When Alpha-gal changes what you can eat, it can also change the way you look at everything you bring into your home and put on your body. Ingredients that once seemed ordinary suddenly require a second look.
For more than 35 years, we have taken a very different approach. Our products begin with plants and don't contain any animal ingredients.
We offer more than 200 products made without synthetic ingredients or mammalian-derived ingredients, giving you an unusually broad range of choices for everyday skin, hair, body, personal care, and botanical support.
A New Way of Living
For someone already living with Alpha-gal, however, the important question usually isn't what is Alpha-gal?
It is: What can I use now?
Food may be the first thing you examine. But eventually that same question can extend to cleansers, moisturizers, lip products, hair care, deodorants, massage products, and the many other things that touch your skin every day.
That is where we are different.
The Alywillow Difference
We didn't remove mammalian-derived ingredients because Alpha-gal became a growing concern. They were never a part of the way we formulated in the first place. For more than 35 years, our work has centered on whole plants, botanical ingredients and carefully selected natural minerals.
Our approach grew from Native American plant medicine and decades of formulation and botanical study, brought together with our understanding of modern chemistry, and further combined with European safety standards,
We believe in keeping formulations close to the plants themselves rather than filling products with unnecessary synthetic ingredients. That longstanding philosophy has become particularly meaningful today for people who need to avoid mammalian-derived ingredients.
More Than 200 Mammalian-Ingredient-Free Choices
Wouldn't it be nice if you didn't need to find one specialty product for one need and then begin your ingredient search all over again for the next?
With Alywillow, you have over 200 choices made without mammalian-derived ingredients, across skin and body care, cleansers, moisturizers, hair and scalp care, lip care, deodorants and personal care, massage oils, botanical spritzers, inhalers, essential oils, herbal teas and infusions, and many other everyday needs.
This Isn't New for Us
Although the number of people experiencing Alpha-gal has grown alarmingly fast, we haven't built a small specialty collection specifically for Alpha-gal. We already have an extensive selection of pure ingredients developed over decades, with verified reviews and established usage.
Effective Prevention and Natural Solutions
If you live in an area with a significant density of ticks and would like to reduce your changes of getting Alpha-Gal, please review our guide, Natural Tick Protection and What to Do After a Tick Bite.
Clearer Choices Begin With Clearer Ingredients
When you are living with Alpha-gal—or any ingredient sensitivity—knowing what is actually in a product matters. We do not formulate our products with animal fats, lanolin, dairy, gelatin or other mammalian-derived ingredients.
A small number of our products contain beeswax and/or honey. Bees are insects, not mammals, so these ingredients are separate from the mammalian-derived ingredients associated with Alpha-gal.
Pure-plant does not mean allergy-free. Plants, botanicals, essential oils, honey, beeswax, and other natural ingredients can have their own individual sensitivities. We encourage you to review the ingredient information for each product based on your known sensitivities. Also, our products are cruelty-free and are not tested on animals.
Pure Ingredients Give You More Choices
Living with a new ingredient restriction can make the world suddenly feel smaller. Hopefully, you'll be able to enjoy our large selection without feeling this limitation. You never have to wonder if we formulated them with mammalian-derived ingredients.
We didn't.
That gives you more than 200 places to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do all Alywillow products avoid mammalian-derived ingredients?
Yes. Our selection of more than 200 products is formulated without mammalian-derived ingredients. This is not a special Alpha-gal collection or a recent reformulation. Our plant-centered approach has guided the way we have developed Alywillow products for more than 35 years.
Do I need to shop from a special Alpha-gal collection?
No. You are not limited to a small group of specially selected Alywillow products. Our products are formulated without mammalian-derived ingredients, so you can explore our broader catalog based on the type of product you need and your individual sensitivities.
Are Alywillow products vegan?
Not all of them. A small number of our products contain beeswax and/or honey. Bees are insects, not mammals, so these ingredients are not mammalian-derived ingredients.
Do Alywillow products contain lanolin, dairy, gelatin or animal fats?
We do not formulate our products with animal fats, lanolin, dairy, gelatin or other mammalian-derived ingredients.
Are Alywillow products synthetic-free?
Our formulations are built around pure plant ingredients and carefully selected natural minerals, rather than synthetic ingredients, fillers, or unnecessary additives. This has been central to our approach to formulation for decades.
Can I see the ingredients before choosing a product?
Yes. We believe clearer choices begin with clearer ingredients. We encourage you to review the ingredient information for the individual Alywillow product you are considering.
Does mammalian-ingredient-free mean I cannot react to an Alywillow product?
No. Mammalian-ingredient-free does not mean allergy-free. Plants, botanicals, essential oils, honey, beeswax, and other natural ingredients can have their own individual sensitivities. Everyone is different, so review each product's ingredients based on your known sensitivities.
What kinds of mammalian-ingredient-free products does Alywillow make?
Our catalog extends far beyond basic skin care. We make products across skin and body care, cleansers, moisturizers, hair and scalp care, lip care, deodorants and personal care, massage oils, botanical spritzers, inhalers, essential oils, herbal teas and infusions, and other everyday needs.
Did Alywillow create these products specifically for people with Alpha-gal?
No—and we think that is an important part of our story. We didn't begin removing mammalian-derived ingredients after Alpha-gal became a growing concern. Our products were already being developed from a plant-centered philosophy.
Are Alywillow products a treatment for Alpha-gal syndrome?
No. Alywillow products are not a treatment for Alpha-gal syndrome. What we can provide is something practical: a broad option of more than 200 products formulated without mammalian-derived ingredients, along with clear ingredient information so you can make informed choices for yourself.
Explore Alywillow
Our products are made in small batches in Galax, Virginia, with the same plant-centered philosophy that has guided our work for more than 35 years.
We invite you to explore what pure plants make possible.
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