift card from the following selection: Shoppers Drug Mart, London Drugs, Jean Coutu, or well.ca.  All of these retailers carry the various Ddrops™ liquid Vitamin D products, all of which are preservative-free and sugar-free.

How can you participate? Just sign in to your FaceBook account and then ‘like’ the Momstown.ca on FaceBook page.  After that, have fun with a bunch of other Moms while in your own living room.

Want to get a free Dora the Explorer / Diego growth chart?  Just come and say ‘hello’ on our Baby Ddrops™ FaceBook page and let us know that you are participating in the Momstown.ca fan party … but don’t forget to go back to the fan party afterwards.

For your privacy, do not leave your shipping address on our FaceBook Wall.  Somebody will contact you privately via FaceBook to request your shipping address.

We hope to see you at the party!

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Ddrops Bliss contest: Help choose the 4 winners

By Ddrops Company | Published: February 25, 2011

Ddrops™ Company is showing its commitment to support Mom bloggers by sponsoring 4 Canadian Mom bloggers’ entry (registration) to Blissdom  Canada 2011. For complete details about the contest, the prize and how the winners will be selected, click here.  The contest is called Ddrops Bliss.  You can follow the discussion and buzz about this contest on Twitter with the hashtag #DdropsBliss.

We are thrilled with the excitement that this contest has generated.  A total of 20 Canadian Mom bloggers have entered our contest.  Each entry consists of a written post on the blogger’s website which outlines her thoughts on how Canadian Mom bloggers can influence the healthcare of Canadians.  All of the posts are well written with some great ideas.  Since social media and blogging are all about community engagement, we are asking the public to help us choose the 4 winners.

How to vote for the Canadian Mom blogger that you think has addressed the question “how do Mom bloggers influence the healthcare of Canadians” the most clearly in her blog?

It’s easy.  All of the entries are listed below in this blog post.  They link to the bloggers’ entry posts on their individual blogs.  Read through them and then tell us in the comments section of this blog which 2 posts you believe best address the healthcare question.  Each person can vote for up to 2 bloggers, but can only vote for each once.  Contest entrants can vote as well, and they can vote for themselves if they wish to do so.

VERY  IMPORTANT: To make sure that we do not miss any votes, your vote must be in the comments section of this Ddrops blog post, not the bloggers’ blog.   Feel free to leave a comment on the bloggers’ posts, but be sure to come back to the Ddrops blog to vote.  We will not be going through the individual blogs’ comments to see if somebody may have inadvertently voted there.  The Mom bloggers who entered the contest are held responsible to ensure that the comments are included the Ddrops blog (this post specifically).

Voting will take place until Friday March 11th, 11:59 pm E.S.T.

If you see some posts that you like from the entries below, be sure to follow that blog.  Mom bloggers work very hard to share information, tips and reviews that will assist other parents, so you may benefit from some of their future posts as well.

Good luck to all Mom bloggers who entered the Ddrops Bliss contest. You all did a great job with your entries.  Here we go – the list of posts to pick from can be found below:

  1. Rants n’ Rascals: “how mom bloggers make a positive impact on canadians health“
  2. Freckles the Mom: “The Power of Mom Bloggers“
  3. Spaghetti and spanx: “mom bloggers kick butt!!“
  4. My Organized Chaos: “Mom Bloggers Make a Difference!“
  5. momstown Kitchener-Waterloo: “Connected Canadian Moms are Healthy!“
  6. Wonder Moms: “Healthy Wonder Moms“
  7. My Real Review: “Why are Canadian mom bloggers important?“
  8. Nugglemama’s Handful: “Mom bloggers motivate“
  9. Crumbs in the Minivan: “Life made better by mom bloggers. “
  10. How To Survive Life in The Suburbs: “How Mom Bloggers Can Save The World! “
  11. Whispered Inspirations: “Nurturing is Universal. “
  12. Mommy Moment: “Mom bloggers have positive impact on the health of Canadians“
  13. Crunchy Carpets: “Healthy Blogging “
  14. The Momma Stuff Blog: “Mom Blogging Matters “
  15. Random Thoughts and Musings from the Island Reviews: “Mom Bloggers Making a Positive Impact on Canadian Health, One Post at a Time “
  16. A Busy Mommy: “Mom Bloggers Help At 3am “
  17. The Urban Momtographer: “Making an Impact and Positively Affecting The World Around Us “
  18. City Mom: “Mommy Bloggers At Your Service“
  19. Mom’s Musings: “It’s All About Community!!“
  20. A Mother World: “Mom Bloggers Have a Powerful Voice “

Update February 27th:

Thank you to the contestants and all the voters for making the Ddrops Bliss contest so exciting.  We can see that many of you are very passionate about your favorite Canadian Mommy blogger, and you want her (or them if you voted for 2) to win their entry to Blissdom Canada.  And with almost 500 comments, it is difficult to keep track.  As such, we are going to give you sporadic snapshots of the blogger rankinds.  We decided not to post this information on the voting platform itself (our blog) because we did not want to influence new voters.  Therefore, you can find the top 8 bloggers on our FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/BabyDdrops .  Come every once for an update as many of the bloggers are very close to one another, so the order could change, and even some of the names could change.  Remember that voting takes place until March 11th 11:59 pm EST, so anything could happen from now until then.  Contestants – keep up the great work and stay confident.  Every vote counts.  Good luck to all of you!

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Is it best to take Vitamin D with wine?

By Ddrops Company | Published: February 22, 2011

There is no scientific evidence that suggests that wine increases vitamin D absorption either from oral ingestion of a vitamin D supplement or from the manufacturing of vitamin D in skin when exposed to UVB rays from the sun or other appropriate light sources.  Vitamin D is absorbed with fats in food so drinking wine with a good meal that has some fat may aid vitamin D absorption.  This applies to any fat soluble vitamin.

Last year, Guy B Mulligan and Angelo Licata asked Vitamin D users who were borderline insufficient to take their usual dose of Vitamin D during their largest meal of the day.  A total of 17 patients were included in the study, with an average age of 64 yeard, 13 of which were women and 4 were men.  The doses of Vitamin D used by these patients ranged from 1,000 to 50,000 IU.  Albeit a very small number of patients were included in this study, the conclusions were that taking Vitamin D during a large meal improves absorption of the vitamin and results in about a 50% increase in serum levels of 25(OH)D (in other words, vitamin D blood levels increased by about 50%).  This study was published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

When do you usually prefer to take your Vitamin D supplement?  Leave us a comment.

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Ddrops will sponsor 4 Canadian Mom bloggers to Blissdom Canada 2011*

By Ddrops Company | Published: January 20, 2011

We have some very exciting news to share!

Ddrops Company will be sponsoring 4 Canadian Mom bloggers’ entry fee to Blissdom Canada 2011.

There are so many wonderful Canadian Mom bloggers out there that it is impossible for us to pick which 4 to sponsor.  Therefore, we decided to make a contest out of it, and our blog readers will have an opportunity to vote for the Moms that they think should win the sponsorship.

Who is eligible for the contest:

1) You must currently reside in Canada

2) You must be female and 18 years or older

3) You must be a mother with a blog that covers topics related to children and/or families

4) You must have at least 10 entries in your blog, and your first blog post must be dated at least June 2010 or earlier

5) You are not eligible to enter the contest if you are employed by an organization that manufactures, sells or markets supplements.  This applies to other similar conflicts of interest.  IMPORTANT NOTE:  This does not apply to bloggers who have reviewed or posted about other supplements on their site or social networks.  Of course they may enter the contest.

How to enter the contest:

1) Write a short essay about how Mom bloggers can have a positive impact on the health of Canadians.  Your focus can be either children and/or families in general, whichever best suits your blog’s focus.  The article should contain 500 words or less.  The article can be written in English or French.

2) In your blog article, make sure to let us know your Twitter username and your FaceBook fan page (or profile if you use it for business purposes).  If you would like to let us know where we can find you on other networks such as LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, Delicious, YouTube, or any Mommy online networs that you use regularly, please include it in your post.

3) Post your article on your blog and send us the URL of the blog post.  You can send the URL to @BabyDddrops via Twitter.  Include the hashtag #DdropsBliss in your tweets related to the contest or the Ddrops sponsorship in general.  You can also notify us on our FaceBook page.  And if you really want to get our attention, feel free to do both.

4) Entries (blog post + notification to us of URL either via Twitter and/or FaceBook) must be submitted by Sunday February 20th 2011, by 11:59 pm E.S.T.

How to vote for the Canadian Mom blogger that you think best addressed the question in her blog:

1) Ddrops Company will write a blog post and link to all the essays that were submitted to us and we will post this URL on both our Twitter account (using hashtag #DdropsBliss) and on our FaceBook pages (Ddrops and BabyDdrops pages).  We plan to post and publish this by Friday February 25th.

2) We will then collect the votes in the comments section of our blog post with all the links to the essays.  Each person can vote for up to 2 bloggers, but can only vote for each once.  NOTE: Votes must be in the comments section of the Ddrops blog post, not the bloggers’ blog.   We will post the link to the blog post in question on February 25th.

3) Voting can take place until Friday March 11th, 11:59 pm E.S.T.

4) Votes will be tallied.  Votes in which there is a duplicate name or duplicate e-mail address will be removed from the tally.  In a situation where a tie exists, we will use random.org to select a winner.

5) Winners will be announced on Twitter and FaceBook on Monday March 21st.

6) Winners will need to confirm that they will indeed be attending Blissdom Canada 2011.

7) The winners must use the sponsorship for themselves.  It cannot be passed on to somebody else.

8) If any of the winners cannot attend for some reason, Ddrops Company will then sponsor the next runner-up in the contest, assuming tickets are still available for the conference.

9) Entry posts that include inappropriate content will be removed from the contest.

What is the prize:

1) The winners will be reimbursed for their registration to Blissdom Canada 2011.  Winners are responsible for registering for Blissdom Canada themselves.  Ddrops Company will reimburse the winners upon proof of registration for the event.  The winners are responsible for their travel, hotel, food and other expenses.

2) The winners will also receive a $25 gift certificate to be used for the purchase of Ddrops products (see details below)

What does Ddrops Company expect of the winning bloggers:

Try Ddrops products, and get your family members to try it as well.  It’s on us.  The winners will receive a $25 gift certificate for the purchase of Ddrops products.  As winners of the Ddrops Blissdom Canada contest, we expect you to have an opportunity to form an opinion of our products.   The winners’ honest opinions of our products will be respected, whatever it may be.  Their opinion will not change their status as a winner of the contest.

Tell us what you think of this contest.  Will you be entering?

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Baby Ddrops is ready to party with Momstown.ca on December 1st

By ddrops | Published: December 1, 2010

This evening, Wednesday December 1st, from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm, Baby Ddrops will be a sponsor of the Momstown.ca FAN Party. We will be giving away a gift card with a $25 value.  The winner will select the store for the gift card from the following selection: Shoppers Drug Mart, London Drugs, Jean Coutu, or well.ca.  All of these retailers carry the various Ddrops products.

FaceBook has opened so many doors for people to connect with each other, including busy Moms.  Ann-Marie Smith Burton, co-founder of momstown.ca, told us that “Moms are using social media as their main form of communication. 84% of Momstown members flip between Momstown.ca and Facebook to stay in touch with friends.”

If you have some free time this evening, join the fun and you’ll also have a chance to win prizes.  It’s easy to sign up.  First, sign in to your FaceBook account. Then you have to ‘like’ Momstown.ca on FaceBook, and then finally you can RSVP for the Momstown FAN Party. We hope to see you there!

Have you participated in an online party before?  If so, what did you think of it?  If not, what’s been holding you back?  Leave us your thoughts in the comments below.

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Press Release: Ddrops Booster™ 600 IU first and only widely available ‘one drop’ vitamin D supplement that matches the New IOM vitamin D recommendations, raising the minimum levels to 300% of previous recommendations.

By ddrops | Published: November 30, 2010

Today, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released long awaited new guidelines for vitamin D intake increasing the recommended Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI’s) of vitamin D to maintain bone health.

Specifically, the new guidelines issued by the US based Institute of Medicine highlight:

  • Increase the daily vitamin D intake recommendation for adults up to 70 years of age from 200-400 IUs to 600 IUs
  • Increase the daily vitamin D intake recommendation for adults 71 years and older from 600 IUs to up to 800 IUs
  • Increase the daily upper intake level of vitamin D considered safe from 2,000 IUs to 4,000 IUs for adults

Vitamin D supplementation is an important option to ensure that North Americans augment dietary vitamin D. Ddrops Company is proud to offer its unique once-daily vitamin D technology and format: ‘The Sunshine Vitamin in Just One Drop®’.  Ddrops™ brand products provide a concentrated purified vitamin D₃ for a consistent daily dose in each single drop. Recognizing the need for an individualized vitamin supplementation, Ddrops Company now offers its widest range of vitamin D supplement doses in North America.

Ddrops Company President, Chris Temovsky, highlighted the company’s excitement over Ddrops Booster 600IU.

Ddrops Booster 600 IU

We launched Ddrops Booster 600IU over one year ago and are thrilled to have it widely available as an immediate option for anyone looking to supplement in-line with the revised recommendations announced today by the Institute of Medicine.

Temovsky also announced the launch of Ddrops 800IU following the Health Canada granting of an NPN approval for Ddrops 800 IU.

This now provides a well-rounded dose range of products from Baby Ddrops™ 400 IU, Kids Ddrops™ 400 IU, Ddrops Booster™ 600 IU, new Ddrops™ 800 IU, and Ddrops™ 1,000 IU (also in the US  Ddrops™ 2000 IU).  drops range of products uniquely offers the opportunity to individualize the approach to vitamin D supplementation based on consideration of a number of individualized factors, including age/life-stage, dietary intake of vitamin D through fortified foods, and exposure to direct sunshine.

About Ddrops Company

Ddrops Company is a Canadian company founded in response to a need for a simply better way to provide the one vitamin that is most often deficient in North Americans – vitamin D. Our research and development is geared toward developing and marketing safe, effective, convenient and economical forms of vitamin D supplements for your entire family under the Ddrops™ brand.  Call us for more information @ 905-851-8898, or visit our website www.ddrops.ca.

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For further information: Media contact:
Susan Jankus
Ddrops Company
Tel: 905-851-8898  Fax: 905-851-8890
www.ddrops.ca
media@ddrops.ca

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Comments guidelines

By ddrops | Published: November 27, 2010

We encourage all of our readers to leave comments on any of our blog posts. All comments will be pre-approved before posting.  However, in the spirit of social media transparency, we aim to keep the rules as simple as possible.  We reserve the right to delete comments that have any of the following information:

  • mentions that refer to the quality of service received at specific retailers
  • price of products that are not part of the Ddrops family
  • specific mentions of Ddrops brands being used for indications other than what has been approved by Health Canada

The comments guidelines may be revised at any time.

If you have any questions about our guidelines, please feel free to contact us.

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