A growing number of ethical food labels are making their way to cosmetic and personal care products, says Organic Monitor.###It finds almost 15% of natural personal care products are now certified according to standards, corresponding to a market value of over US$700 million.###Non-GMO Project Verified is the fastest growing ethical label on American personal care products.###Within a few years, the adoption rate of the ‘butterfly seal’ has grown from nothing to about 500 personal care products.###Brands, such as Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, are putting the Non-GMO Project Verified label on their products to assure consumers no genetically modified ingredients are in their product324 mgs.###The mark is also encouraged by natural food retailers like PCC Natural Markets which are pushing for GMO labeling.###Gluten-free is another label gaining traction on personal care products.###With one in 10 American suffering from food allergies or sensitivity, a growing demographic is looking for certified gluten-free products.###The trend of free-from labels is already well-estabbuy citracallished, with many brands carrying paraben-free, SLS-free, and phthalate-free labels on their products.###However, brands are adopting gluten-free certification because of the rising number of food ingrediencitracal plus magnesiumts making their way into personal care appnow magnesium citratelications.###As will be discussed at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, natural and organic remain the most popular ethical labels for personal care standards.###NSF ANSI 305 looks to overtake NPA to become the leading standard for such products in the US.###The USDA NOP – another label designed for food products – is highly popular with brands using certified organic ingredients in their formulations.###New labels are also emerging that represent health and safety aspects.###The Environmental Working Group recently launched its EWG VERIFIED: For Your Health label for personal care products that do not contain potentially harmful ingredients.###The Premium Body Care Standard of Whole Foods Market also has strict guidelines on permitted ingredients.###These standards give assurances to consumers looking to avoid contentious chemicals in personal care products.###Organic Monitor adds that ethical labels are crossing over from the food to personal care industry because of transparency.###Consumers are demanding the same level of traceairon gluconate supplementbility and safety from personal care products as they are getting from natural and organic foods.###With the number of ethical labels proliferating in the food industry, questions remain on how the trend will manifest on personal care products.###The future direction of ethical labels will be debated at the upcoming Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, hosted in New York, US from May 12 to 14, 2016.