Erbaviva started in 1996, its originators wanting to offer
mommies-to-be and babies upscale products completely free from all harsh
detergents, chemical fragrances, and other unhealthy additives.
Erbaviva products
are freshly made with loving care through all stages of
production at their own facility, starting with the quality of
their organic essential oils. The oils are sourced from around
the world from the finest growers and distillers, and often
their suppliers are small farms who have worked for generations
to make the optimum essential oil they can make.
All of
their creams have naturally derived wheat bran, including their
sunscreen - probably the lightest, most effective natural
sunscreen available. Their raw ingredients include organic oats,
organic milk, organic lavender flowers, and organic echinacea,
all of which have pretty extraordinary stories on how they are
sourced. Because there is no organic
standard for skincare products, those products must meet the
same organic requirements that food products go through.
Erbaviva is proud to be one of the few skincare producers to
carry the USDA certified organic seal. This means their
ingredients, the facility, and the process their products go
through meet the stringent National Organic Program standards.
Products
carrying the USDA seal contain 95% or more USDA certified organic
ingredients. However, Erbaviva takes it one step further and only labels
their products "organic" on the front label if it contains more than 99%
certified organic ingredients. They also state on the back labels
specifically which of the ingredients are organic.
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