ICADA Natural

Organic and natural cosmetics include cosmetic products that consist exclusively of natural substances or natural substance derivatives or the authorised substances for preservation. Organic and natural cosmetics deliberately refrain from using groups of raw materials that are not compatible with the concept of nature

organic-synthetic colourants

synthetic fragrances

ethoxylated raw materials

impurity contaminations in a significantly higher ratio to the natural substance than occurs in nature

silicones

synthetic halogen-organic compounds, synthetic halogen-organic synthesis building blocks, synthetic halogen-organic intermediates and resulting compounds such as quaternary compounds or carboxyl compounds

Petrochemical products such as paraffin oils and waxes

plant or animal materials under species protection (analogous to the Nagoya Protocol)

radioactive irradiation: the treatment of plant and animal raw materials and the end product with ionising radiation is not permitted.

Only cosmetic products that meet at least these requirements may be labelled as organic and natural cosmetics.

According to Statista, sales in the natural cosmetics segment in Europe will amount to around 2.62 billion euros in 2023. Converted to the size of the population, this market will generate sales of around 3.10 euros per capita in 2023.

According to the forecast, a market volume of EUR 3.27 billion will be reached in 2027; this corresponds to annual sales growth of 5.71% (CAGR 2023-2027). Figures that speak for themselves.

The "natural" seal from ICADA certifies that products that comply with the ICADA standard meet the high demands placed on natural cosmetics. Compliance with the standard is checked by annual audits, among other things. 

Conditions for licence use

The licence fee is € 50.00 net per year and product up to a maximum amount of € 1,000.00 net (no further licence fees are charged for more than 20 products). The label can only be acquired by ICADA members or label partners.

Procedure

To acquire the label, you must have a certificate from a certification body appointed by ICADA confirming the conformity of your product to be licensed with the ICADA standard. To do this, you can contact an ICADA-recognised certification body directly.

As soon as you have the confirmation of conformity, send it to ICADA together with the signed licence agreement. They will check whether you are an ICADA member or label partner and whether you fulfil the requirements for using the label. If these are met, you will be sent written authorisation to use the ICADA mark and the certificate for the compliant products.