About us

Real Heritage

Founded more than 175 years ago as one of America’s first skincare companies, E.T. Browne Drug Co., Inc. is a leader in treatment-oriented beauty products with its trusted Palmer’s® brand. Palmer's crafts products that are trusted and passed down from generation to generation.

Palmer's Choose What's Real® is a philosophy that goes into every product we make; real high-quality, natural ingredients in formulas that really work, for real people at real affordable prices. Sold in over 100 countries worldwide, Palmer's is known for Cocoa Butter Formula which is the #1 Cocoa Butter brand in the US.

Real Ingredients

At Palmer's, we believe that natural is beautiful. That is why we continually strive to use natural, raw ingredients in our products. We are committed to delivering high quality, high performing products while choosing fair trade and organically certified ingredients whenever possible. With Palmer's products, you can feel good about what you put on your hair and skin. Palmer's are proud supporters of organizations such as World Cocoa Foundation, Global Shea Alliance, Rainforest Alliance, Fair Trade Ingredients and The Forest Stewardship Council.

Founded in 2000, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) is an international membership organization representing more than 100 member companies across the cocoa value chain. WCF is committed to creating a sustainable cocoa economy by putting farmers first - promoting agricultural & environmental stewardship and strengthening development in cocoa-growing communities.

The Global Shea Alliance (GSA) is a non-profit industry association with 450 members from 33 countries including women's groups, brands and retailers, suppliers and NGOs. Through public-private partnerships, the GSA promotes industry sustainability, quality practices and standards, and demand for shea in food and cosmetics.

The Rainforest Alliance (RA) is a growing network of farmers, foresters, communities, scientists, governments, environmentalists and businesses dedicated to conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. RA is an international non-profit organization working to build strong forests, healthy agricultural landscapes and thriving communities through creative, pragmatic collaboration.

The Forest Stewardship Council was created in 1993 to halt deforestation and safeguard forest ecosystems using the power of the marketplace. A nonprofit organization, FSC sets voluntary standards by which forests are independently certified to help customers identify and purchase products from responsibly managed forests. Over the past 20 years, the demand for FSC-certified products has grown dramatically. Today more than 400 million acres of forest are FSC certified, approximately 10% of the world's working forests. In the US and Canada, more than 170 million acres are FSC certified. These ecosystems are protected from deforestation and maintained as healthy working forests.

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a not-for-profit that unites palm oil producers, processors and traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks/investors and environmental and social non-governmental organizations to develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm oil. The more than 3,000 members worldwide represent all links along the palm oil supply chain and have committed to produce, source and/or use sustainable palm oil certified by the RSPO.

We are committed to ethically and sustainably sourcing our ingredients and bettering the local farming communities. Palmers Coconut Oil is Fair Trade Certified Organic Extra Virgin and harvested from an organic plantation in the Philippines that recycles the coco peat to use as fertilizer to plant new trees, while our Shea Butter supplier in Burkina Faso has adopted a sustainable partnership with women's cooperatives that not only improves the control of the quality and supply but helps in the development of rural farming communities through the creation of jobs and transparent remuneration.