Thursday, 24 April 2008
Can we trust organic or natural health and beauty products?
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Over the last week, I've been adding a large new shop to griinu Compare - this means around 2000 new products! A particular minefield is the plethora of cosmetic and health products. Ingredients are the greatest concern at this point. But we also want to consider place of manufacture, method of manufacture, working conditions, packaging and social contribution.
What are they really using?
Trust is a big issue in the modern world and a trusted brand name brings a lot of weight. Even so, a product described as organic may contain a few organic ingredients but not 100%. Equally, a product described as natural could contain, well almost anything! To enhance trust, we try to use certifications as a measure. But does that limit the scope of the products available too much? Certainly the number of manufacturers with certifications is low compared to the number selling organic or naturally 'branded' products.
