OEKO-TEX Standard 100

The STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® is a comprehensive, third-party testing and certification system for textile raw, intermediate and end products at all stages of processing. The test samples are investigating and testing by the independent Oeko-Tex institutes for their for banned azo dyes, carcinogenic and allergy-inducing colourants, pesticides for textiles made of natural fibres, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), tin organic compounds, chlorinated phenols, phthalates (softeners), PFOS, PFOA, surfactant wetting agent residues (APEOs) and many more; and can only be certified if all components meet the specified requirements. Test criteria are updated annually and go far beyond existing legal regulations.

The OEKO-TEX® testing for harmful substances is always geared towards how the textile will actually be used. The more closely the product is in contact with the skin, the stricter the human ecology requirements that it must meet.

STANDARD 100 enables companies to transparently document their responsibility with respect to the product safety of their articles in terms of human ecology; has become the best known, most successful label for textiles tested for harmful substances and become recognized benchmark for the consumer as well.