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	Soil Association Organic United Kingdom · Tier 2 Trusted	EU Ecolabel (Flower) European Union · Tier 3 Specialty	KRAV (Sweden) Sweden · Tier 2 Trusted	Bioland Germany · Tier 2 Trusted
What it means	The UK's largest organic certifier. Standards are stricter than the UK government's baseline (which still mirrors EU 2018/848 post-Brexit). Recognised by the EU and USA under equivalence.	The European Commission's voluntary environmental label. Covers cleaning products, paper, textiles, electronics, accommodation services. NOT an organic mark.	Sweden's leading organic mark. Built on the EU 2018/848 baseline plus stricter Swedish add-ons covering animal welfare, climate impact, and social conditions.	Germany's largest organic farmers' association. Bioland-certified farms operate to a stricter private standard than the EU baseline.
Scope	Several categories	Several categories	Food	Food
Established	1946	1992	1985	1971
Inspection	Annual on-site, UKAS-accredited	Annual audit by national Ecolabel competent body	Annual on-site by KRAV-accredited certifier	Annual on-site by Bioland-accredited inspectors
Residue testing	Risk-based	Per-category limits	Required	Required
Guarantees	Stricter-than-baseline organic standards across food, textiles, cosmetics, and farming. Annual on-site inspection. Animal welfare standards (outdoor access, lower stocking density).	Lifecycle-based environmental criteria per product category. Restrictions on hazardous chemicals. Annual licence renewal with audit.	EU baseline organic PLUS Swedish-specific welfare and climate add-ons. Annual on-site inspection. Climate footprint accounting on KRAV-certified farms.	Whole-farm conversion (no parallel conventional production). Lower permitted nitrogen inputs than EU baseline. Animal welfare standards stricter than EU baseline. Annual on-site inspection.
Does NOT	Logo is trademarked — not a free-licence mark.	Doesn't apply to food. Doesn't mean organic.	Mark is trademark-protected.	Like Naturland, membership-based — only Bioland-association farms can use the mark.

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