Best American-Made Health & Personal Care Products

Dr. Bronner's makes its Pure-Castile liquid soap, its bar soaps and the Sal Suds cleaner at its plant in Vista, California, and it has moved part of its oil refining in-house there. The coconut, palm and olive oils are shipped in from abroad, and the company's chocolate is made in Switzerland. It does not say where its toothpaste, lotion or hair rinse are made, so the soaps are the clear US-made part of the line.

Castile soap is saponified plant oil with no synthetic detergent. The liquid is concentrated, so a 32-ounce bottle goes a long way once you dilute it for hand soap, body wash or cleaning. Sal Suds is a different product: a detergent cleaner for floors, dishes and laundry, harsher on skin and stronger on grease.

For bar soap, Pacha Soap pours, cuts and stacks its bars by hand in Hastings, Nebraska. That statement covers the bars only; Pacha's candles, lotion and deodorant carry no stated origin. Vermont Soap makes organic castile liquid, body wash and bar soap at its own factory in Middlebury, Vermont, where it uses local hydropower to run the steam boilers for its liquid soap.

For the rest of the house, Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day makes most of its hand soap, dish soap and multi-surface cleaners in a factory on the South Side of Chicago; the brand belongs to SC Johnson. Church & Dwight makes Arm & Hammer baking soda in Green River, Wyoming and Old Fort, Ohio, and laundry detergent in York, Pennsylvania, though other products come from contract makers and plants abroad. Puracy, based in Austin, says its plant-based cleaners and body washes are made in the USA without naming the factory. Zogics labels its gym and facility wipes "Assembled in the USA," which means they are finished here; the wipe material's origin is not stated.

Tom's of Maine makes its toothpaste and deodorant at company-run plants in Maine, chiefly Sanford, and contract manufacturers outside Maine make some smaller lines. Colgate-Palmolive owns the brand. Tom's sells both fluoride and fluoride-free versions of most pastes, so read the box if you want fluoride for cavity protection.

Davids, a family-owned company in Southern California's Temecula Valley started by Eric Buss in 2011, labels its toothpaste "Made in the USA from domestic and imported materials" and says over 90% of its ingredients are of US origin. Its Hydroxi line uses nano-hydroxyapatite, a mineral that some buyers choose as a fluoride-free alternative. Davids does not state an origin for its floss and other accessories.

Colgate is the case to understand before buying oral care from a large brand. Its US toothpaste production sits in Morristown, Tennessee, but Colgate does not say which tubes are filled where, and its primary toothbrush plant is in Yangzhou, China. Treat Colgate manual toothbrushes as imported unless the package says otherwise. That pattern holds across the aisle: paste is often made in the US, brushes rarely are.

OraWellness, run by Will and Susan Revak, sells its HealThy Mouth Blend tooth oil and toothbrushes with a made-in-USA statement on its listings but names no city or plant.

Carmex is made by Carma Laboratories, the Woelbing family company. Alfred Woelbing created the balm in his Wauwatosa, Wisconsin kitchen in 1937, and Carma Labs now manufactures and distributes all Carmex product from Franklin, Wisconsin. The line runs from the classic balm in a jar, tube and stick to flavored and SPF balms. For lips that spend the day outdoors, an SPF balm is worth the switch. Carmex is sold in more than 60 countries, so check the package on international versions.

Smith's Rosebud Salve has come from the Rosebud Perfume Company in Woodsboro, Maryland since 1895. Dr. George F. Smith, a Woodsboro druggist, created it, and his heirs still own and run the company out of the old Smith Hotel building.

Badger makes organic balms, lip balms and mineral sunscreens at its own solar-powered plant in Gilsum, New Hampshire; a handful of products are made by subcontractors. Mineral sunscreens use zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, which sit on the skin and block UVA and UVB. Their main drawback is a white cast, which thicker formulas show more. Raw Elements also makes zinc oxide sunscreen in tubes, tins and face sticks, and says its finished products are formulated, mixed, filled and packaged in the USA, though it does not name the city and some ingredients and packaging are imported. Thinksport's mineral sunscreens are labeled made in the USA; its insulated sports bottles are made in China.

For face serums, Mad Hippie, a family-owned brand with a mailing address in Austin, Texas, says all of its vitamin C serums, retinoid serums and peels are made in the USA from globally sourced ingredients. It does not name the city. Taspen's Organics hand-makes magnesium creams, salves and face creams in small batches near Conifer, Colorado.

Two safety-razor makers machine their handles in the US. Timeless Razor is run by a family of machinists who own Triaxis Machine & Tool in Valley City, Ohio, and it makes double-edge razors in stainless steel and aluminum. Proof Razor machines single-blade razors, a straight razor and combs in Montana from US brass and aluminum, and sews its bison leather cases in southwestern Montana. Stainless steel resists corrosion and wears well with years of wet use; aluminum is lighter. A double-edge razor uses standard, widely sold blades, while a single-blade razor takes half-blades or proprietary ones, so check what replacement blades a handle takes before you buy. Timeless does not say where the blades it sells are made.

Mountaineer Brand makes beard balm, beard oil, body wash and deodorant in-house at its shop in Martinsburg, West Virginia, where Eric Young founded it in 2013. Honest Amish hand-makes beard balms, oils and salves at its own shop in a small town in Western Pennsylvania. MARLOWE.'s body wash, bar soap and scrub listings say they are made in the USA with globally sourced ingredients. Jack Black, now owned by Edgewell, says "almost all" of its skincare and shave line is made in the USA; it names no factory and does not list the exceptions, so check the label on the specific product.

For aluminum-free deodorant, Humble Brands makes its sticks, bar soap and lip balm in Taos, New Mexico, where Jeff Shardell started the company in a kitchen in 2015. Its newer shampoo bars carry only a "Distributed by" line. Green Tidings, a family company near Raleigh, North Carolina, says all its deodorants are made in the USA and that it tries to buy US-made components.

No-mes nail clippers are made entirely of stainless steel by Industrial Tool & Die Co. in Troy, New York, and trap the clippings inside. Otter Wax hand-makes beeswax fabric wax, boot wax and leather oil in Portland, Oregon; its brushes and applicators are imported, including from China.

"Made in USA" on a supplement means where the capsules, tablets or powders were produced. Almost every maker buys some vitamins, minerals or herbs abroad, and most say so. The more useful question is whether the brand runs its own plant or hands production to a contract manufacturer it doesn't name.

Nature's Way has its own production facilities at its Green Bay, Wisconsin headquarters, where it makes echinacea, elderberry syrup, valerian and evening primrose oil; its parent is the German company Schwabe. Source Naturals manufactures in Scotts Valley, California. Country Life makes nearly all of its products at its own plant in Hauppauge, New York, opened in 1998. Mt. Angel Vitamins is the house brand of Highland Laboratories, which blends, encapsulates and bottles in a 50,000-square-foot plant in Mt. Angel, Oregon. Life Enhancement owns its facility in the Reno and Tahoe area of Nevada.

Thorne makes nearly all of its capsules, tablets and powders at its campus in Summerville, South Carolina; its softgels come from outside manufacturers. Gaia Herbs extracts, tests and bottles at its facility in Brevard, North Carolina, beside its own farm, but many of its herbs are grown abroad, such as the Rhodiola and Holy Basil in Adrenal Health. MegaFood moved production to a new facility in Londonderry, New Hampshire in 2025. NaturesPlus says every product is made in its own facilities; the company is based in Melville, New York.

Some large brands split production. NOW Foods runs plants in Bloomingdale, Illinois and Sparks, Nevada, but not every NOW product comes from them, and several of its omega-3 fish oils are made abroad. Solgar, owned by Nestle Health Science and based in Leonia, New Jersey, says its supplements have been made in the USA since 1947. Jarrow Formulas' sister company has run a plant in Santa Fe Springs, California since 2000, but Jarrow does not say which products are made there, and its Fem-Dophilus probiotic is made abroad.

A larger group states US manufacture without naming the facility or saying whether they own it. Natural Vitality, maker of the Calm magnesium drink, and NeoCell, the collagen brand, both say their products are manufactured in the United States. American Health, maker of Ester-C, says its supplements are made in the USA with some ingredients from around the world. Enzymedica in Venice, Florida labels its Digest enzymes made in the USA with global ingredients. Bluebonnet Nutrition, a family company in Sugar Land, Texas, says its products are produced in the US in its own GMP facility. NutriGold, a family-owned maker in Orem, Utah, labels its fish oils, multivitamins and iron as manufactured in the USA.

Natren, founded by Natasha Trenev, says its probiotics are made in US facilities. Herbal Secrets says its single-herb capsules are made in a GMP-certified US facility but does not say where its herbs are grown. Hammer Nutrition in Whitefish, Montana says its Recoverite and Endurolytes are made by US contract manufacturers. Goli says its apple cider vinegar and Supergreens gummies are made in a cGMP facility in the USA, with some ingredients from abroad. Rainbow Light says its multivitamins are manufactured in the United States. SmartyPants makes its gummy multivitamins in a US facility, while its probiotic formulas are made in Canada. Nature Made says most of its products are made at facilities in Southern California.

Three brands need a closer look at the label. MaryRuth Organics says its products are made in several facilities in the US, Canada and the EU without saying which product comes from where. Carlson Labs refines and bottles its fish oils in Norway. Garden of Life does not say on its website where its protein powders and vitamins are made, so the origin rests on each package.

Puritan Medical Products makes cotton, foam and flocked swabs and wooden applicators at three plants in Maine, centered on Guilford. The company was established in 1919 and once used Northern white birch for its single-use items. Mid-America Safety Corp (MASC) makes procedure masks, face masks and NIOSH-approved N95 and N99 respirators at 800 Greenleaf Avenue in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, from materials it says come from American suppliers. If you need a respirator rather than a dust mask, look for the NIOSH approval number printed on the mask itself.

Drs. Pharmacy makes antibiotic ointments, the Pain-X menthol cream and other over-the-counter creams at its facility in Madison Heights, Michigan. Mack's earplugs come from McKeon Products in Warren, Michigan, family owned since 1962; the Pillow Soft silicone and Ultra Soft foam earplugs are labeled made in the USA, but its earmuffs, sleep masks and ear dryer carry no origin line. Therabath paraffin baths and refill wax are made by WR Medical Electronics in Maplewood, Minnesota, which has built them there since 1962. Purity lens cleaner spray is made by Dynamic Labs at its New York facility; the microfiber cloths packed in some kits have no stated origin.

Hyland's says its homeopathic cold, flu and children's remedies are manufactured in the United States from globally sourced ingredients. Procter & Gamble makes some of its Metamucil, Pepto-Bismol and Vicks medicines in the US and some in Mexico; Vicks VapoRub is one made abroad, so the label is the place to check.

For insoles and therapy gear, origin is often unstated. Superfeet, based in Ferndale, Washington, and Profoot do not say where their insoles are made. TheraBand describes its resistance bands as designed and engineered in the USA, and much of its range is made abroad. Thundershirt's made-in-USA statement covers its calming chews, not its pressure vests. Prestige Medical does not publish where its stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs are made. Read the country line on the package before you buy any of these.