Jiminy Bio-Paint

• 100ml in glass (price includes a €1 refundable bottle deposit);
• 500ml or 1 litre in post-consumer-recycled HDPE (price includes €2 refundable bottle deposit).

Feel great about where it comes from:

• Raw materials from EU? Yes - mainly Germany
• Organic? Not certified but some ingredients are
• Manufactured in EU? Yes - Germany
• What's it made from? Natural foods and food additives, e.g.: food colors, natural color pigments, purified chalk, phenoxyethanol (preservative), denotium benzoate (to make it bitter so it doesn't get eaten). All in dosages that are approved for food.
• What's it packaged in? Option 1: Nothing (bring your own container or take one of our clean jam jars). Option 2: Glass. Option 3: HDPE bottle that's 50% post-consumer recycled (and fully recyclable)
• Shipping packaging from manufacturer to us: Large recyclable plastic bucket, small amount of 'cling film' plastic wrap not reusable or recyclable
• Plastic-free? Paint: yes. Pumps on the glass bottles, and the HDPE bottle, are plastic
• Vegan? Yes except red and red-based colours (pink, orange, brown, purple) which contain carmine (insect-based pigment)
• Animal-cruelty-free? Yes
• Reused upcycled or recycled? Paint: not yet! Container: yes!

Feel great about where it goes after you've used it:

• Biodegradable / compostable? Paint is not yet certified compostable but made from all food ingredients so it is. Put in your home compost or brown bin
• Reusable refillable? Yes! Refills available wherever this is sold. Or €1-€2 deposit refund if you instead return the HDPE bottle to the retailer.
• Recyclable? Glass and HDPE bottles are widely recycled, wash and put in your recycling bin

Feel great about you and your child using it:

• Great for ages: All
• Shelf life: 30 months
• Safety standards met: EN 71
• Solvent-free? Yes
• Gluten-free? No
• Peanut-free? Yes
• Soy-free? Yes
• Lactose-free? Yes
• Easy to wash-off clothes skin? Yes
• Improvements we're working on in this product: Transport in solid form; organic raw materials; replace non-vegan ingredient in red pigment

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