Therapeutic-Grade Standard
Gary
Young established the term “therapeutic-grade,” now known as Young
Living Therapeutic Grade™ (YLTG), as a guarantee that Young Living will
only sell 100% pure, natural, uncut, unadulterated essential oils that
maintain the vital therapeutic potency.
As Gary traveled the world studying the distillation of pure
essential oils, he saw wide discrepancies in quality and learned that in
order to ensure purity and potency, expert and rigorous analysis of
finished essential oils was critical.
Today, using gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry
(MS) analysis, the phytochemical profile of every batch of Young Living
essential oils is measured to evaluate each specific plant compound.
Certain plant compounds must meet or exceed specific levels to ensure
the essential oil is natural, pure, and therapeutic-grade. Only then
does Young Living guarantee the oil will provide the desired results and
label it Young Living Therapeutic Grade™ (YLTG).
Young Living essential oils are:
- 100% pure
- Sourced only from known botanical species
- Sustainably grown and harvested
- Grown on chemical-free farmlands in carefully nourished soil (organic)
- Unmatched throughout the essential oils industry
- So pure and natural, they're used and recommended by integrative health professionals around the world
Young Living: The Seed To Seal™ Process
Strict attention to detail—from the seeds sown to the plants
harvested—ensures that the oils you obtain from Young Living are the
purest, most potent essential oils available. This precise, detailed
method is known as the Seed to Seal process.
Seed
Potent essential oils come from plant species that have been
authenticated by Young Living experts. Species certification involves
scientific research, field study, university partnerships, and on-site
planting certification.
Cultivate
Through cultivation on the four Young Living farms, Young Living
Essential Oils has mastered the creation of pure, potent essential oils.
The company takes this knowledge around the world to co-op farms to
certify that these farms’ growing processes meet Young Living’s strict
quality standards.
Distill
Young Living’s proprietary low-temperature, low-pressure steam
distillation process ensures that the beneficial plant compounds in
every batch of essential oil remain uncompromised during the extraction
process.
Test
Each essential oil must pass Young Living’s stringent testing to ensure
the optimal bioactive natural compounds are present. Young Living uses
its own internal labs, in addition to third-party audits, to verify that
international purity and potency standards are met and surpassed.
Seal
Young Living completes the Seed to Seal process by carefully sealing
each bottle of essential oil before shipping them to members worldwide.
Below is a video of the Young Living Seed to Seal process that guarantees us the best quality essential oils.
From the beginning, Gary Young's commitment has remained
unchanged: to offer the finest natural essential oils and pure
aromatherapy products that enhance well being and wellness of body, mind
and spirit. Gary Young’s commitment to understanding the remarkable
therapeutic power of plants has resulted in the world’s largest line of
essential oils and blends. Gary has traveled the globe discovering how
to best support both physical health and emotional wellness. His
discoveries have helped hundreds of thousands of people experience the
benefits of natural healing and have led to the creation of the world’s
largest and foremost authority on essential oils sciences: Young Living
Essential Oils.
Whether from the Young Living Farms in the United States,
France or Ecuador - these farms provide an ongoing source for pure and
natural essential oils that are in critically short supply around the
world.
The
process Young Living uses when planting, cultivating, harvesting, and
distilling a batch of essential oil is crucial to retaining its vital
compounds. Without the exact blend of naturally-occurring plant
chemicals, an essential oil can lose its beneficial properties and fail
to produce the desired effect.
Young Living Therapeutic Grade (YLTG) means that every
essential oil Young Living distills or sources has the optimal
naturally-occurring blend of constituents to maximize the desired
effect. Young Living is able to make this assertion because of our
strict cultivation process—illustrated by the Four Ps—that guarantees
the optimal potency of every Young Living essential oil.
The Young Living Promise: Plants - Preparation - Purity - Potency
Plants
An oil's potency can be affected not only by selecting the
proper plant to cultivate, but also by where the plant is grown, the
quality of soil in which the seed is planted, and even the time of day
it's harvested.
Young Living has extensive experience selecting the correct
species of plant for desired oil potency, planting under optimal
conditions, using ideal soil and natural methods to encourage growth,
and knowing the precise time to harvest each crop. Only those plants
that produce the most active and widest array of therapeutic compounds
are selected.
Young Living has over 70,000 sq.ft. of
greenhouse space for starting plants
Preparation
Once the optimal soil, plant, cultivation, and harvesting
conditions have been adhered to, the plants must be distilled properly
in order to meet YLTG standards. Young Living uses a gentle, proprietary
technique for steam-extracting the most potent essential oils, which
remains unmatched throughout the essential oils industry.
To meet YLTG distillation standards proper temperature must be
maintained throughout the distillation process, and pressure, length of
time, equipment, and batch size are strictly monitored.
Purity
YLTG standards prohibit the acceptance of any diluted, cut or
adulterated oils. Every product Young Living produces—essential oils,
oil blends, nutritional supplements, or personal care—meets strict
purity standards.
Every batch of essential oils is subjected to rigorous,
state-of-the-art analysis at the Young Living chemistry lab. Using some
of the most advanced equipment in the world, our scientists subject
every batch of essential oils to Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer
testing, and heavy metals analysis. Oils that exhibit even the
slightest hint of possible adulteration or tampering are rejected.
Potency
The
culmination of the preceding three stages, Potency means that the
naturally occurring compounds contained in each essential oil product
are of the highest and most consistent bioactive levels. Without strict
adherence to the YLTG standard in the Plant, Preparation, and Purity
phases, the final product would not have the necessary potency to create
the desired effect.
