These are wood shavings from Japanese gold mountain cedar. No paints or chemicals are used. Safe and secure. They are fluffy and bulky, so they have been compressed. Please ask any questions in the comments. Cedar, wood shavings, chips, planer shavings, insects, stag beetle larvae, rhinoceros beetle, cat litter, pets, camping, kindling, fire starter, adsorbent, pillow material, cedar aroma