Natural Healthcare products Exhibitor Show Highlights at Natural & Organic Products Europe 2011

3/31/2011 11:10 AM EST

• There’s cool stuff happening at the This Is Water stand (1019) this year, with a UK and Natural & Organic Products Europe first for two exciting new products!  Samples and free tastings available!  Kalahari Salt is, in its natural state, an underground salt brine, which gets pumped onto the surface and is then sun dried.  It still contains all the minerals and trace elements that are essential to the body’s health and well being.  It remains as pure and natural as nature intended.  This Is Water will also be featuring the Waterman Portable – the ultimate solution to clean, safe drinking water anytime or anywhere!  Based on nature’s principles, it purifies, sterilises and activates, regular tap water in to a highly energised, hydrating alkaline mineral water.  Come and have a glass on us!

• Established in 2010, Gloucestershire-based Planet Health UK (stand 3026) is an Australian-owned distributor and marketer of premium natural health products.  Planet Health has chosen Natural & Organic Products Europe to launch a range of Body Love mists and moisturisers from Australian Bush Flower Essences onto the UK market.  Also on the stand will be the Qskin DNA Age Defence creams, Kosmea’s Rose Hip Oil treatment, Watson & Son Black Label Manuka Honey and the Qsilica: Beauty from the inside out range – as stocked by Harrods and selected premium stores.

• An ethical goods enterprise is urging UK adults to play safe – and fair – in the bedroom with its new flagship product.  Newcastle-based Fair Squared (stand 2122) has launched a range of ethical condoms in a bid to stop rubber producers and workers in India being exploited by multinational firms.  The condoms are made from rubber sourced through Kerala, South India, and are produced by carbon neutral manufacturer CPR, in Germany.  They are priced at the same level as major condom brands and have been tested to the CE0197 international quality standard. The Fair trade condoms are fully compostable and are virtually odour free.  Fair Squared will be expanding its safe sex range in the coming months.

• Hot on the heels of last year’s fantastic success having won ‘Best New Non-Food Product 2010’ at their first outing to Natural & Organics Products Europe, mohdoh, the clever cross therapy people, are back to launch their brand new mohdoh product ‘Headeez’.  Beautifully crafted to help those suffering with headaches and tension, come and try this revolutionary therapy range, which is taking the country by storm (stand 2033).

• Brand new to the UK – The Konjac Face and Body Sponge (stand 4121) is made from 100% natural vegetable Fibre.  It’s 100% Biodegradable, soft and gentle, pH balanced, naturally deep cleansing, kind to you and kind to the environment.  Perfect for everyone – from young to old.  Ideal for even the newest born baby and the entire family.  Made with 100% natural konjac fibre – a revolutionary vegetable fibre from the root of the Amorphophallus konjac plant.  No need for other skin cleansing products.  The Konjac Sponge does all the work!  Better for the environment, the skin and the finances!

• Devon based Gentle Green Natural Remedies (stand 2035) is launching Ecz-Tend Soothing cream to soothe sensitive and allergy prone skin at Natural & Organic Products Europe.  Easily absorbable, highly nourishing and regenerative, whilst naturally helping to ease itching and inflammation, Ecz-tend Soothing cream is a carefully blended synergy of medicinal herbs and oils, free from agro-chemicals.  All ingredients are grown to ecological standards.  Early feedback from the market has been extremely positive, with interest already established from high end departmental stores as well as the more traditional holistic health outlets.  Gentle Green provides pure and vibrant natural remedies.

• Come and meet Nana Amtul, founder of Nana’s Organic Remedies on stand 6002E.  Nana’s unique range of organic remedies have been developed and refined over the past thirty years.  New for 2011: Baby Bottom Oil – developed to relieve discomfort, which calms and restores the skin; and Spotless Skin – with its pioneering patented formula, which provides an effective herbal remedy for spotty, irritated and sore skin.  Both remedies are unique to Nana’s Organic Remedies and not available through any other manufacturer.

• Natural Hero – a new herbal sports recovery line to be unveiled at Natural & Organic Products Show Europe has become the first sport and fitness brand to receive Ethical Accreditation from the Ethical Shopping Guide.  The Natural Hero Hot Ginger Muscle Rub and Cool Peppermint Muscle Spritz contain over 98% natural ingredients including a combination of carefully selected essential oils and botanical extracts belonging to a class of herbs called rubefacients. The rubefacients used in Natural Hero products deliver warming and cooling effects which help increase circulation around an affected area, to soothe and revive.  Both products are free of parabens and SLS, are tested on athletes not animals, and made in the UK.

• New to Europe!  Flower Essences of Australia (stand 1017) is a new range of essence products by Flower Essences of the World.  Experience the potency of flower essences originally discovered and used by the Aboriginals, an ancient system of medicine that draws from the potent and spectacular wildflowers growing in the Australian wilderness.  A range of 12 carefully formulated combinations address everyday challenges and are designed to cope with today’s needs.  Made with Ecocert organic Cognac and conscientiously sourced ingredients and packaging.  Made in Australia but bottled in the UK to save on its carbon foot print.  Recommended and supported by international flower expert, author and Harley Street consultant, Clare G Harvey.

• Langdales’ Essence of Cinnamon is one of Britain’s oldest and traditional remedies, dating back over 260 years.  This 100% natural remedy has a unique formula that is naturally warming when feeling cold and chilled.  Still based on the original formulation and proudly manufactured in the UK.  Langdales is steeped in British history so come and visit stand 2040 and step back in time, hear and read the tales and see some packaging from old.  Find out how Langdales are bringing this old classic into the 21st Century and how you can help keep this part of British history alive. 

• Are all Hand Sanitizers the same?  Bentley Organic, a family owned personal care company, has launched a new product within their Baby Range ‘The Mother & Baby Hand Sanitizer’, which has been shortlisted for The Natural & Organic Awards in the ‘Best Organic Baby Product’ category.  Made in the UK, certified Organic by the UK Soil Association and Vegan Approved, it is not tested on animals, is free from Parabens, GMO, SLS/SLES, petro-chemicals and is biodegradable.  Baby’s delicate skin is more susceptible to negative effects caused by synthetic chemicals found in many other everyday brands. The Sanitizer is proven to Kill 99.9% of germs and harmful bacteria, yet mildly formulated using organic ingredients and Aloe Vera to moisturise the skin (stand 1030).

• Star Remedies (stand 2079) create flower and vibrational essences, which are prepared from wild plants and flowers found both in The Netherlands and around the world.  As well as the traditional flower essences, four essences are made from non-plant materials such as gemstones. Star Remedies flower essences are made in complete tranquillity and with the fullest possible intent towards the flower.  This allows the flower to transfer its full potential to the mineral water.  The same applies to essences created from non-plant materials.  A new range of essences – Seven Essentials, will be introduced at the show.

• HayMax™ has won four new awards in the space of 3 months, which shows that this Hayfever brand is truly coming of age!  It gained a gold award from bizziebaby.co.uk – a website designed for parents and reviewed by mums and dads – and was a recent finalist in The Vegetarian Society Awards 2010, voted for by the general public.  HayMax™ won a Highly Commended Award in the Natural Lifestyle Awards 2010, voted for by readers, and has now won the Janey Lee Grace stamp of approval.  HayMax™ is offering huge savings on show only offers (stand 6002A).

• Quitting is close to impossible without a vital psychological mind shift.  BEYOND NICOTINE is a proven 15 day Quit Smoking programme.  It is effective because it combines a mind setting approach via a 40 page interactive worksheet, and hypno-induction and breathing exercises on a CD, with powerful herbal anti crave capsules and a herbal detox programme.  The BEYOND NICOTINE programme, developed by a South African homeopath, boasts close to a 100% success rate, and will be available in health stores and pharmacies in the UK this year (stand 2008).

• For centuries, people have benefited from the therapeutic virtues of plants and flowers.  Not only can they provide relief for physical ailments but they can also help combat stress by restoring emotional balance.  Wildflower Essences (stand 1015) has created a range of English flower essences made exclusively from English wildflowers.  These essences can provide a valuable aid to help us through personal challenges that are all too common in today’s increasingly stressful world.  Set up in West Sussex in 1999, Wildflower currently supplies flower essences to clinics and organic shops in the London and the Southern regions.  Sourced from woodlands, meadows and riverbanks in the English countryside, the essences are all handmade solely from natural ingredients.

• First time exhibitors biOrganik Ltd (stand 2054) will be introducing a brand new range of creative products from Latvia, including: Acorn, chicory and carrot organic coffee; Eco farm ostrich fat handmade soap, available with special soap carving art; and Malt wheat grains bio snacks, handmade and without added sugar.  They will also be showcasing Puzurs – an interior design element for maintaining a room’s spirit and energy, which are handmade from organic materials.  This unique product is part of North Europe’s cultural heritage and nowadays helps to make life more organic.  Puzurs are available in various materials and sizes.  biOrganik also offer Astronutri consultation – a nutritional consultation based on the astrological data of each client.

• Optima Health & Nutrition is back at Ransom!  William Ransom & Sons is one of the UK's leading natural healthcare companies, which offers a vast array of products for the whole family from skincare, haircare and digestion through to joint and oralcare ranges.  Key brands include Health Perception/Jointflex, Aloe Pura, AloeDent, Allergenics and Australian Tea Tree.  Come along to stand 3005for a taste of these and new liquid food supplements at the show!

• Kingfisher (stand 7095) is the UK’s leading natural toothpaste.  It contains no artificial colourings, flavourings, sweeteners or preservatives.  Instead, we use natural ingredients like real fennel, real lemons and real peppermint, and Kingfisher tastes delicious.  Kingfisher is available in 7 great varieties, with or without fluoride, from all health food shops, leading supermarkets and many chemists.  It is gluten-free, GM-free and made in the UK. Kingfisher Natural Toothpaste is an Ethical Consumer Best Buy and is approved by the British Dental Health Foundation.

To find out more about any of the products or companies featured in this show highlights press release, visit Natural & Organic Products Europe on 3-4 April.  The two-day event is free to attend for pre-registered trade visitors and relevant press representatives.  To register, please visit www.naturalproducts.co.uk. 

Members of relevant trade and consumer media can reserve press passes to Natural & Organic Products Europe by contacting Emma-Louise Jones at   before 5pm on Friday 1 April (please note, no press passes to the event will be issued after that time).

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