Why aluminum and not stainless steel or glass?

In response to the comment about stainless or glasss bottles:

I understand your point completely.

From a safelty poiny of view, the aluminum bottles are lined to protect against contamination just like every other canned product in existence.

As for stainless steel; the cost would be enourmus not to mention the weight. Stainless steel is very hard to manipulate and as far as I know no one offers this kind of material choice. Stainless weighs about twice as much as aluminum, or more, so the shipping costs would be twice as much.

Glass is the other option. the weight problem is still there since glass weighs more than aluminum as well as steel. However, glass offers the best choice for no contamination. We have explored this option and have come to the conclusion that the supply and demand for glass is at critical levels and we would not be able to secure a competative price. We would be at the bottom of the pecking order as well. Our needs would be the last thing on our suppliers mind.

Plastic is the typical choice, which is why we were trying to stray from the norm. Plastic is not very environmentally friendly. Only a fraction of the plastic can be reused for new bottles which begs the question; where do the leftovers go? The one thing that is driving us to aluminum is the fact that plastic bottles do not look any different than the next guy. Shelf appeal does not exist unless you spend thousands of dollars on custom injection moulds to make your own shape and stand out.

And yes, you are right to say it comes down to money.

Botanica appretiates your comments.

We will be testing all our products for any contamination, including any leaching of chemicals and elements from the bottling process.

Healthy is not just about the ingerdients, it is about the whole product!