A pioneer in the extraction and distillation of plants, Herbarom has become a key French player specialising in natural ingredients and botanical extracts in four specialist markets, including flavourings and foods.
Herbarom has always worked closely with farmers, developing unique expertise in specialty plants.
Carrot, parsley and lovage are three specialty plants that Herbarom has been focusing on for a number of years, drawing on advanced expertise in cultivation, harvesting and gentle extraction methods.
This strong connection with the farming world enables Herbarom to guarantee traceability and control over the sourcing of its ingredients, and to secure supplies for its customers. Its expertise in working with seeds and roots means that Herbarom can supply its customers with products all year round, and can also work on different qualities depending on the specifications and their flavouring uses (such as sweet or savoury).
Calling on the services of Herbarom means benefiting from the know-how of a team of experts to ensure that each batch meets quality and regulatory standards.
Located in the heart of the Drôme area (France)
With longstanding roots in south-eastern France, in an area traditionally known for the production of Perfume, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (PAMP), Herbarom was born of a passion for nature and plants. Since 1994, naturalness has been at the heart of our teams’ approach throughout every stage of the product life cycle, guaranteeing respect for plants and their natural active ingredients. Herbarom has developed its specialty ranges from a carefully selected array of plants. A natural response to the technical and organoleptic
requirements of its customers.
Why specialty plants?
Thanks to its mastery of cultivation cycles, Herbarom has acquired unique know-how in its specialty plants. Its
area of expertise includes three plants in particular: carrots, parsley and lovage. Thanks to a secure supply chain and genuine control over processes, these plants are available to customers all year round, to meet the growing demand for natural ingredients. Herbarom can offer its support on a number of levels: – a standard, secure offer thanks to a commitment to local farmers;
– joint definition of a specific quality;
– and, to go even further, Herbarom can develop an exclusive supply chain for its customers.
These ranges express different quality standards to offer made-to-measure solutions.
Herbarom’s offering includes pure and natural extracts, as well as mixtures that reflect
real expertise.
Flavours and Nutrition
Speciality plants: an expression of historic know-know
From each variety of its specialty plants, Herbarom creates a range of different ingredients, and thus a very broad palette of flavours to support the creative work of flavourists.
Carrots: a complete range of essential oils derived from varietal selection Carrots (Latin name: Daucus carota L) are widely used in cooking and as a food flavouring, but they are also used in cosmetics, perfumery, nutraceuticals and aromatherapy.
Herbarom’s expertise in carrots is based on varietal selection in order to obtain an ideal quality and a stable chemotype.
For the flavourings and foods market, Herbarom has selected specific varieties in order to obtain, from the steam-distilled seeds, essential oils in which each aromatic profile meets the specific needs of its customers. For example, depending on the reference chosen, their notes may be more or less terpenic, fruity or resinous, as well as adding other flavour nuances.
Parsley: more than 25 years of experience in the development of specific qualities and mixtures.
Made from the seeds of parsley (Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss) harvested in summertime, Herbarom proposes essential oils obtained by steam distillation.
Thanks to its expertise in seed selection, gentle extraction processes, aromatic maturation and blending, Herbarom is able to create the flavour profiles sought by its customers. France essential oil of parsley, for example, has dominant herbal, green, metallic, woody and terpenic notes.
Lovage: the know-how of a pioneer in root extraction
Lovage (Levisticum officinalis), sometimes called smellage or Maggi herb, is a historic plant for Herbarom, particularly well known for its liver-protecting properties.
Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in the processing of lovage – leaves and roots – and long-term partnerships with growers, Herbarom has real know-how in optimising root drying and extraction to give the best dried matter yield.
Herbarom obtains several ingredients from lovage root and its gentle distillation process:
– Essential oil of lovage: very high ligustilide content. From a flavour point of view, this ingredient delivers dominant earthy notes of earth, walnut, celery, spice and fenugreek.
– Absolute: rich in natural fatty acids, this is an interesting extract with strong celery, herbal and earthy notes.
– Aromatic substances: 100% natural, they can be adapted depending on the quality required by the customer and reveal celery, herbal, green, woody and terpenic notes.
These natural ingredients are a real asset when it comes to creating food flavours that deliver a specific and sufficiently intense aromatic profile.
They make it possible to enhance flavours, create new aromas, maintain a stable and constant aromatic profile from one batch to the next, preserve certain rare natural resources, mask certain unpleasant flavours or offset unwanted olfactory notes.
