1. We controleach and every of production process step from choosing which leaves are ripe for harvest, right to through  to the storage temperature after bottling and  world wide shipping. We are not dependent on any other supplier.

 

 2.  We grow our Aloe Vera without pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides or vermicides.Rather than use chemical artificial fertilizers, we use skin of our Aloe Vera leaves.

 

 3.FLP has massive plantations in Rio Grande Valley Texas, Dominican Republic, and other Caribbean islands. Therefore we can tell you EXACTLY how and where our aloe was grown.

 

 4.  Our gel is extracted from freshly harvested, mature leaves and stabilized to protect its essential nutritional content within hours. The stabilization process is patented by Forever Living Products President Rex Maughan.

 

5.  No artificial flavoring or coloring is added to our gel. As there are many harvests during the course of the year, color and taste may vary. It has been known for some companies to add bleaching agents to their Aloe Vera products, to keep the color consistent on shelves, all year long. We firmly believe that the color is NATURAL and HEALTHY.

 

6. Our Aloe Vera gel is NOT homogenized or filtered. Our drinks have a rich pulp which settles and contains much of goodness of Aloe Vera that is necessary in our daily diets. We advise you to shake the drinks well to receive the full benefit from our pulp. There are some companies who offer Aloe Vera with the pulp strained, giving it the appearance of bottled water. In recent times, whole-leaf Aloe Vera has attracted much attention and is presented by its manufacturers as providing extra benefits. They often avoid mentioning that in order to remove the strong laxative elements found in outer leaf, they must pass the whole liquid through charcoal filters, which inevitably upsets the natural balance of nutrients found in the gel. FLP does not have to risk the integrity of the product by subjecting the gel to this filtering process. Since the traditional, well-proven benefits of Aloe Vera are found in the gel, not the leaf skin, FLP discards the useless skin, using them as natural fertilizers in its aloe fields.

 

7. Our Aloe Vera is not boiled. Boiling or pasteurization is cheaper and faster. Excessive heat destroys the active ingredients. We use only sub-pasteurization temperature ( known as cool processing) to ensure enzyme activity is preserved Cool processing locks in the nutrients immediately after harvesting and enables the product to retain its full potency for greater time.

 

8. Our Aloe Vera is not reconstituted from freeze-dried gel. This is how some companies can offer ‘double-strength product and so on. Our product contain 100% stabilized Aloe Vera Gel, from plant to product to you.

 

9.100% stabilized Aloe Vera is First ingredient on the labels of our drinks, gelly and lotions.

 

10. There is a complete 30 day retail money-back guarantee on all our products, which is not offered on most store-bought Aloe Vera.

 

 

 

 

 

 In order to preserve the nutritional potency of raw Aloe Vera gel, it must be stabilized, and this process inevitably involved the addition of small quantities of other ingredients.

In response to many question received about these, here is some further information:

 

Ascorbic Acid (otherwise known as vitamin C)is essential for the information of intercellular collagen as well as the maintenance of tooth structures, matrix of bones and capillary walls. It is also necessary, for wound healing, facilitates the absorption of iron and is widely used to help prevent cold. Vitamin C is found in all living plant and animal cells. Sorbitol is the raw material for the production of Ascorbic Acid.

 Citric Acidproduced from sugar solutions and citrus fruits such as lemons, limes and oranges.  It is widely used in the food industry and can be used as a PH adjuster and antioxidant. It can also retard metallic reactions. It is also involved in the Krebs energy cycle which occurs in all cells of the body. It has been used to dissolve urinary bladder calculi and it acts as a mild astringent.

 Potassium Sorbate.The potassium salt of Sorbic Acid (found naturally in fresh berries of Mountain Ash) is a natural buffering and flavoring agent which helps protect the freshness of the aloe.

Sodium Benzoate.Naturally occurring flavoring derived from fruits such as blackberries and other mountain berries. It helps stabilize and prevent bacterial growth during product usage. In the gel, it is used in quantities of less than 0.1% to prevent spoilage after the bottle has been opened.

 Sorbitol. This is excellent conditioning agent who aids in the absorption of vitamins and minerals. It is naturally occurring in several fruits and has slight sweetening properties, which can help improve taste. Sorbitol is often used as a sweetener in diabetic products. There are   two forms of sorbitol used: sorbitol crystals which are in solid form and contain no water and aqueous sorbitol which in a liquid form and is derived from specially processed maize. It is acceptable to people with celiac disease (gluten sensitive).

 Tocopherol (Vitamin E).An essential vitamin for man, it is well known for its health related properties. It is a natural antioxidant, derived from wheat germ oil, rice kernel and other vegetable oils.

Xanthan Gumderived from plants such as kelp, it is natural stabilizing and emulsifying agent.

 

 

Aloe Vera contains two important substances: the first one, under the rind of the leaf, a yellow, milky slightly bitter liquid (aloin) having been used for centuries as a laxative under the form of a powder obtained from the leaf, and the second one, the aloe gel, a fibrous liquid situated in the interior of the leaf. The gel has been used for several years only, although it has special therapeutic virtues and it is the most efficient component of the plant. 

However, the Aloe Vera gel, in spite of its miraculous effects, has a major disadvantage: it is very sensitive to oxidation (it oxidizes very quickly). If it is not processed immediately, within 2 hours it loses its therapeutic properties and it is destroyed by oxygen and microorganisms. So, this gift of nature could be used only by those who had access to the fresh plants. In order to stop oxidation there are added some natural antioxides such as natural vitamins A, C and E. The gel is thus stabilized and it cannot deteriorate, preserving its therapeutic properties. Due to the therapeutic importance of Aloe gel, in the last decades it has been trying the stabilization of the gel so that it can be widely used by many people. The researches concerning the method of stabilization of the gel were successful at the end of 1940s – the beginning of the 1950s and, consequently, this has become a very popular and widely used product since that moment. Until 1968 there had been patented many methods of stabilizing. One of the greatest companies and very successful one was Aloe Vera of America which held two patents for stabilizing the Aloe gel. This company was incorporated by Forever Living Products, which patented other two methods of stabilization of the gel.

 

These methods constitute the basis for obtaining a 100% purified and stabilized gel. The leaves are cut manually and the extraction of the gel is done rapidly thus preventing its oxidation. The gel is extracted mechanically and in the same time the yellow milky liquid – which is found immediately under the rind (the aloin) and which has, as it is known, a laxative effect and sometimes irritating – is separated.

 The gel is bottled in special plastic phials with multilayer structure (3 layers) and are ermetically closed. The rind of the leaf is removed and is used for fertilizing the sole. The quality is rigorously controlled during each stage of processing. The Aloe gel and nectar, produced by Forever Living Products were the first products in the world that correspond (and have even outrun them) to the quality requirements of International Aloe Science Council, receiving the right of displaying the single of the Council of products. The products also feature the Kosher and the Islamic Society’s Seals of Approval of California. Forever Living Products also guarantees the satisfaction that its products offer.

Having been used for centuries as a powerful natural laxative, the bitterly milky liquid that Aloe Vera contains – the aloin – was the only component to be known and used. But the fact that Aloe leaves contain a large quantity of a nutritive fibrous liquid – the Aloe gel with special therapeutic virtues was not known. Thus, the scientific literature referred only to the property of Aloe as a laxative and not to that of a nutritive tonic supplement and regenerative of the body.

This confusion has appeared also due to the fact that if during the process of extracting the Aloe gel, the aloin isn’t removed, the effect it has in the composition of the gel is most of the time an undesirable one. Thus, when the Aloe Vera products – drinks and cosmetics – appeared, most of them being products not having the necessary separation between the gel and the aloin, it made the authorities to interdict the internal usage of Aloe Vera.