Nutrients in apricots can help support healthy heart and eyes, as well as fiber for digestion. The high beta-carotene content of apricots make them supportive, heart healthy foods. The kernel yields an oil that is similar to that of the almond. The apricot can be combined with other natural ingredients in creams, lotions and facial masks for cosmetic use. Apricots are considered to have softening and emollient qualities.

Cloves are the flower buds from an evergreen rainforest tree native to Indonesia. Cloves hold many essential oils, tannins, flavanoids, and triterpenoids, which are all beneficial constituents for healthy body function. Cloves also contain many minerals including potassium, manganese, iron, selenium, and magnesium. Potassium is a beneficial electrolyte for the body and helps to maintain healthy blood levels. Clove Oil can be used as a pallatant or masking agent to add a dimension of flavor to otherwise bland or bitter products in a variety of food and feed applications. Clove Oil also works as an effective insect repellent as well as an aroma.

Garlic has been a staple of the human diet for centuries as a food flavor and preservative and as treatment of diseases and overall health support. Garlic is loaded with phytonutrients, minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants. Many of these constituents are helpful in maintaining healthy blood levels within the body.

Limes can be used to help digestive issues and treat nausea. Lime Oil can be applied to the skin as a disinfectant and used as a stimulant. Lime Oil is also used in cosmetics as a fragrance application and as a fixative. It is used as a flavoring for desserts, drinks, pickles, jams, confectionaries, soaps, deodorants, mouth washes, and many other products. The vitamin C and flavanoids in Lime Oil provides antioxidant properties that help support vision, digestion, and many other body concerns. Its applications are numerous.

Mint Essential Oil can be used in a range of applications ranging from food applications to cosmeceutical and even in industrial applications. This ingredient serves a variety of purposes in the global market for its strength, stimulating effects, and minty flavor.

Vanilla Extract contains many antioxidant properties. The main chemical component in these beans is vanillin, but they also contain eugenol, caproic acid, phenoles, alcohols, carbonyl compounds, and ester among others. Many of the vitamins present in vanilla beans (including B-6, niacin, riboflavin, and thiamin) help assist with enzyme synthesis, healthy nervous system function and regulating body metabolism. Green Source Organics’ natural Vanilla Extract is available in several concentrations to accommodate any needs for products.