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Are Gaia Herbs alcohol-free herbal extracts as concentrated as the alcohol extracts?

April 26, 2017alcohol alcohol-free Concentrated extracts Gaia herbal herbs

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Are Gaia Herbs alcohol-free herbal extracts as concentrated as the alcohol extracts?

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Yes!! Gaia Herbs is the only liquid extract manufacturer that can guarantee that its alcohol -free extracts are as concentrated as the alcohol extracts. This is because Gaia Herbs first extracts every herb using the proper alcohol requirement and then utilizes state of the art evaporation equipment to remove the alcohol under low heat and vacuum. After extraction is completed then an HPLC analysis is carried out comparing the alcohol free extract to the alcohol extract. The only exception to this standard of quality is for Milk Thistle and Kava Kava alcohol free extracts. Because these two herbs carry constituents that are highly alcohol soluble it is not possible to achieve the same concentrations in the alcohol free extract as the alcohol extract without having particulates in the solution. To resolve this, a slightly lower concentration is used for these two herbs when they are prepared as alcohol free extracts.