Better safe than sorry.
Cosmetic products must be produced in accordance with "Cosmetic GMP" (Cosmetic - Good Manufacturing Practices). This is to ensure a flawless, reproducible quality of the product. Each raw material used, as well as the final product, must comply with a defined specification. The documentation of these requirements are also an essential part of the cosmetic safety report, as well as the product information file. Additional quality control is essential, especially for products with a short remaining shelf life. Great by Date therefore tests each product according to its own strict quality criteria: You will only receive as-new products from us.
The industry
dilemma.
Manufacturing companies are forced to regularly and systematically produce more than can be expected to be sold. No company can afford to be unable to deliver at any time. After all, we consumers are also used to being able to buy everything at the push of a button. So together we are causing a problem for which there is a very simple solution: use up those products that have already been produced.
Many products are destroyed as new.
While the destruction of returned goods from online retailing is now making big waves in the media, the number of unreported cases of products that can no longer be marketed due to their short shelf life, is even higher.
These goods do not appear in statistics, but “disappear” from companies just as unnoticed as they were produced. Although it is very difficult to obtain official information on this, the proportion of products destroyed can be conservatively estimated at between 10 and 20 percent.
What do
consumers say?
Great by Date carried out a market research among around 1000 people in Austria to find out what is particularly important to consumers. Did you know that the unawareness about the destruction practice is very high? Almost 80% of the respondents were not aware of it. Or did you know that consumers consider the quality of the products and their testing more important than the low price? If you are a manufacturer of wellbeing products and would like to know more about how sustainable consumers think, please drop us a message at partner@greatbydate.com.
Quality Control
methods and parameters.
In order to check the quality of a product, it is necessary to check the end product for certain parameters. These are defined in the course of the product development. During the inspection, the final product must meet the requirements of each test parameter within a given framework (specification). If this is not the case, the product cannot be placed on the market. The scope and performance of the individual tests is the responsibility of the manufacturer. Typical test parameters include: chemical-physical, microbiological & sensory testing of the finished product.
Am I a missionary?
There are 7 different motive types for sustainable consumption - do you find yourself? Missionary: Want to actively change and save the world. Strong will to transform. Connoisseur: Acts sustainably to preserve, but also to show he or she is in! Sustainability Buyer: Don't want to give up anything, but choose the more sustainable consumption alternative. Aesthetician: Prestige and appreciation is especially important to them. Sustainability is for personal display. Builder: Have a high need for security and safeguard themselves, for example, by growing their own vegetables. Accordingly, they follow sustainable 'rules'. Minimalist: Want to act mainly in a socially desirable way. Soothe their conscience already with small sustainable actions such as separating waste, renouncing plastic bags, etc. Recycler: They attach importance to durability and reusability. Existing consumer products are paramount. New consumer products and throwing away old ones is considered a "sin" and an additional burden. Source: Ströer 2022