In the United States, governmental agencies only regulate essential oils based on industry perfumery standards. As a result of these standards, manufacturers and distributors of essential oils are permitted to label their essential oil products as “100% Pure” with as little as 2% of essential oil content, and without any regard to the quality or type of essential oil that makes up that meager requirement. This has enabled manufacturers to distribute lower quality and less expensive essential oils in a wide variety of unregulated combinations. This presents a great deal of risk to individuals seeking quality essential oil products that are intended to benefit their health and wellness.

Every Mistic Meadows essential oil is held to the E.O.B.B.D. standard.  This quality and transparency sets Mistic Meadows apart from the competition.

E.O.B.B.D stands for Essential Oil Botanically and Biochemically Defined.  This rigorous quality standard includes the tracing of each oil lot, botanical description, organoleptic characteristics, extraction mode and full physical and chemical analyses.  E.O.B.B.D. certification has several components that ensure quality and potency through every step of the process, from plant to bottle.

Very few oils today are tested to verify that they meet E.O.B.B.D. essential oil standards. Mistic Meadows Essential Oils meet these stringent standards. All Mistic Meadows oils are tested by independent laboratories, not by Mistic Meadows. Most other companies' oils are tested and "certified" by their own company, which makes that certification meaningless. Third party testing helps ensure that the results are accurate and not altered.