What’s in your MEC clay? Test Results
Knowing what your cookware is made of is just as important as knowing what's in your food...
...because this determines whether your cooked food is really nutritious & potent or if it's half dead and contaminated with toxins.
Miriams Earthen Cookware is made from 100% Pure & Primary clay, the highest quality natural clay, harvested from non-industrialized, remote and secluded lands within the USA, and tested in an independent US State laboratory. They are 100% unglazed and NO additives are used in any of the making, finishing or firing processes.
Here are the steps we take to ensure the purity of our natural clay:
Before the clay is harvested, we conduct extensive research on the lan and sourrounding aread to ensure no industries existed or farming had taken place in a 10-15 mile radius, in the last 200 to 250 years. It is also verified that there are no industries presently set up that dispose toxic waste into water, soil or air in a 20 mile radius around the dig site. Next, several samples are taken and sent to the laboratory to be tested for a second level of testing & confirmation to make sure the clay has no contaminants. The testing is done by the Morgan Soil Testing Method -- one of the best and most reliable testing methodology that brings out the complete composition of elements in the clay, then it is harvested. It is harvested from about 30 to 40 feet below the surface. All Miriam's Earthen Cookware products are hand-formed without the use of ANY additives or chemicals.
MEC Clay has No Lead, No Cadmium, No Arsenic, No heavy metals, No petalite, see test results below:
And no, we don't know of another company that goes through these steps to get you the healthiest cookware. If you know of one and if they're prices are lower please reach out to us and we can match their price.
A note about the test results: The testing is done at UMASS in MA (University of Massachusetts soil testing lab). Since this is a university lab that does testing for educational purposes only it does not have a call center to answer customer quires. They have therefore requested that we remove their information on the form. We use UMASS for testing because they offer a more detailed and complete test results.
Here is the list of Nutrients & Micro-Nutrients in our Primary Clay:
Nutrients: Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg)
Micro-nutrients: Boron (B), Manganese (Mn), Zinc (Zn), Iron (Fe)
Our clay is so pure it's edible. And yes, they're the same nutrients that nourish and grow your food.
Since it's just the way they're present in nature, and because nothing is added, nothing leaches out. By the end of the firing process the ingredients bind together to form a 100% non-reactive, inert cooking surface. A pot that cooks your food with unique far-infrared heat, by preserving all the nutrients and flavor.
