• Produced to GMP standards.
• Quality Assured by Indigo Herbs.
• Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
• Re-sealable air tight, foil pouch.
• 100% pure botanical ingredients, absolutely nothing added.

Manufacture Process

The rose petals used for Indigo Herbs Rose Petal Tea have been specifically cultivated for use as tea. The roses are cut from the main stem, petals plucked and then dried out of the sun. They retain their customary aroma and pharmacopial quality. Each crop is tested for pollutants and heavy metals so that you can be sure of receiving the very best quality roses for your tea. The whole process complies with GMP standards and is quality assured by Indigo Herbs.

Rose Hydrolat is made during the steam distillation of plant matter that produces both essential oils and hydrolats. During the distillation of a plant, two products are extracted: essential oils, which are fat-soluble compounds, and flavoured waters (hydrolats). Both essential oils and flavoured waters contain the active ingredients of the plant from which they’re extracted. Essential oils and flavoured waters, called hydrolats (floral waters if they’re extracted from a flower), absorb the active ingredients of the plant from which they are extracted. But the levels of active ingredients in hydrolats are lower than in essential oils, which makes them more delicate and particularly suitable for sensitive skin. They are also preservative-free.

The rose petals used to make Indigo Herbs Rose Petal Tincture undergo stringent checks to ensure all of the flowers develop to their fullest potential whilst adhering to exceptionally high quality standards. After careful selection and cleaning the plant material undergoes a process of cold percolation in order to extract the active constituents into tincture form. The cold percolation method employs a gradient circulation of the solution which keeps the plant ingredients in perpetual contact with the ethanol. This technique is faster and more efficient than maceration and ensures there is less waste of precious plant materials. This premium quality product is manufactured to GMP standards and Quality Assured by Indigo Herbs. It is 100% pure botanical ingredients, completely free of synthetic ingredients with absolutely nothing added.

• Produced to GMP standards
• Quality Assured by Indigo Herbs
• 100% pure botanical ingredients - no solvents used in the extraction method
• Bottled in a pharmacoepial grade brown glass bottle

Manufacture Process

Our essential oils are manufactured to GMP standards using steam distillation or cold pressing.

Indigo Herbs Rose de Mai Essential Oil is extracted using the "steam distillation" method. In this process the botanical material is placed in a still and steam is forced over the material. The hot steam helps to release the aromatic molecules from the plant material since the steam forces open the pockets in which the oils are kept. Molecules of the volatile oils then escape and evaporate into the steam. The temperature of the steam needs to be carefully controlled - just enough to force the plant material to let go of the essential oil, yet not too hot as to burn the plant material or the essential oil. The steam now containing the essential oil is passed through a cooling system to condense the steam which forms a liquid. The essential oil is then separated from the water and bottled, resulting in 100% pure essential oil. The pure essential oil is then diluted with cold pressed Sweet Almond Oil to a 5% dilution.