Independent guide · since 2002
Good things from Europe, explained properly.
Natural Europe began as a small shop bringing KoMo grain mills and Logona cosmetics to North American kitchens. Today it is a free, ad-free guide: sourced comparisons, practical calculators and plain-English ingredient help, so you can choose well wherever you buy.
Everything here is written to help you choose, not to sell: mill specs link to the makers' own pages, and ingredient explanations follow EU labelling rules. When you are ready to buy, our sister directory Buy From Europe lists European home and kitchen makers and European personal-care brands, with the country each company is based in.
Free tools
Comparison
Grain mill comparison
13 household stone mills from KoMo, Mockmill, hawos, Osttiroler and Salzburger, each figure linked to the maker's own spec sheet.
Calculator
Fresh-flour calculator
From loaves to grams of grain: flour, water, salt, leaven, sifting losses and milling time on your mill.
New tool
INCI decoder
Paste any cosmetics ingredient list. See plant ingredients, declared allergens and anything natural standards exclude.
Reference
INCI glossary
86 ingredient names, from Aloe Barbadensis to Zinc Oxide, translated into plain English.
Lookup
Is this brand European?
Origin and owner for 74 cosmetics and kitchen brands, with European options where they exist.
Buying guide
Choosing a grain mill
Stone, steel or impact? Motor size, hopper, noise and warranty, with the questions that really decide it.
From the mill
- Home milling for beginnersBuying grain, mill settings, sifting and storage.
- Baking with freshly milled flourHydration, autolyse, bran and sourdough timing.
- A baker's grain guideWheat, spelt, rye, einkorn, oats, corn and pulses: what each is good for.
- KoMo grain millsThe range, the history and how to choose a size.
- Mockmill grain millsWolfgang Mock's later mills, compared with KoMo.
- Electric grain mills for home useStone-burr vs impact, motor size, and European makers.
- The Wolfgang grain millWolfgang Mock's designs and their modern successors.
From the bathroom shelf
- How to read an INCI listFive rules that decode almost any label.
- NATRUE, COSMOS, BDIH: what the labels meanWho is behind each seal and what it rules out.
- Herbal hair colour powdersHenna, indigo and cassia, step by step.
- Natural men's care & shavingSoaps, balms and deodorants, the European way.
- Logona brand guideOne of the original Natural Europe brands.
Why European natural goods?
Germany, Austria and Switzerland have a long tradition of Vollwert (whole-food) baking and Naturkosmetik. That tradition produced the small household stone mill and some of the earliest natural-cosmetics certification schemes: BDIH in Germany, NATRUE (founded in 2007 by Weleda, WALA, Laverana, Primavera and Logocos, among others) and the COSMOS standard, which BDIH co-founded in 2010. EU cosmetics rules also require that dozens of fragrance allergens be named on the label, which makes European products easier to read than many others.
Looking beyond mills and cosmetics? Our sister directory lists about 2,800 European companies across 37 countries, from food to software.