Learn How to Help. As a leader in the essential oil industry, doTERRA invests in research and testing to remain at the forefront of essential oil science. Through partnerships with research facilities, hospitals, and universities, doTERRA is always learning more about the potential of essential oils.
Commitment to Research. Create Account Login Canada - English. Cancel Order View Order. Shop Now. Video disabled by your privacy settings. Here are a few questions to ask yourself when considering buying from an essential oil company: Where do their essential oils come from?
Do they sustainably and responsibly source their essential oils? Do they test their essential oils for adulteration and contamination? Use the ID number on the bottom of your bottle to view the third-party test results for that batch of oil by clicking below:. View results here.
Our mission is to change the world one drop, one person, one community at a time. There are several ways to produce essential oils, and not all essential oils are created equal. Some companies choose to cut costs by using low-quality plants or adulterate their oils with cheap substances.
While cutting corners might save an essential oil company time and money, it will result in a low-quality oil. Unfortunately, many of the production methods in the essential oil industry can also be harmful to the environment or result in the unfair treatment of farmers and growers. We make it a top priority to protect the environment during the production process and provide fair treatment of all harvesters and growers.
We take pride in sourcing the most pure, potent, and effective essential oils in environmentally and socially responsibly ways. Learn more at sourcetoyou. These kinds of projects include funding for and building of schools, health clinics, training facilities, and clean water systems.
This can be the most misleading info at the beginning of your research because unless you are diving in deep to understand the industry or are really committed from the beginning to research what goes on your skin this can just be trickery. Adulteration can look like anything from the totally wrong plant in the bottle, synthetic chemicals being added, diluting the oil, traces of herbicides, fungicides, fertilizer - on and on.
A really popular swap is Cormint - the cousin of Peppermint being displayed and marketed as Peppermint. Peppermint is a really popular one to start with because we hear a lot about it, people feel comfortable using it and when they open that bottle of what they think is Peppermint and it is really Cormint and it doesn't do anything for their body they throw their hands up and feel like they have been let down.
There are several tests that are done that can determine whether a plant is pure, potent or came into contact unexpectedly with any pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers. That is the most simplified version of a multi step process with brilliant world renown chemists that I could put into words. They launched a website a couple of years ago called sourcetoyou.
Each batch of oil that gets tested and bottled is given a lot number. You can find the lot number on the bottom of the bottle and can enter into this website to see the breakdown of chemical constituents, when the oil was tested and where it is from. So all of those testing results are uploaded by the APRC for us to view.
For a pure and potent essential oil the plant has to be grown in the right soil conditions with the right climate and soil composition. That is why instead of harvesting Lavender from the roadside in Utah, they harvest Lavender from France and Bulgaria where Lavender thrives and has been growing for thousands of years. However, read on to see the differences between these too.
Natural essential oils Many companies that produce natural essential oils, in order to keep the price low often, include chemical dilutants, alcohols or other fillers, or mix cheaper oils with more expensive ones. Additives and adulteration can be harmful to the body and greatly reduce the effectiveness of the oil. These are also not recommended for therapeutic use. Read on to see what else is there for you to consider.
These fields do not possess the same soil quality and climate that is so essential for a given plant to thrive and grow to its full therapeutic potency. Moreover, the soil may have been contaminated, or pesticides used to ensure maximised harvests.
Of course, that is conveniently omitted from the description on the product. This standard requires precise care and effort to protect what nature has created, which correlates directly with the health-enhancing benefits you expect from essential oils. The oils are sourced from their own natural habitat and they are not contaminated from polluted soil or pesticides. They do not contain any fillers or artificial ingredients and companies producing high grade therapeutic essential oils have very strict quality control.
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