Below is the latest news about the organic standards from miessence head office. These standards are a step forward and will help shoppers to choose from products that are just simply "greenwashed" with marketing hype to those that are truly filled with natural & organic ingredients.

Our organic standards have always been the highest.

Finally, the organic industry’s logos are starting to catch up.

ACO Logo (Australian Certified Organic)
You’ll soon be seeing a label change on all Miessence products as we replace the BFA (Biological Farmers of Australia) organic certification logo with the new ACO (Australia Certified Organic) logo on personal care and cosmetic products containing natural, non-agricultural ingredients such as minerals and salts.

The new ACO logo can be used on products that contain more than 70% but less than 95% organic content. Non-organic ingredients including preservatives and additives must still meet the strict requirements of the Australian Organic Standard.

The ACO logo can only appear on the back of product packaging and must not be more prominent than the ingredient panel.

USDA logo (United Stated Dept of Agriculture)
In 2008 the USDA revised the approved ingredient list for organic certification and sclerotium rolfsii gum was removed. Since many Miessence products contain this ingredient, we immediately made an appeal for reinstatement.

We continue to await the results of our appeal. In the interim, as a continued commitment to our integrity and transparency in all business matters, the decision was made to remove the USDA logo from all products containing sclerotium rolfsii gum.

Please note that Australia Certified Organic (ACO) and other international certification bodies approve the use of sclerotium rolfsii gum in certified organic products.

Sclerotium Rolfsii Gum Facts

° Sclerotium rolfsii gum is a natural gum sourced from bacteria that produces an instant gel base when combined with water. It is a polysaccharide produced through a fermentation process of sclerotium rolfsii on a glucose-based medium. Sclerotium Gum has natural skin smoothing as well as soothing properties. It is used primarily in the cosmetic industry.

° Xanthan gum is considered a polysaccharide in scientific circles because it is a long chain of three different forms of sugar and also sourced from bacteria. It is used primarily in the food industry and is on the approved ingredient list for the USDA logo.

° Sclerotium rolfsii gum is noted on both the EWG and the GreenGuide websites as being completely safe. Like xanthan gum, it can also be safely ingested.

We take our certified organic status seriously. We’ve always used only the purest ingredients available from around the world and will stay current on all certification standards, including green standards, designed to disclose the truth about product ingredients.