About Organic/ Certification

USA does not at the present time have any official certifications of organic clothing and toys. At NunoOrganic, we have therefore chosen to offer clothes and toys that fulfill the European standards for organic certification of Germany and Holland.

The German Öko Test

The majority of NunoOrganics toys are tested in the well respected German consumer magazine “Öko Test”. Öko Test is doing monthly independent tests of different products and will give notice as to whether they recommend the product or not. The products will be evaluated with respect to both environmental- and product safety. Öko Test results are highly respected in Europe and are often referred to due to their high validity.

European Manufactures

NunoOrganic’s products are all from recognized European producers, with many years of experience in manufacturing and selling natural products free from chemicals. They all fulfill stringent quality demands from am.o. the German kbA. Please refer to the description of environmental labeling.

Why Organic?

Clothes, Toys and other products that kids have close daily contact with can contain many different chemicals. Dioxin, azo-colors, formaldehyde, PVC, heavy metals and pesticide residues are some of them. Not all consequences of these chemicals are fully known yet, some known ones are allergy and eczema and in worst case damages of our reproductive ability and nervous system.

Except for the fact that the chemicals can harm us as consumers, they are also the cause of large damages in the local communities where the raw material is grown. F.inst. is 25% of the worlds total use of pesticides used on the cotton fields. That is in spite the fact that cotton production only counts for a small fraction of the world’s total production of crop.

Certification

Below please find a description of the most commonly used certificates in NunoOrganic’s selection.

KbA – Kontrolliert biologische Anbau

The kbA cotton is organic grown and certified by an independent German institute. KbA is comparable with the Swedish “KRAV” and the Dutch “SKAL” certifications.

Compared with the Nordic “SWAN” certificate and the “EU flower” certificate, the kbA has stricter requirements for their certificate. KbA cotton is grown without the use of fertilizers and pesticides. The fields are not grown as monocultures and instead of using pesticides, the fields are weeded. The insects are collected manually. Compost is used instead of fertilizer. The cotton is picked by hands in three rounds, which enhances the quality of the harvest. Since no chemicals are used in the growing, both the environment as well as the people working with the cotton is spared.

It is not only the environment that benefits from the organic production method. As a consumer, you can enjoy organic cotton, knowing that in the production of kbA-cotton no harmful substances have been used.

The kbA production of cotton uses more robust cotton plants that give smaller yields. The cotton is however of very high quality.

Demeter certified cotton and wool

Demeter certified cotton and wool fulfills as a minimum the same criteria’s as kbA, but is grown by the Rudolf Steiner philosophy. It can be compared with biodynamic farming.

Bourette silk

The bourette silk is manufactured by the mulberry silkworm. Clothes made by Bourette silk obtain an uneven surface, which gives this type of silk a very significant look. It has a reputation of having a healing effect and to give calmness to the skin. It has a characteristic scent of hay.

Schurwolle/ Schur wool

Schurwolle is wool of excellent quality. It gives isolation against cold as well as heat. Wool can absorb 1/3 of its own weight without feeling wet. This is the reason why Schurwolle is so suited for clothing.

Merino Wool

Merino wool is the finest and softest wool existing. It is usually from Australia or South Africa. It is particularly suited for fine baby clothes.