Ink

We use 100% vegetable oil based inks, with very low levels of additives such as cobalt. The oils are mainly from soya, or linseed.

Industrial soy oil is a commodity traded on world markets, and is blended from more than one source. This means that it almost certainly contains genetically modified soya. 90% of US soy production is GM, and the US government has successfully lobbied the World Trade Organisation against the labelling of GM soya, making it almost impossible for buyers to ‘discriminate’ against their product.

On balance, we believe that vegetable oil based inks are preferable to mineral alternatives. Replacing petroleum oil with vegetable oil in printing inks utilises a renewable resource, helps conserve finite petroleum supplies and reduces emissions from approximately 30% VOC to as low as 2 - 4% VOCs