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Nala Care

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia

Natural deodorant and body care formulated and made in small batches in Vancouver by a mother and daughter founding team.

Vancouver, BC CA · nalacare.com

89.0

Nala Care Inc. is a founder-owned Vancouver body care brand that formulates and manufactures its natural deodorants in house and sells direct, through Well.ca, and through independent boutiques, spas, and pharmacies. Its store locator lists 236 stockists with none of the major grocery chains among them.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The privacy policy names Nala Care Inc. at 1155 Mainland Street, Vancouver, and the about page and a 2023 press profile describe it as founded and privately held by Radmila Juristovski-Bosnic and Ada Juristovski Jemc, bootstrapped with grants and no venture capital. Corporations Canada returned zero results, so this is a BC provincial corporation; the BC Registry could not be checked and no filing verifies the shareholders.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Every page of the site carries the line that Nala is formulated, manufactured, and produced in Vancouver, and the Nala Labs page describes in-house small batch manufacturing, which the 2023 press profile repeats. No third party has inspected the facility.

  • FAQ vendor_statement “Nala is proudly formulated, manufactured, and produced in Vancouver, BC, Canada”
  • Nala Labs vendor_statement “Leveraging our strengths of in-house & small batch manufacturing”
  • Brand Spotlight: Nala Care press “the advantages of manufacturing in-house”

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

A single-site business: the founders, the lab, and the registered address are all in Vancouver, and the careers page describes a small team with no postings elsewhere. Headcount is not published.

  • Careers vendor_statement “a small team passionate about building great products and working with great people”
  • Privacy policy vendor_statement “1155 Mainland Street, 302, Vancouver BC V6B 5P2, Canada”

Inputs

26.5 inferred

CA 15% · EU 15% · other 50% · US 20%

The ingredients page lists shea and cocoa butter, tapioca and arrowroot starch, magnesium hydroxide, and essential oils such as Bulgarian rose, sandalwood, palo santo, and frankincense, none of which grow in Canada, and the vendor does not say where it buys them. The split is an estimate with most botanicals from tropical and Asian growers, some from Europe, and the storefront on US-owned Shopify.

  • Ingredients vendor_statement “Baking Soda, Palo Santo Essential Oil, Cocoa Butter, Bulgarian Rose Absolute”

Where to buy

Grocers

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