Trust Badges
A trust badge is a symbol placed on a website to let visitors know that the brand is legitimate and trustworthy or that a product has certain characteristics.
On My Italian Product, badges are symbols that producers/sellers directly display, self-certifying their products.
This serves to highlight the quality of the product and/or the company to the buyer but has NO legal or official value.
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100% Made in Italy
According to the provisions of article 16 of law 166 of 2009 (Decree law 135, 25 September 2009 – Italian Parliament) only products totally made in Italy (i.e. designed, manufactured and packaged in Italy) can boast the 100% Made in Italy trademarks , 100% Italy, all Italian, in whatever language they are expressed, with or without the Italian flag.
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100% Natural
Totally natural article or article that contains only natural ingredients.
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Company Run by Women
Company headed only by women or where women perform the main roles and own the majority of the company.
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Company run by young people
Company in which a majority of young people under 30 manage or perform the main roles and hold the majority of the company.
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Historical Company
These are companies that have continuity over time, for at least 50 years of business management and often hand down family secrets thanks to generational change.
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Eco-Friendly
A product with a low ecological footprint, i.e. designed to minimize the negative impact on human health and the environment
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The expression "hand made" indicates the manual process with which a product is made. It is the main characteristic of craftsmanship, which has made this way of operating its philosophy: all handcrafted products are made without the aid of machines or use them only marginally.
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Made in Italy
We speak of a Made in Italy product when the main processing has been carried out in Italy (a shoe is obtained from a sole from a foreign country through: the conception, processing and use of Italian products); conversely, a product in which intervention in Italy is limited to a simple external or marginal modification cannot be considered Italian.
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No Animal Testing (Cruelty-free)
It means that the product and the ingredients used in the product have not been tested on animals at any stage of the development process.
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Ocean Friendly
It is aimed at sun creams or beauty products that protect the oceans and seas. They are free from substances harmful to coral reefs and marine fauna.
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Plastic Free
Aims to replace or eliminate single-use plastic, replacing it with reusable alternatives that guarantee the hygiene, conservation and integrity of a product or its packaging.
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