Your “vendor” is an individual or entity who purchases products from manufacturers and then sells them directly to you/customers.

A manufacturer is a person or company that produces finished products from raw materials by using various tools, equipment, and processes, and then sells the goods to consumers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, or to other manufacturers for the production of more complex goods and/or finished product(s).

A supplier is a individual or business that provides raw materials, parts, and/or machines to manufacturing units.

MOQ stands for minimum order quantity and is minimum the amount of product a supplier or seller requires a purchaser to buy at one time.

Tiered pricing is a price per unit within a range. See more on tiered pricing by clicking HERE.

Large amount of an liquid ingredient(s), including water, that are used to dissolve or break down other ingredients, such as gases or solids, to form a solution.

Active ingredients are the components that have a therapeutic effect on the body. Inactive ingredients can help the active ingredients absorb and/or breakdown easier so they can work properly.

Mixing tanks are used to process/mix multiple liquid and/or solid components together to create new compounds or products. These tanks typically feature separate inputs for each component yo will mix, as well as am output piping to feed the mixture into the next phase of your process (i.e.. dispensing into packaging).

Mixing tanks typically come as either single-wall or jacketed models.

Raw material is a material or substance that is used in processing or manufacturing of goods.

A recipe is a set of instructions for making something from a variety of ingredients.

A formula is your recipe converted to exact weights. The weights are then converted into percentages, to make sure you have the exact amount of each ingredient every time you (or your co-packer, or your employees) manufacture your product. Your formula will usually be based on pounds, grams or other weight measurements.

A "cosmetic" is “any substance used to clean, improve or change the complexion, skin, hair, nails or teeth.”

Cosmetics include make-up, perfume, skin cream, nail polish. It also includes grooming aids such as soap, shampoo, shaving cream, deodorant.

An allergen is a substance that causes an allergic reaction.

Preservatives are substances or chemicals that help prevent contamination and impeding decomposition by microbial growth or by undesirable chemical or physical changes.

An ingredient’s density is its mass per unit volume. We don’t use volume because every ingredient has a different density. It is a measure of how much “stuff” is in an object in a unit volume (cubic meter or cubic centimeter).

Learn more about densities by clicking HERE.

Conversion is the process of changing or causing something to change from one form to another. Usually you covert inches to feet or temperature (Celsius to Fahrenheit).

Click HERE to quickly convert your ingredient amounts.

Any product that contains a minimum of 95% organic ingredients (excluding salt and water). Up to 5 percent of your ingredients may be nonorganic agricultural and/or nonagricultural products on the National List.

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Concentration is the final expression of the ratio of the amount of an ingredient to the amount of product.

Concentrations of ingredients are reported (if they are reported at all) as percentages. More specifically, they’re reported as weight percentages.

There are three common ways to report it: volume per volume (v/v), weight per volume (w/v), and weight per weight (w/w).

Efficacy is not specific to a formula or an ingredient; it is the science and research a company puts behind their product to provide effective active ingredients.