The short answer is simply, "quality". A product can only be as good as the sum of its parts, and if you begin with the very best available ingredients, there's a chance your finished products will be the very best available, too.

At WoodSprite, it's always been about the highest quality--quality products, quality service, quality people. And it is our belief that the stringent standards of organic farming and processing produces the finest quality raw ingredients in the world today. Fruits are fresher, herbs livelier, flavors richer and oils more nutritious. Using good soil, less pollutants and sustainable farming practices makes for tastier crops and a healthier, cleaner planet. It just makes good sense.

What Organic Means

WoodSprite Organic Soaps are the real thing; we do not add only a smattering of certified organic ingredients to "dress up" our organic content. WoodSprite Organic Soaps are made with only the finest food-grade oils, specifically chosen for the properties they bring to soap. In a base of Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Organic Coconut Oil and Organic Palm Oil, we add Organic Shea Butter, Organic Sunflower Oil or Organic Sweet Almond Oil for their nutritive and moisturizing characteristics. Additionally, we use only certified organic herbs or spices for color and texture. This makes our soaps anywhere from 75% to 100% certified organic in content (not counting water). As more of our most commonly used natural ingredients are becoming available in certified organic form (such as pure essential oils and other nut and fruit oils), we are adding them to our repertoire. Of course, we don't have to do this; we are making these changes because it is the right thing to do. Whatever part we can take in making our world cleaner, safer and more beautiful, we do because it is so important to us. And whatever it takes to bring you the most luxurious, deliciously pampering and wonderfully delightful natural products available, we'll do that, too. It is part of our ever-present quest to be the best.

Organic farming and processing is a method of agriculture that uses few or no chemical fertilizers, insecticides or pesticides and favors instead good practices such as natural composting, companion planting and completely eschews the use of genetically-modified-organisms (GMOs). These are actually methods that humans successfully employed for thousands of years before the industrial boom of the early 1900s, when tractors and machinery and heavy chemicals became the standardized way of agriculture, and this "commercial farming" is still the predominant form of agriculture today. However, polluted air, land and water; bland or hormone-laden foods and the unmitigated surge of GMOs has prompted a massive outcry for more organically grown crops, and organics are fast on the rise.

Organics in Skin Care

A matter that has caused quite a bit of confusion is the use of the term "organic" on product packaging. It is important to understand that "certified organic" standards apply only to foods and food packaging. Use of the word "organic" on skin care products is still unregulated and widely abused. Many commercial companies recognizing the rising demand for organic ingredients in consumer products have adopted "green" marketing strategies and employ use of "natural" or "organic" words on product labels to cash in on the new interest in natural products. Unfortunately, organic certification for finished cosmetics or skin care products is not yet on the foreseeable horizon, so consumers must educate themselves and read ingredients labels to determine a product's purity or degree of "natural" content.

Therefore, while WoodSprite Organic Soaps and Body Care Products are made with "certified organic" ingredients, the finished products are not "certified organic". A facility may also be "certified organic" under organic food handling standards, and we are looking to receive this certification in the near future. This will simply mean that our operating practices will meet "certified organic" food handling and processing standards. But our finished products will not be "certified organic" until certification and standards can be defined.

Luckily, consumers are becoming more savvy and are voting for true organics with their pocketbooks. They know how to differentiate between quality natural ingredients and commercially "greenwashed" labels. That's why we proudly disclose full ingredients listings for all WoodSprite Organic Soaps and Natural Body products, on the labels and on our website. We are proud of the efforts we've made to bring you only the best nature has to offer, and we know that our ingredients speak for themselves.

Jacquelyn Ramsey, President
WoodSprite Natural Body

If you have questions about any WoodSprite Natural Body product, please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help. For more information on organics in general, we invite you to explore our Organic Links page, or our extensive Frequently Asked Questions page.