Overview of UEBT ingredient certification fees for 2023

To support the functioning of the UEBT certification system, three different types of participation fees exist for ingredient certification throughout the supply chain:

  • An ingredient certification fee (charged to certificate holder)

  • a chain of custody fee (charged to supply chain actors that trade or process the UEBT certified ingredient)

  • a licensing fee (charged to the brand that uses the UEBT name, text claim and/or certification label to inform its consumers about UEBT certification)

Ingredient certification fee

Ingredient certification fee
Per organisation at source (OaS) – charged to certificate holder in OECD countries€ 550
(Max € 55'000)
Per organisation at source (OaS) – charged to certificate holder in other countries€ 275
(Max € 11'000)

  • Annual fee, invoiced when the certificate is issued/renewed

  • OaS are the organisations directly responsible for cultivation or collection of the natural raw material.

  • The ingredient certification fee is an administrative cost and is not the same as the costs for the actual third-party audit that should be budgeted separately by the potential certificate holder and which is paid to the UEBT-accredited certification body chosen to carry out the audit.

Chain of Custody (ChoC) fee

UEBT members Non-members
ChoC feeFree€ 2'200
+ € 220 for each additional ingredient

  • Chain of Custody approval is only required if claims of ‘UEBT certified’ are made to clients  (B2B or B2C)

  • Annual fee, invoiced when the ChoC approval is issued or renewed

  • Approval and reporting requirements apply for any company that buys and sells ingredients as ‘UEBT certified’

Licensing fee (Consumer-facing claims only)

Type of claim UEBT Members Non-members
Corporate communication No fee € 1'250
Marketing communications See table below See table below
Turnover of marketed products Fees
0 - 999.999 No fee
1 - 4.9 million € 1'000
5 - 9.9 million € 2'500
10 - 49 million € 5'000
50 - 99 million € 10'000
100+ million € 20'000

  • See ‘UEBT Claims and Labelling Policy’ for allowed claims related to ingredient certification. UEBT members and non-members have different claim and labelling options.

  • Licensing fees are payable from the moment when the claim is approved and charged annually while ‘UEBT certified’ claims are made.

  • Licensing fees for claims used for marketing a product are based on the aggregated turn-over of the products covered by the claims.

    Example: Joyous Brand markets ‘UEBT certified Echinacea’ for four products in its Evening Allure (EA) Skin Care Line. The licensing fee is charge based on the total turnover of the four products that make the UEBT claim in the EA product line. Joyous Brand estimates that the annual turnover is EUR 20 million for each of the four products. The total licensing fee will be EUR 10,000 (20+20+20+20 = 80 million aggregated turnover = one licensing fee of 10,000 EUR). Claims are made in multiple media channels for the products, but the licensing fee is paid once per year.

  • Corporate communication: non-product specific web pages, sustainability reports, presentation slides, etc.
  • Marketing communications: product-related communications like advertisements, media releases, sales sheet, brochures, videos, content on social or other media, etc.

Questions?

Write to us at claims@uebt.org