Mountain Rose Herbs Essential Oils

Enjoy Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils You Can Trust!

What Makes Mountain Rose Herb Essential Oils Different?

Listed below are some more reasons why these essential oils are such high quality:

• Unsurpassable fragrance
• Exceptional depth
• Magnificent keynote
• Free of carriers, diluents and other impurities
• Uses only reputable and trusted distillers and suppliers

We are so confident in the quality of our oils that we can provide gas chromatography analysis and specifications on the volatility and integrity for many of the essential oils we stock. As per our commitment to organic agriculture, we offer one of the nations largest selections of certified organic essential oils

An essential oils purity can be affected by a myriad of environmental factors including: geographical region, altitude, climate, soil, growing conditions, harvest methods, and seasonal fluctuations. Even the time of day that the plant was harvested can affect the oil's purity! Producing genuine Therapeutic Grade essential oils is indeed a fine art. Mountain Rose Herbs has measures in place to guarantee the quality of their distillers which includes knowing the harvesting location or region, methods employed to distill the oil, the equipment used, and a copy of the oils GCMS which ensures the integrity of the finished product. GCMS copies for most of their oils are available for customers.

Proper Distillation

The distillation method also affects an essential oil's purity--and the standards for producing therapeutic quality oils require that the producer preserves as many of the plant's compounds as possible. Therapeutic quality essential oils must only be distilled in glass, porcelain or stainless steel cooking chambers at the lowest possible pressure and lowest possible temperature. Glass and porcelain essential oil distillation is the most superior method employed today, however production is limited thus resulting in a slightly more expensive product.

Extremely high temperatures, high pressure, or contact with chemically reactive metals such as copper or aluminum can quickly destroy delicate compounds. And the method of distillation is one of the most important steps in the production of essential oils.

Every essential oil offered by Mountain Rose Herbs is 100% Pure Therapeutic Quality

All of the essential oils offered by Mountain Rose Herbs are obtained by steam distillation of the plant's volatile oils, with the exception of citrus oils which are produced using the cold pressed method,Their oils are derived from the first distillation--never the second, third or fourth!

Their essential oils are 100% pure, natural plant oils. They are free of added water, alcohol, carriers or other dilutents and nothing is added to the oil after distillation. A very large selection of their oils are certified organic through Oregon Tilth Certified Organic. Although organic certification is an intensely painstaking process that a few of our suppliers are still striving to attain, any oils they stock that are not yet certified organic are guaranteed to be free of pesticide and chemical residues. Mountain Rose Herbs essential oils are wholly suitable for aromatherapy, cosmetics, cooking and for the production of body care products.

What Can Impact Quality?

There are a number of ways in which the quality of essential oils can be compromised-from the growing conditions of the plants to their harvesting, distillation, manufacture, distribution, and storage.

• The quality of essential oils can be negatively impacted by the use of pesticides and other chemicals, the variability in altitude, soil conditions and rainfall, and the difficulty of differentiating plant species and varieties.

• Processing: Because of the growing popularity of essential oils and aromatherapy, there are many products on the market that may not be suitable for clinical use. They can be found nearly everywhere, from health food stores to discount stores to the Internet. These products may include pure essential oils, but sometimes they are adulterated or diluted. Such adulterations are difficult to identify.

• Packaging and handling: Other considerations include packaging, storage, and handling. Chemical degradation can occur with exposure to heat, light, or oxygen. Essential oils from citrus products are especially prone to oxidation that can quickly alter the chemistry of those essential oils.

• Storage: Essential oils should be stored in tightly closed, darkened glass containers in a cool place to ensure lasting quality (Buckle, 2003; Tisserand & Balacs, 1995). We recommend writing the date on the bottle after opening it so you can keep track of your own essential oils. Oxidation rates vary, but most essential oils can be safely used for 1-2 years or more after opening.

How do I Find Quality Essential Oils?

Because standards for quality control of essential oils do not currently exist in the United States, it is important to find reputable sources that sell good quality essential oils if you are planning to use them for health-related purposes. Whether you buy essential oils in a store, from an individual, or from the internet, be sure to read any information provided on the label or website, or ask questions about quality.Some important considerations

• Is the Latin name of the plant provided so that you are sure you are getting the right essential oil? For example, there are several species of lavender.
• Is the name of the country in which the plants were grown provided? A consumer would not be expected to differentiate oils from different countries, but this information is important to aromatherapists because quality can vary by country. This is an indication that the company is marketing to knowledgeable parties as well as general consumers.
• Is there a statement about purity? You should be informed if it is not 100% essential oil (meaning, it has been altered or mixed with something else).
• Is the cost comparable in comparisons with other brands of the same essential oil? If it's really cheap, it probably isn't the real thing.
• Does it smell as you expect it to smell?
• Is there information about organic growing or wildcrafting (gathering wild plants)?

AFNOR (Association Francaise de Normalisation) Their "New Approach" provides directives and standards for members of the European Union states to facilitate intra-community trade. All companies wishing to exchange goods within Europe are therefore obliged to comply with their directives. For essential oils, they provide guidelines and information on various topics including determination of water content, chromatographic profiles, determination of acid value, content of phenols, etc.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Their mission is to promote the development of standardization in the areas of intellectual, scientific, technological, and economic activity. For essential oils, they provide guidelines for packaging, conditioning, storage, labeling, sampling, testing, etc. ISO also provides, for a fee, quality standards for individual essential oils

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