What exactly is “Organic”?

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There are two types of beauty product:

  • A product that is over 95% organic
    The Soil Association standards state that a product can only be called ‘organic’ in the product name where 95% of the ingredients (excluding water) are organic.
  • A product that is 70-95% organic
    Some products require higher quantities of preservatives, etc. which reduces their organic content. Provided at least 70% of the ingredients (excluding water) are organic they can be certified with the Soil Association. However, these products cannot include the word ‘organic’ in the product name, and must state the percentage of organic ingredients in the product description.

There are various ways you can tell on the product label what you are buying.

All organic claims are researched by the Soil Association before the manufacturer can use it on their label and display the Soil Association’s symbol on the packaging.

Ingredients must be written in ascending order of weight and written in the form dictated by the INCI – based on Latin and/or scientific names – (the common name may be shown in brackets)  The organic status of an ingredient will be indicated with an asterisk.

Finally there will be a company address, an indication of how long the ingredient can be used within – 12m, 6m, 18m denoting the amount of months and a batch number.

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