Product	Origin:	Description:
Aloe Cape	South Africa	Cape aloes consists of the concentrated and dried juice of the leaves of various species of Aloe, mainly Aloe ferox Miller and its hybrids.
Aloe Vera	There are about 500 to 700 Aloe kinds all over the world. The geographic expansion is from Africa via Europe to Asia and America. In the cosmetic industry, mainly Aloe barbadensis Miller is used because it is widely spread, has a fast growing and reaches a good size.	Extremely simply said, Aloe Vera is a combination of strong organic compounds which are found in the leaves of the Aloe Vera plant.
Apple Powder	Switzerland	Flakes upto powder, free-flowing with typical apple odour/taste. Hygroscopic, thermoplastic. Appearance: yellow-light brown
Bee pollen, Spanish, mulit-coloured	The pollen is collected by bees with a specially developed leg (Hösel). With the bee's own secretion (spittle) it is formed to a grain of 2-5 mm. Normally, the collecting bee hands over the pollen to a worker bee in the beehive for storage or feeding. The bee-keeper is using a pollen trap at the entrance of the beehive. The pollen is slipped off when passing the entrance. Then the product is dried up to 9% if possible and stored. The annual collection result is 30 - 80 kg per colony depending on the region and situation of the bees and its environment. A large part is needed for the feeding of the colony. Pollen mainly come from the upland regions (400 - 1,400 m üNN	Pollen is as per scientific diction the male principle of the plant which is transported by the wind or the bees to the female flower to pollinate it. Pollen is the product, collected and formed to grain by the bees.
Chitosan	China, but made out of shells from crustaceans from the clear, clean and impolluted waters of Alaska.	Chitosan is a biopolymer gained from the re-growing raw material Chitin (in crab shells, etc.) by chemical or enzymatical elimination of acetylgroups. As a natural Polysaccharide it offers a wide range of application possibilities due to its unique physical and chemical properties. Both substances, Chitosan and Chitin, appear with various molecular weights as well as with different numbers of acetyl groups. There is no exact transition between Chitosan and Chitin. Generally, one talk about Chitosan if the degree of deacetylation (DAC) is higher than 40-50%.
Ester Gum	Ester Gum is a derivative of Colophony.	Ester Gum is an odourless, yellowish-yellow resin of uniform flakes.
Ghatti Gum	The resin is a natural exudation of the tree Anogeissus latifolia in India. The crop takes place from January to February.	Gum Ghatti is an odourless resin of normally hazelnut to walnut size that exists in round, like tears, brownish-yellowish pieces. After grinding the merchandise is a yellowish-brownish to white powder.
Gluten	Certain corn sorts (for example wheat or maize).	Gluten is the protein part of the endosperm of the above mentioned corn sorts. It is a white to yellowish-brown powder that occurs on the isolation of starch. Gluten highly influences the baking ability of flour and contributes to the foam-like consistency of the dough.
Jojoba Oil	Airzona, Israel, Argentina, Mexico	Jojoba Oil is a naturally pure vegetabe oil which is obtained by pressing and following filtation from Jojoba nuts. It is a yellow oil with a typical own odour
Ox Gall	USA	This is a product from the animal liver (in this case: Ox). The content of this yellow upto green liquid is different regarding the animal type. Fresh obtained animal gall is filtered and then used or it will be concentrated and dried at low temperatures. Usually animal gall is used in 2%.
Potassium Sorbate	Potassium salt of the sorbic acid, synthetically produced from acetaldehyde and acetic acid	Potassium Sorbate is a white, odourless and tasteless granulate. Warm water soluble preservative for food and animal feed of which only the sorbic acid part has an antimicrobial effect. This antimicrobial effect is given against yeast and moulds, less against bacteria. The effect is strongest in acid pH-regions, but still distinct in slightly acid regions (up to pH 6.5). The taking of Potassium Sorbate is safe because the human organism decomposes it like a natural alimentary fatty acid.
Pregelatinized Wheat Flour	Germany	White, fine powder, trickle easy
Rutin	Rutin is flavanoid obtained by extraction from a vegetable raw material, Dimorphandra mollis	Rutin is produced as a very thin powder of greenish yellow colour. In fact very small crystals with a needle form. To otbain anhydrous Rutin the material must be submitted for 12 h to 110°C and 10 mm Hg of pressure. Anhydrous Rutin becomes brown at 125°C and plastic at 185°C to 192°C. One gram of Rutin dissolves in 8.000 to 10.000 ml of water, 650 ml of ethanol, 200 ml of boiling water and around 60 ml of boiling ethanol. It is freely soluble in Piridine and in alkaline solutions. It is insolube in chloroform, ether and benzene
Seaweed Meal	Iceland	Seaweed Meal is a greenish to light greenish powder that is produced from the brown algues Ascophyllum Nodosum resp. Laminaria Digitata by drying and grinding
Spice Oils	Spice Oils can be produced all over the world where the corresponding extraction possibilities are available. The Spice Oils are mainly produced in the countries in which the crude spices are growing	Spice Oils are extracted from the corresponding crude spices. The extraction is mainly made by steam destillation so that the essential oils can be obtained
Spirulina	Spirulina is an algue that is cultivated and harvested in special water farms (it is not a seaweed) in subtropical regions (Hawaii, California, Thailand, Taiwan, India and China). The Spirulina algue can only prosper in highly alkaline water (pH-value of approx. 9 - 11). The only regions in which the Spirulina algue is growing wild are the Lake Chad in Africa and the Lake Texcoco in Mexico	Spirulina is a blue-green algue of spiral structure. It is one of the most smallest algues in the world. The cultivation is done in commercial water tanks of little depth in order to provide always good sun insolation. The ideal temperature is 30-35°C and sunshine is mandatory for a good growth. The crop takes place after approx. 7 days of growth when about 2/3 of the algue water is pumped off. Then a pre-filtering is made with which the algues are separated, flushed and then spraydried
Vanillin	Vanillin is the main component of the flavour of the vanilla pod, the capsule of Vanilla planifolia. Vanillin is also produced in a microbiological way from rice bran that is high in ferulic acid. By chemical synthesis nature-identic Vanillin is obtained.	.
Vitamin C	95 % China (four big factories) as well as each one factory in Japan, Europe and USA	White to light yellow, crystalline powder or colourless crystals that might change the colour under influence of air or humidity; acid taste; odour-neutral
Yeast Extract	White to light yellow, crystalline powder or colourless crystals that might change the colour under influence of air or humidity; acid taste; odour-neutral	Fine powder of light beige colour