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Good Enough to Eat?
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All of our mineral sunscreen ingredients come from natural sources, either in their raw form or processed without chemicals or synthetic additives.
But did you know? On their own, 12 out of our 16 ingredients are good enough to eat!
Not saying you should eat our sunscreen (please don't!!!!!) but that's pretty cool, right? Especially thinking about all those sweet baby snuggles and active toddler hands, and the little ones who think everything is food or at least worth a taste.
Here's the low-down on those awesomely edible ingredients:
- Zinc Oxide: With zinc being a vital mineral needed in almost every cell of our bodies, zinc oxide is often found in dietary supplements.
- Sunflower Seed Oil has heaps of uses in the kitchen, from baking, sauteing and roasting, to sauces and dressings.
- Tocopherol: A form of Vitamin E and a powerful antioxidant, Tocopherol prevents rancidity in foods.
- Candelilla Wax is often used in edible coatings.
- Polyglyceryl-3-polyricinoleate is often found in chocolate! It mimics cocoa butter, creating smooth, melt-in-your mouth textures.
- Calendula flowers and leaves can go straight from the garden to your salads, soups, teas, and more… if you like their peppery, vege taste!
- Xanthan Gum preserves the life of salad dressings, soups, sauces, and baked goods.
- Vegetable glycerin sweetens and moistens cakes and candies, and softens meats and cheeses… It's also used in cough syrup.
- Maltodextrin is commonly used as a thickener in puddings, sauces and dressings.
- Sodium chloride is salt.
- Vanillin helps give many ice creams, chocolates and cakes their lovely vanilla flavour.
- Iron Oxide adds colour to smoked/dried fish, crisps and other snacks, soups, broths and more.
The only ingredients in our Daily Tinted SPF50 Mineral Sunscreen that are not food safe are cetyl acetate (from coconut oil), isostearic acid (from vegetable oil), potassium cetyl phosphate (a potassium salt), and the skin-loving hero jojoba.
Now that's an ingredients list we can feel really good about!
BUT SERIOUSLY, if your kid, or anyone, does eat our sunscreen:
- Do not induce vomiting.
- Have them drink lots of water.
- Call your medical provider or the poison hotline if you're concerned (0800 764 766 in NZ or 131126 in Aus. You can direct them to our product page for the ingredients -- www.orchardandocean.com/products/daily-mineral-sunscreen).
- If excessive vomiting or diarrhea occurs (3+ times), seek medical attention.
(Coming from a mumma whose kid may have sampled the stuff accidentally...) <3
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