Diatomaceous earth (DE) products are unique multi-purpose absorbents. These high quality products deliver 50% more absorbency per pound than regular clay products. The super absorbency of DE creates a premium quality cat litter and excellent additive to other products. Diatomite is a 100% natural earthen product produced by the Moltan Company. Over 200 million years ago, countless trillions of one-celled plants called diatoms existed in the oceans. They constructed tiny shells about themselves out of silica extracted from the waters. When the diatom died, its microscopic shell was deposited on the floor of those ancient seas. Through the centuries, these shells eventually collected into deposits, sometimes thousands of feet thick. When the waters receded, the deposits were eventually covered and the shells fossilized and compressed into a soft chalk-like rock called diatomite, also known as diatomaceous earth (DE).