If you use the entire aloe leaf, not just the filet, you raise this percentage to 1 percent solids. To secure the active ingredients, AIM uses a cold-processing method. This deactivates enzymes that damage nutrients. Then, only the necessary ingredients are added to keep the stabilized ingredients from spoiling. The citric acid, sodium benzoate, and potassium sorbate used to do this are safe and natural products.
Citric acid is a natural preservative found in citrus fruits and inhibits the growth of bacteria.
Sodium benzoate also helps fight bacteria. Potassium sorbate inhibits mold formation and actually occurs naturally in the aloe plant, although some must be added. Both individually and synergistically, having more of these ingredients adds up to a better product and better health. Although the synergistic relationship among the more than 200 ingredients in the aloe plant is the basis for aloe's reputation as a healer, mucopolysaccharides are currently of great interest to researchers. They are a vital structural component of cell walls, mucous membranes, and the connective tissue of bones, teeth, tendons, and cartilage.