Why Young Living ?

TWENTY TESTS YOUNG LIVING PERFORMS

Young Living tests every batch of essential oils in triplicate two times during the production process. Here is a list of all the tests they perform. It ends up being around 15-20 tests depending on the oil tested as some oils do not need certain tests.

1. Viscometry 2. Densitometry 3. Specific Gravity 4. Refractometry (Refractive Index) 5. Polarimetry 6. Optical Rotation 7. Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP-MS) 8. Inductively Coupled Plasma- Atomic Optical Emission (ICP-OES) 9. High Performance Liquid Chromatograpny (HPLC) 10. Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) 11. Automated Micro-Enumeration 12. Disintegration Testing 13. pH Testing 14. Flashpoint 15. Microscopy 16. Combustibility 17. Chiral Chromatograpny 18. Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IR-MS) 19. Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) 20. Organoleptic Testing

All of these tests are done three times on each batch. If the batch makes it through all the tests, once it goes to bottling, it is tested again, all tests in triplicate. It takes 20 people just over a week to test each batch. Yes, I would say that is thorough!