The island of Madeira, Portugal in the Atlantic ocean has the right climate and soil condtions for growing aloe vera as an agricultural crop. Since the soil is volcanic, they don't need to apply any fertilizers or chemicals;Farmers allow the aloe vera leaves to grow to a weight of about 2 kg each when they made a 2 centimeter cut at the base of a leaf;Workers remove the aloin, the golden or amber juice just under the green skins, and hand-fillet each leaf with an instrument a bit larger than a potato peeler;The filleted gel is liquified in a machine and sent to a cosmetic laboratory in Portugal mainland where the gel is put into plastic tube containers;Those tubes are made in the Czech Republic, especially designed for carrying aloe vera products. They are laminated plastic with one layer of aluminum

• 100ml Aloe Vera Pure Gel Jelly from Madeira Island Portugal

100ml Aloe Vera Pure Gel Jelly from Madeira Island PortugalSkino