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Naturals: The Case for Natural Personal Care Standards

The growth in natural and organic personal care products has resulted in a need for logical, practical and achievable standards. Conventional wisdom would tell us that the name of a product and the ingredients used to make that product are meaningful and truthful as reflected on the product label. But the fact is labeling cosmetics often depends entirely on the manufacturer.

Now "Natural" Is Natural—According to Burt's Bees

After working on a "natural" policy for more than a year, Burts Bees has come up with a standard.

“The future most certainly lies in an increased collaboration between brands and producers, who will be able to support locally identified partners,' said Bertrand de Préville, general manager of LMR Naturals.

LMR Naturals by IFF Natural Ingredients Carbon Footprint Evaluation Study

The study identifies high-volume ingredients such as patchouli or clove, as well as specific areas of importance to reduce carbon footprint.

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The Natural Order

Though terms such as “biobased” and “natural” resonate with consumers, the high cost of plant-based materials makes biobased ingredients vulnerable to economically motivated adulteration.

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Fragrance Issues: Defining “Natural”

As the first personal care products bearing the Natural Products Association’s seal hit store shelves, an assessment of “natural” fragrances in personal care

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Authentication of Natural Peppermint Oil

This article explores the application of carbon-14 testing as a method to authenticate naturally sourced peppermint oil and screen for adulteration.

Celebrating and Defending Naturals in Perfumery

European Federation of Essential Oils (EFEO) event offered insights from a master perfumer and ingredient experts.

As one of the most popular and expensive oils of the 19th century, violet oil’s compounds could be isolated into three major ionones. It was found that depending on the synthetic route, mixtures of the ionones in different ratios were formed, each of which had unique fragrance profiles.

Patenting Non-Naturally Occurring Fragrance Compounds

What does the patent literature tell us about innovation in the area of non-naturally occurring fragrance compounds? This short article provides some recent examples of U.S. patents that have claimed “new, useful and non-obvious” non-naturally occurring fragrance compounds or compositions.

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Authentication of Natural Materials: What’s New?

As natural materials’ price volatility in the marketplace leads to adulteration, innovative authentication techniques may provide stability in quality control.

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Advanced Biotech Patents Natural Aroma Process

Advanced Biotech have announced a patent for a new way to create EU natural chiral alpha ionone, which will be available commercially by June 2018.

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Natural Source Testing for Flavors and Fragrances

In highly regulated marketplaces where mislabeling could have legal and commercial repercussions, a reliable natural source test is critical at the procurement, research and development, product launch and supply stages.

Natural and Organic: the Emerging Revolution

What’s driving the biggest dynamic shift in the F&F industry? Imagine a world in which the price of gasoline is 25 cents a gallon, where Starbucks Frappuccinos are nutritious and contain no calories, and you actually like your mother-in-law. Unrealistic, perhaps, but for those involved in the organic world, and organic personal care specifically, the announcement in August 2005 that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow for USDA certification of personal care products was received with equal disbelief.

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Natural Aroma Chemicals: The Free EBook

The future of F&F will rely heavily upon a combining nature and technology. In this e-book, brought to you by Millipore Sigma, we selected the most high impact articles surrounding natural aroma chemicals from Perfumer & Flavorist’s archives. You’ll find technical articles on new sourcing techniques, sulfur aroma chemicals for savory, high impact aroma chemistry and more.

The future of perfumery requires both naturals and synthetic chemicals, noted Jean-Claude Ellena, the director of perfumery for Hermès, during a presentation at the European Federation of Essential Oils' annual general meeting in June in Grasse, France.

Celebrating and Defending Naturals in Perfumery

EFEO event offered insights from a master perfumer and ingredient experts.

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OPINION: The NPA Home Care Natural Standard

Overview, certification criteria and FAQs.

RIFM should publish assessments for all NCS ingredients by 2027.

RIFM Publishes First Natural Complex Substance Safety Assessment

RIFM has completed safety evaluations of all synthetic fragrance ingredients and published peer-reviewed assessments for more than 1,500 submissions.

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EFEO Meeting Explores the Future of Naturals

The European Federation of Essential Oils met in Paris to discuss the future of naturals through the perfumery, policy and sustainability lenses.

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Assessing the Sustainability of Natural Ingredients With LCA

Known as the Lifecycle Assessment, the LCA standard evaluates the environmental footprint of natural ingredients and can identify opportunities to improve the performance of products and services at various stages of its life cycle.

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