Organic Certifications

Currently, body care products are not required to comply with the stringent organic food standards maintained by certification bodies such as the BFA and NASAA in Australia and the USDA in America, hence the plethora of so many "organic" body care products now on the market.

Since water is the primary ingredient in many cosmetics, some manufacturers are claiming to use organic hydrosols, or floral water, to green wash their products and make organic label claims whilst using the same synthetic toxic ingredients that would NEVER be allowed in organic food products. We believe this practice has the potential to destroy the integrity of the organic name.

miessence® is currently one of a few skin care products on the planet that has submitted to, and complies with, the rigorous processing and labelling requirements for certified organic food products.

ONE Group: Certification Definitions (PDF file)

There are two levels of certification for organic food products that miessence® skin care products comply with:

• Certified Organic:

  Certification of compliance

  Products branded "miessence® certified organics" are certified organic:

  These products contain at least 95% organically produced agricultural ingredients (excluding water and salt). The remaining ingredients (up to 5%) can be non-agricultural substances or non-organically produced agricultural ingredients, with strict processing criteria (eg: absolutely no GMOs or synthetics chemicals). These products bear the Australian Certified
  Organic logo and may also display the IFOAM and USDA logos if issued:

  These products bear the Australian Certified Organic logo

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  Registered Product:

  Certification of compliance

  Products branded "miessence® organics" are either made with organic ingredients or are mineral-based products:

  These products contain more than 5% mineral-based ingredients that are non‑agricultural and therefore not certifiable ingredients under organic agricultural standards. (eg: clay, bicarb soda, minerals). All of the ingredients in these products comply with the strict processing criteria for organic products (eg: absolutely no GMOs or synthetics chemicals).
  These products bear the BFA Registered Product logo

• More than 70% Organic Ingredients:

    The two shampoos, the body wash, and the hair conditioner, each contain one single ingredient that is not
    allowed in organic foods, which therefore prevents these 4 products from being certified. The foaming products
    contain “coco polyglucose”, a foaming agent made from coconut oil and glucose, and the hair conditioner
    contains “sorbitan olivate”, and emulsifier made from olive oil. Please see the Miessence Ingredient Glossary for
    more information on these ingredients: coco polyglucose, sorbitan olivate.

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  USDA Certificate

  These products meet the strict ingredients and processing criteria in accordance with the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program.

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