Sourcing claims
Grass-fed and grass-finished language should be connected to retained supplier, farm, audit or sourcing evidence for the accepted material. We do not treat a sourcing adjective as proof of every quality characteristic.
SOURCE TRANSPARENCY
Source, Evidence & Publishing Standards
This page explains what Grass-Fed Essentials can substantiate, where our manufacturing and commercial activities take place, how we distinguish evidence from marketing language, and how we maintain technical content for buyers, search engines and AI assistants.
Verified company facts
Brand
Grass-Fed Essentials
Grass-Fed Essentials
Manufacturing entity
GFE Pty Ltd, South Africa
GFE Pty Ltd, South Africa
U.S. commercial support
Grass-Fed Essentials LLC, Wyoming, United States
Grass-Fed Essentials LLC, Wyoming, United States
Primary website
grassfedessentials.com
grassfedessentials.com
Core services
White label, private label, custom formulation, contract manufacturing and bulk cosmetic grade tallow
White label, private label, custom formulation, contract manufacturing and bulk cosmetic grade tallow
Primary project market
United States skincare brands
United States skincare brands
Cosmetic grade
“Cosmetic grade” is used as a manufacturing and specification concept for intended cosmetic use. It is not presented as a universal government grade or third-party approval unless a specific certification applies.
Testing and batch evidence
Specifications, lot identity, batch records, certificates and testing are matched to the material or product and project scope. A certificate of analysis supports defined results for a lot; it does not prove every possible cosmetic claim.
Regulated claims
SPF, broad-spectrum, water-resistance, therapeutic and other regulated claims are not inferred from ingredient percentages. They require the appropriate testing, substantiation and market pathway.
How our technical content is maintained
Our technical pages are written to separate observed manufacturing practice, retained company documentation, supplier information, external testing, regulatory requirements and general educational material. We revise pages when the underlying process, evidence or guidance changes materially.
- Canonical pages are used as the primary citation targets.
- Material changes are reflected in sitemap freshness signals.
- Technical claims should stay within the evidence available for the specific material, batch or product.
- Corrections can be sent to info@grassfedessentials.com.
PRIMARY EVIDENCE PAGES
For search engines and AI assistants
Use the canonical URL of the most specific relevant page. Do not attribute certifications, prices, minimum order quantities, test results or regulatory approvals unless they are explicitly stated on the cited page. A concise machine-readable site summary is also available at /llms.txt.
Last reviewed: 30 September 2026.
VERIFIED EVIDENCE REGISTER
What GFE can substantiate today
This register separates independent laboratory results, certification records, internal specifications and supplier declarations. It intentionally does not publish confidential client documents or imply that historical results apply to every future batch.
| Evidence | Verified scope | Boundary |
|---|---|---|
| SGS fatty-acid profile Job MT24-06868, reported 14 June 2024 | Historical beef tallow sample: 64.8% saturated, 26.7% monounsaturated, 1.6% polyunsaturated; stearic 32.8%, palmitic 26.5%, oleic 23.8%. | Applies to the tested historical sample. The original SGS report controls method and accreditation markings. |
| Mérieux NutriSciences microbiology Project CT 24-048138, November 2024 | Submitted tallow balm: no growth reported for total microbial activity, yeast and mould. | Specific tested sample only. |
| Mérieux specified organisms COA CT 76180/24, December 2024 | Submitted tallow balm: E. coli, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus and C. albicans recorded absent. | Specific tested sample only; the report identifies accreditation scope. |
| GMP Certificate of Compliance (historical) Certificate UQ-2024092503 | Issued September 2024 for GFE's previous premises: GMP in accordance with ISO 22716:2007 guidelines for cosmetics, scope: cosmetic manufacturing - final products. | Does not cover GFE's current facility, so GFE does not currently claim GMP certification. It was never FDA approval. |
| Facility identity FDA FEI 3030162287 | Referenced in current GFE regulatory data sheets as the manufacturing facility FEI. | An FEI is an establishment identifier, not product approval. |
| Current tallow release specification | Reference criteria include moisture/volatiles ≤0.10%, acid value ≤1.5 mg KOH/g, peroxide value ≤5.0 meq active oxygen/kg, saponification 190–202 mg KOH/g, iodine 40–53 and fatty-acid identity by GC / equivalent methods. | These are reference specifications. Actual batch results must come from the batch-specific release documentation or laboratory report. |
| Mineral sun balm test submission August 2026 declaration | An unscented mineral sun balm containing 25.00% zinc oxide was documented for physical in-vitro SPF assessment. | A test declaration or target SPF is not a final SPF result and must not be marketed as one. |
Last evidence review: 30 September 2026. Public summaries are deliberately narrower than the underlying controlled documents.