Mandarin trees are farmed in Brazil to produce mature red mandarin fruit for the fresh market, but Green Mandarin essential oil comes from the immature fruit that has been picked – or thinned – early on in the growing process. Thinning fruit trees is necessary because it creates the space for the remaining fruit to ripen and mature. Thinned fruit is far too green and sour to eat, and is usually forgotten.

Now, instead of letting this unripe mandarin go to waste, the thinned fruit is collected and used for doTERRA Green Mandarin essential oil. The essential oil is cold-pressed from the peel of the fruit and carries a unique aroma profile from that of the mature, or red, fruit.