Commercial Grade Essential Oils

[Guest guest]

Hi Butch,

 

I recently joined this group and did some " googling " today to find

out what type of oils are out there, and for what helpful purpose.

At one site, I noticed the products contain " brandy alcohol. " I was

taken aback by that. Do all EO products contain some form of

alcohol?

 

Carol

No. California

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Butch wrote:

Commercial grade essential oils are considered by many to be oils

that come from being re distilled or from inferior sources or even

high temp distillation. They are not considered therapeutic,

pharmaceutical or aromatherapy grade as they dont contain the

therapeutic content that the 1st distillation contains or the lower

temp distillation has or the higher quality material used. Still

have the aroma though.

 

The above has some degree of truth to it .. but its overshadowed by a

lot of marketing hype and misinformation contained therein. I

challenge anyone on this list (or any other list) to tell me HOW man

can distinguish between an oil that is therapeutic and one that is

not!

[Guest guest]

Hi Tracy,

 

>Commercial grade essential oils are considered by many to be oils that

>come from being re distilled or from inferior sources or even high

>temp distillation. They are not considered therapeutic, pharmaceutical

>or aromatherapy grade as they dont contain the therapeutic content that

>the 1st distillation contains or the lower temp distillation has or the

>higher quality material used. Still have the aroma though.

 

The above has some degree of truth to it .. but its overshadowed by a

lot of marketing hype and misinformation contained therein. I challenge

anyone on this list (or any other list) to tell me HOW man can

distinguish between an oil that is therapeutic and one that is not!

 

> Something manipulated by man I would consider synthetic or partially

synthetic,

> not commercial. Maybe I am misunderstanding, when you say manipulated by man,

> exactly what do you mean? In what way?

 

An oil that is no longer as it was when it exited the still .. and I

qualified that statement by saying there are some exceptions. Taking

certain chemical constituents from an oil renders the oil no longer a

natural oil .. period! It is then technically not Aromatherapy Grade

but in some cases .. the oils used in Aromatherapy will almost always be

manipulated oils.

 

> I found this interesting little article

 

I don't agree with much that is contained in the below article .. it

appears to be a marketing tool designed to sell a particular company's oils.

 

>>>>Distillation laws are different in the U.S. than in Europe regarding

>>>>essential oils and legal applications. 95% of the essential oils sold

>>>>in the U.S. are only food grade, and this is how you can discern the

>>>>difference. In the U.S., in order to be able to legally claim that

>>>>an essential oil can be ingested internally, it must be redistilled.

>>>>That means after the initial distillation, the essential oil is then

>>>>put back through the high pressure and temperature in a second round

>>>>of distillation. In Europe, oils are not considered therapeutic-grade

>>>>if they are redistilled, so they do not require redistillation to allow

>>>>internal use. In the U.S., however, that is not the case, and anyone

>>>>claiming that their oils can be ingested internally that hasn't been

>>>>shut down by the FDA is selling food-grade oil, plain and simple.

 

Distillation laws might be found in Europe .. the EU has laws on how far

one must stand from the urinal .. but not so in the USA .. and the fact

that most essential oils are not distilled in Europe or the USA must be

taken into consideration. The lion's share of the EO in the world come

from Emerging Market and Third World Countries.

 

> If you take a look around on the net there are many companies that have

> commercial grade eo's that have been redistilled besides ylang ylang.

 

Correct .. I gave examples of them .. and I did NOT say that Ylang Ylang

is Commercial Grade. The only Ylang Ylang that is Complete is that

which is called Complete .. the higher and lower quality Ylang Ylangs

are manipulated oils .. but they are the only ones we can obtain. Same

applies to FCF Bergamot vs whole Bergamot.

 

Communication is difficult in this industry because we don't all speak

the same language. I've been trying to clarify the same things for 10

plus years. They refuse to die and they refuse to be corrected. I'm

having a much easier time communicating with my fiancé .. and we are

speaking in three languages sometimes .. Turkish, Russian and English.

Neither of us has a great grasp of two of those three languages but we

do manage to come to agreement on issues. Not so in this industry. ;-)

 

> Anyway, I gotta run. I will be gone for a few days so I may not respond

> right away.

 

Have fun .. and keep smiling. :-)

 

> Tracy Tappin (BC Canada)

> Goat's Milk Skin Care http://www.goatmilkskincare.com

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Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

>>>>>No ma'am. The only oil I know of that routinely undergoes phased

>>>>>distillation is Ylang Ylang. There are some oils that are redistilled

>>>>>in order to remove certain chemical components but they are few. FCF

>>>>>Bergamot is an example .. its safer for skin use. Using the definition

>>>>>I presented below FCF Bergamot is technically a Commercial Grade oil as

>>>>>it is manipulated by man .. but there is a fine line there. Actually,

>>>>>there is nothing natural about the process of distillation .. it is a

>>>>>man manipulated process .. but for obvious reasons, we don't examine

>>>>>that fine line so closely. ;-)