This document summarizes the key components and production process of essential oils. It explains that essential oils are comprised of phytochemicals from plants, which are non-nutritive compounds that have protective health properties. The most common extraction methods are steam distillation and cold pressing. The document warns that essential oil labels in the US can be misleading due to a lack of regulation, and outlines doTERRA's testing and production standards to ensure high quality, unadulterated essential oils.

1. gone
OILED
Eight years as an
active duty
Registered Nurse
... turned stay at
home mom and
wife.
Blessed through
doTERRA to once again live out
the passion of helping restore health to
others.

3. Essential Oils are comprised of
Phytochemicals- Non-nutritive
plant chemicals that have
protective or disease preventive
properties.
There are several thousand known
phytochemicals.
They are the HEALING
COMPOUNDS of Essential Oils!
Some of the well-known
phytochemicals are lycopene in
tomatoes, isoflavones in soy and
flavanoids in fruits.

6. How do we get the oils from the plants?
Steam Distillation- 93% of EO’s
Essential Oils are
volatile.
-This means that
they evaporate easily
when exposed to the
air.
Essential Oils are
hydrophobic.
-This means they
do not mix with water.
Plant material is placed in an extraction chamber and
where steam from boiling water passes through that
plant material.
Both the steam and EO’s rise to the top and are
directed to another chamber to cool.
The EO and water then separate from each other.

7. Cold Pressing
-or expression
Some oils are extracted by
manually pressing the oils out
of the plant material.
The rinds of
Citrus Fruits
are usually cold
pressed.
Wild Orange ~ Lemon ~ Lime
Bergamot ~ Grapefruit

9. What do the labels mean?
 So far, there are no national standards in America governing
the purity and labeling of Essential oils= LOTS of
FRAUD in the oil industry.
 Many EO’s online and in stores claim “100% pure, Organic,
All Natural, and Aromatherapy Grade”
 100% pure- It can have 100% pure EO taking up 2% of the bottle.
 Organic- by definition, as used by Organic Chemists, means anything
containing a carbon compound. Literally speaking, gasoline is organic
and so is every artificial compound synthesized by an organic chemical
laboratory no matter how cancerous or otherwise dangerous it is.
 All Natural- anything on planet earth is natural, as apposed to spirits and
the unseen.
 Aromatherapy Grade- taken from British standards where the term means
2-5%EO’s and the rest is carrier oil and use for massage only.
 Without regulation, these misleading descriptions are legally
printed on labels and sold to us.

10. Really!!!????
“TOXIC IF TAKEN INTERANLLY”
“AVOID INHALATION”
But it says “100% pure Essential Oil”!!!
They lie...And its perfectly legal
Can you imagine if Pioneer Woman had to say, “wear a mask when cutting lemons as the fumes are toxic, and
never zest them on your chicken as the oils shouldn’t be taken internally.”

11. Why do they do this...?
To increase their profit margin!
Retail costs (diluting with vegetable oil)

12. What am I getting in a doTERRA
oil?
 A living, plant derived oil with the ability to treat and heal the
body.
 It is alive with an electromagnetic current.
 Harvested when its therapeutic constituents are at its peak.
Free of Pesticides, Herbicides, Dilutents, & synthetic copycats of constituents.

14. Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry
GC: The EO compounds are vaporized and pass (or ‘elute’) through a long column called
a gas chromatograph where each individual compound travels though that column at a
different rate and is measured as it exits the column. This allows QC engineers to
determine which compounds are present and at what levels.
MS: After being vaporized and then ionized, each individual compound in a sample is
measured by weight. This provides additional insight to the purity of an EO by revealing
the presence of any non-aromatic compounds, such as heavy metals or other pollutants,
which are too heavy to elute along a gas chromatograph.

15. In an FTIR Scan, a light is shown at the
material sample and the amount of light
absorbed by the chemical constituents of
the sample is measured. Results are then
compared against a historical database to
ensure adherence to composition
standards.
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry
Microbial Testing
& Organoleptic Testing
All incoming material to the manufacturing facility
is subjected to testing for the presence of biohazards
such as bacteria, fungus, and mold.
Real people using their
God-given senses to test
the oils.

53. QUESTIONS???