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There are various ways to distill an essential oil in order to get the best quality.
Most oils undergo steam distillation, but citrus oils are cold pressed.

Steam Distillation

Cold Press Expression

1.Steam is forced under pressure (this is a variable)
through the plant material which causes the volatiles
to be released
2.The volatiles re-condense
3.As the volatiles condense, the water and essential
oil separate and the oil is collected

1. Citrus fruits are placed in a cold press
2. The fruit is cleaned by rotating brushes
3. T he fruit enters the oil collection portion of the
machine where rasping cylinders abrade the rind
4. The essential oil is collected by water sprays
5. T he water and oil mixture is filtered to remove
solid particles
6. T he water and oil mixture is then centrifuged to
recover only the essential oil

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Our CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade® quality standard requires precise care and effort to
protect what nature has created so beautifully. The rigorous testing to ensure purity and potency
includes the following:
Organoleptic Testing
• Microbial Testing
• Gas Chromatography and Mass
Spectrometry Analysis
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F ourier Transform Infrared
Spectroscopy
• Chirality Testing
• Isotopic Analysis
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Heavy Metal Testing
• Optical Rotation
• Specific Gravity
• Refractive Index
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A second round of testing is carried out
at our production facility after it has been
received and placed into quarantine to
ensure that what was distilled and
tested is the same essential oil as
was received. A third review of the
chemistry of the oil is conducted in a
three-phase procedure as the oils are
bottled, labeled, and packaged.

And is then ready to be ordered and
delivered to your home.

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