• Organic or Natural?

    Posted by CC7 on March 6, 2015 at 6:48 pm

    Hi,

    How are you?  In which market is there a better opportunity for success right now?

    Natural Skincare and Cosmetics

    or Organic skincare and cosmetics?

    Thanks!

    braveheart replied 9 years, 9 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Bobzchemist

    Member
    March 6, 2015 at 6:58 pm

    In the US, anything “organic” has to be “certified organic” by USDA regulations. Doing this doubles or triples the costs of manufacturing + raw materials. I don’t think anyone’s making much money going that route.

  • CC7

    Member
    March 6, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    Thanks so much Bob!

  • Iaskedbetter

    Member
    March 10, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    Here’s a handy little guide for labeling requirements for “organic” cosmetics.


    You’ll find a lot of companies go with the “made with 70 percent certified organic ingredients” or just denote specific ingredients on the ingredient list as “certified organic”. That way you get around the hefty manufacturing price increases necessary to certify products as “organic” according to USDA regulations.
  • braveheart

    Member
    March 10, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    @Iaskedbetter - Thanks for this, that link was not working properly, but I managed to figure it out: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3004446

  • OldPerry

    Member
    March 10, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    I’ve not seen any evidence that most consumers know that there is a difference between “organic” and “natural” cosmetics.  So, go the natural route, it’s much easier to produce products.  Aveeno calls itself natural and is purely a greenwashing effort.

  • braveheart

    Member
    March 11, 2015 at 7:57 am

    @Perry + @Iaskedbetter …… LIKES! LIKES! LIKES! LIKES!

    :)

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