FAQ's

Wash your beeswax wraps in cool water with a mild soap, rinse and air dry. Fold and store in your kitchen cupboard or drawer. We recommend washing your wraps before use.

Never use in microwaves, ovens or dishwashers.

We don’t recommend covering meat and meat products.

Wraps used following these care instructions generally last a year or more.

Refreshing your wraps

If you beeswax wraps are feeling a little old and tired you can refresh them in your oven.

1. Heat your oven to 80 celcius
2. Lay your wrap on a sheet of baking paper, on a tray in the oven.
3. Place the tray with the wrap in the oven for 10 minutes.
4. Remove the tray from the oven then lift the wrap off the tray while still hot.
5. Once cool its ready to use again.

We've refined our blend of beeswax, tree resin, jojoba oil and coconut oil to so that our wraps provide a nice seal around your food when using the heat of your hand to mould the wrap. When you first start using your beeswax wraps they will have a naturally sticky feeling. Over time this sticky feeling will ease but your wraps will still mould around your bowls, fruit and vegetables to keep them fresh.

Customers have commented on how well our beeswax wraps seal and stick compared to other brands.

Our beeswax wraps are like the sweet smell honey as you walk through a pine forest.

On our washed cotton and Confidence in Textiles beeswax wraps we use a blend of beeswax, Australian jojoba oil, organic coconut oil and pine tree resin.

Our GOTS certified organic cotton beeswax wraps are infused with a blend of organic beeswax, organic jojoba oil, organic coconut oil and pine tree resin.

Store your beeswax wraps in a dry spot away from heat or direct sunlight. Storing them in a drawer with your tea towels is perfect.

Refreshing your wraps

If you beeswax wraps are feeling a little old and tired you can refresh them in your oven.

1. Heat your oven to 80 celsius
2. Lay your wrap on a sheet of baking paper, on a metal oven tray.
3. Place the tray with the wrap in the oven for 10 minutes.
4. Remove the tray from the oven then lift the wrap off the tray while still hot.
5. Once cool its ready to use again.

I use my beeswax wraps in the freezer to cover bowls that have no lids or to separate slices of cake or bread so that I can take an individual slice from the freezer. Just remember to make sure you give the wrap time to come back to room temperature before unwrapping.

With love and care following our instructions your wraps should last 12 months or more.

Over time with general wear and tear your wraps make crease or stain if wrapping foods such as beetroot. You can refresh your wraps by:

1. Heating your oven to 80 celsius
2. Laying your wrap on a sheet of baking paper, on an oven tray.
3. Placing the tray with the wrap in the oven for 10 minutes.
4. Removing the tray from the oven then lift the wrap off the tray while still hot.
5. Once cool your beeswax wrap is ready to use again.

No, heat is the enemy of beeswax wraps.

The Oeko-Tex 100 certification does emphasise thorough testing for a lengthy list of chemicals which are known or suspected to harm health, including lead, antimony, arsenic, phthalates, pesticides, and chlorinated phenols. The official table of limits for tested chemicals may be found on the Oeko-Tex website.  Specifically banned are:

• All flame retardants
• Carcinogenic and allergy-inducing dyes
• Pesticides
• Chlorinated phenols
• Chloro-organic benzenes and toluenes
• Heavy metals
• Organotin compounds (TBT and DBT)
• Formaldehyde

To read more about Oeko Tex Confidence in Textiles Certification go to the Oeko-Tex website. 

Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre and accounts for up to 50% of the textile market worldwide. Cotton is one of the most chemically treated crops and it accounts for roughly 25% of the pesticides and fertilisers used in agriculture. With the GOTS certification you can be assured of:

• Organic Cotton
• Cotton free from any known chemicals that harm you or the environment including no chlorine bleaching, toxic heavy metals, formaldehyde, aromatic solvents, functional nana particles, genetically modified organisms (GMO) and their enzymes
• Water used in the production of cotton is treated and released
• Workers are paid fair wages and work in safe conditions.

For more information about Global Organic Textiles Certification visit the GOTS website.

At Grow Eat Flourish we make beeswax wraps using three types of fabric.

GOTS Organic Cotton

Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre and accounts for up to 50% of the textile market worldwide. Cotton is one of the most chemically treated crops and it accounts for roughly 25% of the pesticides and fertilisers used in agriculture. With the GOTS certification you can be assured of:

• Organic Cotton
• Cotton free from any known chemicals that harm you or the environment including no chlorine bleaching, toxic heavy metals, formaldehyde, aromatic solvents, functional nana particles, genetically modified organisms (GMO) and their enzymes
• Water used in the production of cotton is treated and released
• Workers are paid fair wages and work in safe conditions.

Oeko-Tex Confidence in Textiles Cotton

The goal of Oeko-Tex fabric safety standard is to ensure that fabrics pose no risk to human health but does not necessarily mean the fabric has been made from organically grown cotton

The Oeko-Tex 100 certification does emphasize thorough testing for a lengthy list of chemicals which are known or suspected to harm health, including lead, antimony, arsenic, phthalates, pesticides, and chlorinated phenols. Specifically banned are:

• All flame retardants
• Carcinogenic and allergy-inducing dyes
• Pesticides
• Chlorinated phenols
• Chloro-organic benzenes and toluenes
• Heavy metals
• Organotin compounds (TBT and DBT)
• Formaldehyde

Washed Cotton

100% cotton washed before waxing.