Aloe barbadensis
The ancient Egyptians called aloe vera the plant of immortality. They buried it with the pharaohs. Cleopatra and Nefertiti both used it daily as part of their beauty routines. Alexander the Great reportedly sent soldiers to secure a supply of it before battle. For a succulent that grows quietly in warm, dry climates and asks almost nothing of its environment, aloe vera has had an extraordinarily storied life.
What makes it so enduring isn't mythology. It's the gel inside the leaf, which is 99% water and yet somehow packed with over 75 bioactive compounds, including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes. It has been doing useful things for living tissue for a very long time.
At Essential Oxygen, we only use the inner fillet of the aloe leaf plant; the clear, tender layer found just beneath the outer rind of the leaf, never the whole leaf. That distinction matters more than it sounds.
Because our aloe source is not non-decolorized whole leaf aloe extract, it is not subject to Proposition 65 labeling associated with whole leaf aloe extracts. The outer rind contains latex with aloin, a compound that is Prop 65 listed and one of the main reasons "aloe vera" as an ingredient can mean very different things from one product to the next.
Additionally, our aloe vera is USDA Certified Organic, made from that inner fillet, pressed into a pure organic aloe vera juice. It's a foundational ingredient in our BR Organic Mouthwash + Brushing Rinse and our Organic Low Abrasion Toothpaste. Here is what it is actually doing in your mouth.
What Aloe Vera Brings to Your Oral Care Routine
Where You Will Find It
The inner fillet of organic aloe vera is a foundational ingredient in our BR Organic Mouthwash + Brushing Rinse and our Organic Low Abrasion Toothpaste, steps one and two of The Pristine Protocol.
Aloe vera's inner fillet is working through the first two steps of your routine, gum to enamel.
