Posted on 11/23/2016 1:15:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
A new study about aloe vera gel, used to treat sunburns and other skin issues, might make some consumers feel even more burned, especially those partial to store brand products.
Bloomberg hired a lab to test various store brands, and it found the aloe gel sold at stores like Walmart, Target and CVS is lacking one important ingredient — aloe vera.
The report said all of the brands listed aloe vera juice as a prominent ingredient but the three specific chemical markers that would indicate the presence of aloe were missing.
The four gels Bloomberg tested were Walmart's 'Equate Aloe After Sun Gel,' Target's 'UP & Up Aloe Vera Gel,' CVS 'Aftersun Aloe Vera Moisturizing Gel' and Walgreens 'Alcohol-Free Aloe Vera Body Gel.'
In three of the samples, the lab found none of the chemical markers, but tests did find maltodextrin, a cheap, sugary substitute sometimes used to imitate aloe, according to the results.
The fourth sample had one of the three chemical markers but, without the other two markers, it wasn't possible to say whether or not aloe was ever included in the recipe.
Aloe vera brings in a lot of money – according to Bloomberg, the total U.S. market grew 11 percent last year, up to $146 million.
The U.S. Food and Drug administration does not approve the ingredients in cosmetic products, essentially leaving it up to suppliers to make good on their promises.
A representative for Fruit of the Earth, the company that produces the gels, disputed the report, as did Walgreens, CVS and Walmart.
But, now, there are several class action lawsuits against the four retailers and Fruit of the Earth from customers who believe they were misled.
Are they all from the same manufacturer?
I have always suspected that....................I HAVE ALOE VERA IN MY YARD.............
Bad link
It is possible to purify materials to the point that some DNA markers are no longer present.
Grow your own. Too easy to grow. It hates to be watered more than once a month and grows well stuck on a bottom shelf with low light. Perfect “forget it” plant.
Shouldn’t it be aloe falsa, then?
I’ve suspected it as well. Using the real stuff a sunburn is usually gone the 2nd day. That store stuff never has a noticeable affect.
This reminds me of when someone had a coconut cream pie analyzed and found no trace of coconut or cream in it.
Made in China ?
In other breaking news most “pumpkin spice” junk has 0% pumpkin!
My favorite is the “apple” pie from a vending machine that proudly proclaims “made with real fruit!” Nothing about that fruit being apples, though.
Same thing is true for many store brand health food products and supplements.
Same old, same old.
No real news at ABC/CBS/NBC either.
No Border Control and US Border Control
No Security at Homeland Security
And it goes on and on ...
What’s the surprise?
Works for me.
http://kfor.com/2016/11/23/no-actual-aloe-vera-found-in-aloe-gels-from-walmart-target-cvs-study/
Well I should hope not!
It’s just supposed to have the spice!...............
Good one!..............
We use aloe for every burn and scrape. Just go outside and break off a small piece or cut it off and squeeze out the gel from it onto the burn and it almost instantly works.............
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