Quality

WHAT IS AN ESSENTIAL OIL?

Essential oil is a concentrated, volatile, aromatic liquid obtained from the fruits, seeds, flowers, bark, stems, roots, leaves or other parts of a plant. There are an estimated 10,000 aromatic plants on Earth, and about 500 of these are processed commercially for essential oil extraction. These oils have been used for centuries for both their aromatic and traditional uses. Extraction is most commonly done by steam distillation, and sometimes by hydrodistillation. More modern methods include mechanically expressing oils from citrus fruit peel, and solvent extraction. Solvent extracted oils include CO2 extracts and absolutes, and these are not classed as essential oils.

PURITY AND QUALITY. EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT.

ChiltanPure's standards of quality are some of the strictest in the industry. Before we sell essential oils and carrier oils, we do everything possible to establish that they are 100% pure, natural, and of the highest quality, making them appropriate for use in aromatherapy.

FROM THE BEGINNING.

Before we even obtain a sample, we need to know everything about the farmer, distiller or supplier — their background, reputation, commitment to quality, and commitment to the industry. Once this has been established to our satisfaction, we then move on to the oil.

THE OILS.

Essential oils are composed of many constituents, typically about 100, though the range can be anywhere from 10 to 200.

Factors that affect composition, and therefore the quality of an oil, include where the plant was grown (country of origin, latitude, elevation), soil and weather conditions, the time of day and time of year of harvest, and various parameters of distillation.

Essential oils with the same common name, such as Eucalyptus, Lemongrass or Wintergreen, may come from more than one species of plant.

Others, such as Basil, Rosemary or Thyme, come from the same species but in different chemotypes, which means there are significant differences in composition from one chemotype to another.

We typically test 3–5 samples from different suppliers for every essential oil that we buy. Even when we re-purchase from the same supplier, we test the new batch.

MAKING IT TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

Essential oil batches are eliminated at each step of the quality control process until we have found the best, and only those make it through to our facility in Lahore to be bottled, labelled and shipped to our customers.