In most countries at present there are no laws to restrict the use of the words natural and organic on personal care products,  meaning that anyone can call his or her product “natural and organic” without legal consequence.

NATURAL

The Industry’s definition of ‘natural’ is any ingredient derived from a natural substance but we know that just because something is natural in origin does not necessarily mean it is good for us. Some natural substances even require the use of synthetic chemicals to extract the ingredient for use.

ORGANIC

Similarly the cosmetic industry defines “Organic” as anything containing carbon.  As Carbon is found in anything that ever lived, you could argue that crude oil is organic – so too the toxic petrochemical preservative “methyl paraben”.

This is why organic certification is so important.  It helps to cut through the confusion and provide assurance that what we are buying is a truly pure, authentic, natural, chemical free product.

THE OFC

miniOrganics is proudly certified by Australia’s own Organic Food Chain

(THE OFC) itself an agency of the USDA National Organic Programme (NOP), and registered with the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and by the European Union as an Organic Certifying body.

Some brands will claim to be Certified Organic but on closer inspection you may find only a portion of their range will carry certification – the balance rich in natural and organic ingredients.

What sets miniOrganics apart from other brands is that each and every product in our range will always be Certified Organic.

Put quite simply a certified organic product is one in which every ingredient must be grown, processed, produced and stored without the use of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and synthetic chemicals.

This means they are free from all genetically modified ingredients, petrochemicals, sulphates and parabens.

The production process is strictly audited by an independent third party such as the USDA, or in our case Australia’s OFC (itself an agent for the USDA) to ensure the products conform to the most stringent of international standards

When an a product is certified organic you can be guaranteed  the organic integrity of each and every ingredient and the product as a whole.

Without certification an organic claim can be pretty meaningless.

Our organic certification is what sets miniOrganics apart from most other brands.  It is our guarantee of quality, purity and safety.

Note:  You may notice that our organic percentages vary from product to product. This is because some ingredients such as salt and water are excluded from the calculation of organic percentages by all certifying bodies.  It is extremely rare for anything to be 100% certified organic. At miniOrganics we pride ourselves on achieving the highest possible organic content in every one of our gentle and yet effective products.