{"product_id":"the-essential-sweater-baby","title":"The Essential Sweater Baby","description":"\u003cdiv data-birch-description=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Essential Sweater Baby is a knit layer made for everyday wear, with two shoulder buttons that make dressing and undressing easier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is knit from 100% organic cotton for a breathable, comfortable feel. The sweater is made in India by GOTS and Fairtrade-certified partners, Purecotz Ecolifestyles Private Limited in Umbergaon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% organic cotton knit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo shoulder buttons for easy on-off dressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in India by GOTS-certified partners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by a GOTS and Fairtrade-certified manufacturing partner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTrustScore\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrustScore is Birch's proprietary rating, from 0 to 100, built from 50+ signals that reflect what actually matters to parents — safety, materials, recalls, certifications and quality. We don't take paid placements or sponsored rankings, so a score is never influenced by who pays to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis product's TrustScore: \u003cstrong\u003e88\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e — weighted across 10 criteria:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiber Content \u0026amp; Origin: 91\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction \u0026amp; Fastener Safety: 84\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDye Safety: 85\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTextile Certification: 87\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecall History: 97\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertification Credibility: 92\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChemical Finish Avoidance: 79\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-Wash \u0026amp; Care Guidance: 85\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransparency \u0026amp; Support: 88\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardware \u0026amp; Print Safety: 84\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCertifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGOTS Certified Organic\u003c\/strong\u003e — Issued by Global Organic Textile Standard. GOTS certification verifies that a textile product's organic fibre content and its full processing supply chain meet defined organic, environmental and social criteria. \u003cem\u003eWhat it does not cover:\u003c\/em\u003e This certification addresses organic fibre content, processing chemicals and supply-chain conditions; it is not a general product safety, flammability, or choking-hazard test.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFair Trade Certified\u003c\/strong\u003e — Issued by Fair Trade USA \/ Fairtrade International. Fair Trade Certified verifies that a product's supply chain met third-party standards for farmer\/worker treatment and trade practices, such as fair pricing and safe conditions. \u003cem\u003eWhat it does not cover:\u003c\/em\u003e This certification addresses labor and trade practices in the supply chain; it does not test or certify the safety, quality, or materials of the finished product itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese certifications are held by the brand or manufacturer, not by Birch. We show them because the brand states them for this product.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eComposition\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e100% organic cotton knit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eCountry of Manufacture\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIndia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eManufacturing Partner\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePurecotz Ecolifestyles Private Limited, Umbergaon, India\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTrustScore breakdown\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe take what's most important for a product to determine the TrustScore. Here's our research:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiber Content \u0026amp; Origin — 91\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sweater is listed as 100% organic cotton knit with the organic status tied to GOTS-certified manufacturing partners, a specific, falsifiable composition claim scoped to this finished garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction \u0026amp; Fastener Safety — 84\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sweater closes with two shoulder buttons for easy dressing, but no button attachment method or retention test is published for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDye Safety — 85\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sweater comes in three dyed colorways and its knitwear dyes meet ZDHC compliance, a named chemical-safety protocol, though no test method or result is shown and the claim is made at the knitwear-category level rather than for this exact sweater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTextile Certification — 87\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe GOTS number published for this garment is the licence of its maker, Purecotz Ecolifestyles, which certifies the facility rather than this finished garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecall History — 97\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe queried the CPSC recall database's full corpus and found no record for The Simple Folk in any role. A control search confirms the registry covers comparable product classes, so this clean result reflects a genuinely clean history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertification Credibility — 92\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sweater's manufacturing partner is named as GOTS-certified, and a Good On You review independently reports most of the brand's supply chain carries GOTS certification across production stages, corroborating the brand's claim without adding a new artifact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChemical Finish Avoidance — 79\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sweater's listing describes only organic cotton knit construction with no mention of wrinkle-resistant, stain-repellent or water-repellent treatment, and the brand's carbon-brushing technique noted for other knitwear is a mechanical softening step rather than a chemical finish, but no explicit no-treatment declaration appears for this garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Wash \u0026amp; Care Guidance — 85\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe brand publishes general wash guidance recommending spot-cleaning and reduced washing for natural fibers, but defers to the sewn-in label for definitive care instructions rather than giving sweater-specific pre-wash guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransparency \u0026amp; Support — 88\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Simple Folk names the factory behind its garments, with that factory's GOTS licence number, and publishes a traceability page that follows the cotton back to named farms and notes where certification is still in progress. Some garments give a country of manufacture that conflicts with the factory named for them, and no warranty or repair route is published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardware \u0026amp; Print Safety — 84\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sweater has two shoulder buttons and is dyed (cornflower blue, mauve, oatmeal), so both fastener and dye chemistry are a subject here; knitwear dyes are ZDHC compliant generally, but no nickel-free\/lead-free hardware claim or dye test result is published for this specific sweater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Simple Folk","offers":[{"title":"cornflower blue \/ 0-3 months","offer_id":45544555315266,"sku":"1056K-CBLU-0-3","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"cornflower blue \/ 3-6 months","offer_id":45544555348034,"sku":"1056K-CBLU-3-6","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"cornflower blue \/ 6-9 months","offer_id":45544555380802,"sku":"1056K-CBLU-6-9","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"cornflower blue \/ 9-12 months","offer_id":45544555413570,"sku":"1056K-CBLU-9-12","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"cornflower blue \/ 12-18 months","offer_id":45544555446338,"sku":"1056K-CBLU-12-18","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"mauve \/ 0-3 months","offer_id":45544555479106,"sku":"1056K-MAUV-0-3","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"mauve \/ 3-6 months","offer_id":45544555511874,"sku":"1056K-MAUV-3-6","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"mauve \/ 6-9 months","offer_id":45544555544642,"sku":"1056K-MAUV-6-9","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"mauve \/ 9-12 months","offer_id":45544555577410,"sku":"1056K-MAUV-9-12","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"mauve \/ 12-18 months","offer_id":45544555610178,"sku":"1056K-MAUV-12-18","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"oatmeal \/ 0-3 months","offer_id":45544555642946,"sku":"1056K-OATM-0-3","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"oatmeal \/ 3-6 months","offer_id":45544555675714,"sku":"1056K-OATM-3-6","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"oatmeal \/ 6-9 months","offer_id":45544555708482,"sku":"1056K-OATM-6-9","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"oatmeal \/ 9-12 months","offer_id":45544555741250,"sku":"1056K-OATM-9-12","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"oatmeal \/ 12-18 months","offer_id":45544555774018,"sku":"1056K-OATM-12-18","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/0761\/7858\/files\/TSF_FLAT_LAYS_14.jpg?v=1791829150","url":"https:\/\/www.birchstore.com\/products\/the-essential-sweater-baby","provider":"Birch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}