WHY CHOOSE KATOA OILS?
Katoa’s Complete Extract oils are unlike any other on the market.
We start with fresh raw materials, harvested from all over the world, and transform them into a smooth, viscous liquid oil through our unique and proprietary Complete extraction process.
What makes our oils so special? We use no heat, pressure, or toxic chemicals/solvents in our process, ensuring purity and the highest quality oil extract available. And the results speak for themselves – our process captures the full spectrum of “light” and “heavy” compounds found in the plant. Which means they don’t just smell like the plants, they actually have ALL the benefits these powerful plants have to offer!
But that’s not all!
The Complete Extract process captures the true essence of Mother Nature’s most prized plants and transforms them into a liquid form, ready to be used to recover, repair, and revitalize our bodies.
“THE WAY MOTHER NATURE INTENDED”
So why wait? Try Katoa’s Complete Extracts today and experience the difference for yourself!
The Complete Extraction Process
What is a Complete Extract?
A Complete Extract is an oil that has been extracted from a plant or resin using Katoa’s proprietary process. We call it a “Complete Extract” because it contains the full spectrum of compounds found in the plant or resin.
We start with raw materials, such as resin from a tree that had been hardened in the sun and collected by farmers. This solid raw material is then put through our proprietary extraction process which turns the hard solid resin into a soft, viscous liquid oil. Because no heat, pressure, or toxic chemicals/solvents are used, the Complete Extraction process ensures purity and the highest quality liquid oil extract available on the market.
The Complete Extraction process is so effective that it achieves better than 95% yields and contains the full spectrum of “light” and “heavy” compounds available in the plant.
The Complete Extract process essentially makes a liquid form of Mother Nature’s most prized plants and makes them ready to be used to recover, repair, and revitalize our bodies.
What is a “Heavy” Compound?
“Heavy” compounds are components that are not obtained through traditional distillation processes because of their higher molecular weight. Typically have been found by researchers to be very high in their medicinal and holistic capabilities.
During the distillation process, these compounds are too heavy to be carried over with steam. Regardless of their medicinal benefits, they are often discarded as waste because of costs and the distillation process used.
Katoa’s Complete Extract products include the “heavy” wellness compounds that are not found in other products offered by our competitors. These “heavy” compounds are the reason why these plants have been used for centuries for their healing, wellness, and revitalizing purposes.
Traditional essential oils contain only the “light” aromatic compounds. Alongside traditional extracts which contain contaminated and partial “heavy” compounds due to their crude extraction processes.
The Katoa Complete Extraction process contains both the “light” fragrant aromatics found in essential oils as well as all the beneficial “heavy” compounds found in extracts in their natural, uncontaminated, and complete form.
Combining the benefits from “light” AND “heavy” parts of the plant to create a super-powered Complete Extract that has a deep, rich aromatic profile jam-packed with a full spectrum of heavy medicinal and wellness compounds.
These “heavy” components are rich in diversity and packed with holistic and medicinal benefits. Just a few that are found in our range of products include Amylose Acetate, Amyrin, Amyrone, Bourbonene, Boswelic Acid, Cyclosativene, elemola, Incensole, Lupeol, and Lupenol.
What is a Complete Extract Blend?
These are oils that contain our Complete Extracts and pure essential oils. They have been mixed together based on their chemical profile to produce blends that are jam-packed and optimized for specific benefits.
For example, our Sleep blend takes several of our Complete Extracts and is optimized to contain the best combination of “light” and “heavy” components to aid in better and longer-lasting sleep.
Our Skin blend is a combination of our Comple Extracts which have “light” and “heavy” components known for their anti-inflammation, anti-microbial, anti-viral, nourishing, and revitalizing effects.
The Complete Extract Blends are customized to maximize their overall effectiveness through the “Entourage Effect”.
What is the “Entourage Effect”?
The entourage effect is the practice that each compound found in the plant works synergistically with each other to maximize the overall benefit of the plant.
That it is not one single element in the oil that makes it effective, but is the culmination of all the elements in the oil that work synergistically to create the most and best effect.
For example, the isolated terpene Myrcene has been found by researchers to promote better sleep. However, when Myrcene is not isolated and is found with the other natural elements of our Sleep blend, it has a much more powerful effect on the promotion of sleep.
Utilizing the power of the entourage effect to maximize the potential of each “light” and “heavy” component to their fullest is something Katoa does best. These can all be found in our Complete Extracts and Blends thanks to our proprietary Complete Extraction process.
What is an essential oil?
A common distilled oil process that uses heat to separate the “light” terpenes from the “heavy” compounds. Essential oils are only the “light” components of the plant, limited to the aromatics, terpenes, and flavonoids.
The distillation process is a method that has been used for centuries, which is done by heating water until it evaporates and then placing the plant over the steam. During this process, the steam penetrates the plant and pulls out the “light” terpenes that are then collected. These terpenes provide a wonderful aroma of the plant and contain only the compound that is light enough to be extracted by the steam. Leaving behind almost 95% of the plant to be thrown away and unusable, including ALL heavy beneficial compounds.
Essentially, distillation produces a wonderful scent of the plant/resin but is void of any of the “heavy” medicinal properties found in Complete Extracts.
What is a traditional extract?
A process in which plants or other natural materials are separated from its solid form to isolate the most desired elements using some kind of solvent, chemical, or gas as the agent.
Besides distillation, extraction is a popular method for extracting oil from plants and resins. Common types of extraction use gases like CO2 or harsh chemicals, like, Ethanol, hexane, methanol, dichloromethane, and isopropyl to name a few.
These extraction methods have been utilized more in the last 100 years as the chemicals have become more available. These methods require the plant to be submerged in liquid CO2 and other solvents. During this process, the plant is put under an enormous amount of pressure and introduced to several intense heat cycles which introduce oxidization. These heat phase changes and chemicals break down the beneficial “heavy” compounds and cause them to be damaged and unusable. Oftentimes this process leaves behind small amounts of gas and harmful contaminants which leave the remaining oil damaged, incomplete, and even toxic.
While this process does capture some of the lighter and heavier components of the plant, the chemicals, and processes used in traditional extraction methods damage, remove, or alter them entirely. Adulterating their natural aromatics and inhibiting the effectiveness of the heavier compounds