USDA Certified BioBased / BioPreferred Product Labeling

The USDA Certified Biobased Product label has been specifically designed to empower consumers to readily identify products with verified biobased content. Other products that claim to contain biobased content can be uncertified, or certified under alternative standards. They can contain lower or insignificant levels of biobased content and may not be required to disclose these levels on their labels. To allow consumers to be confident that the stated percentage of a product’s biobased content is accurate, the USDA BioPreferred brand and stringent labeling process reflects and builds upon the credibility, integrity and trust of the USDA. Further, the label requires minimum content levels considered to be meaningful, as well as disclosure of the percentage biobased content.

The BioPreferred® Product Label Certification assures a consumer that a product or package contains a verified amount of renewable biological ingredients. Consumers can trust the label to mean what it says because manufacturer’s claims concerning the presence and the amount of biobased ingredients are third-party certified and strictly monitored by USDA. Under the voluntary labeling program, biobased products that meet the BioPreferred program requirements carry a distinctive label for easier identification by the consumer.