'Hot' Herbs & Botanicals Directory

By Compiled by Nutraceuticals World Staff | 07.01.07

Suppliers share their hottest selling herbs and botanicals.

Aloecorp Inc.


Contact: Barbara Apps
Telephone: 800-458-ALOE (2563); 360-486-7400
Fax: 360-413-5036
E-mail: info@aloecorp.com
Website: www.aloecorp.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: ACTIValoe standardized Aloe vera with less than 10% polysaccharides by weight as verified through HPLC/SEC; Certified Plus standardized Aloe vera with less than 5% polysaccharides by weight as verified through HPLC/SEC; Qmatrix Processed Aloe; Aloe + Fruit/Vegetable Dehydrated Powder Blends

A. M. Todd Botanical Therapeutics


Contact: Brenda Cutler
Telephone: 435-713-4888; 800-827-4372
Fax: 435-713-4774
E-mail: info@amtodd.com
Website: www.amtodd.com/botanicals
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: 5-HTP (Griffonia seed extract), Apple PE 75%, Asian Ginseng 4%C, 5%M, 5%N, 5%C, 7%C, Ginseng FE W, Bilberry Fruit PE 25% Defined (from Swedish berries, 25% anthocyanins), Black Currant PE 25% and 35%, Broccoli Cruciferous PE 2% (proprietary blend of broccoli, kale and raddish seed), CoQ10, Ech-Cellent (proprietary blend of E. purpurea and E. angustifolia, standardized to polysaccharides and phenolics), Ginkgo-Define, Green Tea (a wide variety of standardizations to EGCG, catechins, caffeine, and polyphenols available)

AnMar International


Contact: John Blanco
Telephone: 203-336-8330
Fax: 203-336-5508
E-mail: blanco@anmarint.com
Website: www.anmarinternational.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Goji extract, milk thistle extract, green tea extract, rhodiola extract, stevia extract

Artemis International


Contact: Leslie Gallo
Telephone: 260-436-6899
Fax: 260-478-6900
E-mail: info@artemis-international.com
Website: www.artemis-international.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Standardized (std.) elderberry extract 3.2%, 6.5%, 13%, 25%; std. chokeberry extract 10%, 20%; std. black currant extract 10%, 20%, 25%, 30%; std. cranberry extract 25%; std. purple corn extract 7.5%, 11%; std. kokum liquid; BerrySelect Hi Antioxidant Blend; BerryDefense Immune Support Blend; BerryForce Athletic Performance Formulation; BerrySlim Weight Loss Formulation

Ayush Herbs, Inc.


Contact: Shailinder Sodhi, Jagjit Dhillon
Telephone: 425-637-1400
Fax: 425-451-2670
E-mail: ayurveda@ayush.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Morus alba, mangosteen, Morinda citrifolia, holy basil, bitter melon, Centella Asiatica, boswellia, amla, ashwagandha, coleus forskohlii, triphala

Barrington Nutritionals


Contact: Nelson Fretwell
Telephone: 864-884-2839
Fax: 914-381-2232
E-mail: nelsonf@barringtonchem.com
Website: www.barringtonchem.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Acai, Green Tea Extract, Goji, Psyllium, Mangosteen, Apple Pectin, Origanox, Cranberry Concentrate, PureLo

BI Nutraceuticals


Contact: Matt Phillips
Telephone: 310-669-2101
Fax: 310-637-344
E-mail: mphillips@botanicals.com
Website: www.binutraceuticals.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Organic Psyllium Seed Husk PWD, Cinnamon Bark PWD, Echinacea Purpurea Herb PWD, Goldenseal Root PWD, Green Tea PE, 15% EGCG, Green Tea PE, 50% EGCG. Guarana Seed PE, 12% caffeine, Ginkgo Biloba Leaves PE, 24/6, RoseOx, Ginseng Panax PE, 7% ginsenosides Quintozen-Free/ Procymidone-Free

Bio-Botanica, Inc.


Contact: Mark Sysler
Telephone: 631-231-5522 x 138
Fax: 631-231-7332
E-mail: msysler@bio-botanica.com
Website: www.bio-botanica.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Puresterol - Pueraria Mirifica; Suprapein - All Natural Preservative; Biopein - All Natural Preservative; Neopein - All Natural Preservative; Sabaltone - Saw Palmetto; Orac Super 7 - proprietary blend of high orac value extracts, Garlic Oil – odorless

Bioactive Resources, LLC


Contact: Divya Desai
Telephone: 908-561-3114
Fax: 908-561-3115
E-mail: divyad@bioactiveresources.com
Website: www.bioactiveresources.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Fruit Blends, Vegetable Blends, Fruit & Vegetable Blends, Herbal-Greens Blend, Boswella Extract, Tribulus Extract, White Kidney Bean Extract, Mangosteen Extract, Noni Extract, Pomegranate Extract

Botanics Trading LLC


Contact: Chuck Wanzer
Telephone: 828-295-3313
Fax: 419-844-4523
E-mail: cwanzer@botanicstrading.com   
Website: www.botanicstrading.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Saw palmetto berries, Slippery elm bark, Black cohosh, Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia, Passion flower, Oregon grape root, Goldenseal root, Devil’s claw, Rhodiola Rosea

Chrysantis


Contact: Philip Gowaski
Telephone: 630-588-3186
Fax: 630-562-7979
E-mail: pgowaski@chrysantis.com
Website: www.chrysantis.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Zeaxanthin, Lutein

Cyvex Nutrition, Inc.


Contact: Ms. Terri Acosta
Telephone: 949-622-9030
Fax: 949-622-9033
E-mail: sales@cyvex.com
Website: www.cyvex.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: AlfaPro Alfalfa Juice Protein Concentrate; BroccoPhane Broccoli-Sprout Extract; BroccoSinolate Broccoli Powder Standardized for Glucosinolates; BroccoPlus Combined source of Sulforaphane and Glucosinolates; BerryVin High ORAC Berries; Q-Vida Super High ORAC Quebracho Extract; BioVin Full Spectrum Grape Extract; AvoVida Avocado Soy Unsaponifiables; AppleZin Apple Extract; PomActiv with >70% Ellagic Acid

Draco Natural Products, Inc.


Contact: Jerry Wu
Telephone: 408-287-7871
Fax: 405-287-8838
E-mail: info@dracoherbs.com
Website: www.dracoherbs.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Full Spectrum Fruit & Vegetable Phytoconcentrates—Pomegranate, Pumpkin, Goji, Mangosteen, Euphoria Fruit, Cili Fruit, Watermelon; Vital Treasures Bioactive Botanical Extracts for Cosmetics and personal care—White Tea and Sea Buckthorn; Nutraceutical Botanical Extracts—Green Tea, Wild Jujube Seed, Epimedium and Resveratrol; Mushrooms—Turkey Tail and Tiaga Mushroom

Extracts & Ingredients


Contact: David Fondots
Telephone: 908-688-9009 x259
Fax: 908-688-9005
E-mail: dfondots@morretec.com
Website: www.morretec.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Pomegranate butter, juice extract, juice powder, peel extract, seed extract, seed powder, whole fruit extract, seed oil, seed oil 10%; Therapeutic oil blend

Gencor Pacific


Contact: Dr. Jit Maheshvari
Telephone: 714-870-8723
Fax: 732-875-0306
E-mail: drjit@gencorpacific.com
Website: www.gencorpacific.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Slimaluma, Testofen, Trigogen, Genopause, Gentone, Cleargen, Procidin

GoldenHerbs


Contact: Khairudin Hashim
Telephone: 6-3-312022311
Fax: 6-3-31201197
E-mail: khairqed@goldenhope.com
Website: www.goldenherbs.com.my
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Guava leaf; Pegaga (Centella asiatica); tea tree essential oil; citronella essential oil

Frutarom Switzerland Ltd.


Contact: Susanne Fassler
Telephone: 41-44-782-64-64
Email: info@ch.frutarom.com
Website: www.frutarom.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Neuravena (EFLA 955); Benolea (EFLA 943); SoyLife; LinumLife; FenuLife; EFLA 940 Pumpkin Seed Extract; EFLA 920 Green Mate Extract; EFLA 945 Red Vine Leaf Extract; EFLA 942 Green Tea Extract; EFLA 894 Echinacea Extract

Frutarom USA


Contact: Laurent Leduc
Telephone: 952-920-7700
Fax: 952-920-7704
E-mail: lleduc@us.frutarom.com
Website: www.frutarom.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Go-Less proprietary blend of soy germ extract and pumpkin seed extract); SoyLife (soy germ isoflavones); FenuLIfe (fenugreek galactomannan); Alina (omega 3 from salvia seeds); flax lignan extracts, green mate extracts, ginseng extract, ginger paste, guarana extract, acai extract

Gourmetceuticals, LLC


Contact: Garrett Lindemann
Telephone: 307-655-5109
Fax: 208-975-0303
E-mail: garrett.lindemann@gourmetceuticals.com
Website: www.gourmetceuticals.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: GLPH-1 (Glucophosphomannan) Immune Booster derived from the cell wall of the botanical yeast Candidus utilis; PPL-240 Antioxidant (PLE, Polypodium leucutomos)

InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Inc.


Contact: Amy Weitz
Telephone: 707-751-2800
Fax: 707-751-2801
E-mail: info@interhealthusa.com
Website: www.interhealthusa.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Super CitriMax containing hydroxycitric acid extract from Garcinia cambogia; OptiBerry cotaining a patented combination of six standardized berry extracts; Aller-7, a patented combination of seven standardized Ayurvedic herbal extracts

Linnea


Contact: Don Stanek
Telephone: 610-253-7950
Fax: 610-253-7970
E-mail: dstanek@linnea-worldwide.com
Website: www.linnea-worldwide.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Bilberry extract 25; 5-HTP; ginkgo biloba; vinpocetine; HMRlignan; silymarin; troxerutin

Maypro Industries, LLC  


Contact: Isabel Elias-Castro   
Telephone: 914-251-0701 x109
Fax: 914-251-0746
E-mail: isabel.elias@maypro.com
Website: www.maypro.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Cogni-Q (Cultivated Angelica); Oligonol (Lychee Extract); Cilixir (Cili Fruit); Bilberry Extract; Caralluma Fimbriata; Cha De’ Bugre; Green Tea (EGCG); Hoodia Gordonii (P-57 Certified); Olive Leaf Extract; 10-Resveratrol (pharma grade)

MB North America


Contact: Stefan Wypyszyk
Telephone: 310-534-7100
Fax: 310-534-8001
E-mail: info@mbnorthamerica.com
Website: www.mbnorthamerica.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: xanthosteen 3510 Garcinia mangostana extracts; xanthosteen fruit powder; CranEx cranberry extract standardized to 5%, 10%, 15%, or 25% PAC; Go-Luo, a liquid juice concentrate of Luo Han Guo fruit (Siraitia grosvenori) standardized to 6% mogrosides and 2% mogroside-V; Go-Luo, a tan colored powdered juice concentrate of Luo Han Guo fruit (Siraitia grosvenori) standardized to 80% mogrosides and 25% mogroside-V; Go-Luo, a white colored powdered juice concentrate of Luo Han Guo fruit (Siraitia grosvenori) standardized to 30% mogroside-V; Panax Ginseng, a quintozene free (max. 10 ppb) line of standardized extract made from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer standardized to 2%, 4%, 5%, or 7% Ginsenosides by HPLC; Bilberry Fruit Extract 25% Anthocyanidins; Green Tea Extracts and decaffeinated Green Tea extracts; Grape Seed Extract 90% Proanthocyanidins

MiniStar International


Contact: Nickols (Nick) Huang
Telephone: 909-598-3963
Fax: 909-598-5733
E-mail: nickols@ministar.com
Website: www.ministar.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Lycopene 5%, 10% beadlets; lutein 5%, 10% beadlets; borage oil 50% oil powder; evening primrose oil 50% oil powder; flax seed 50% oil powder; CLA 50% oil powder; MCT oil 50% oil powder; saw palmetto 25-45% PE

Mueggenburg North America   


Contact: Dirk Mueggenburg/Miguel Chacon
Telephone: 904-249-8074
Fax: 512-853-6851
E-mail: dm@muepr.com or mc@muepr.com
Website: www.paulmeuggenburg.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Potent European herbs and botanicals

Natural Health Science


Contact: Kim Austin
Telephone: 877-369-9934
Fax: 201-459-0055
E-mail: kim@pycnogenol.com
Website: www.pycnogenol.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Pycnogenol French maritime pine bark extract

Nature’s Thyme


Contact: Karen Gibbs
Telephone: 973-267-0700
Fax: 973-267-1303
E-mail: krg@naturesthyme.com
Website: www.naturesthyme.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Bilberry PE, Maca PE, Aloe Vera, Cha De Bugre, Hoodia Powder, Acai Juice Powder, Goji Concentrate, Ashwaghanda PE, Pomegranate Fruit Powder, Rhodiola PE

Naturex Inc.


Contact: David Yvergniaux
Telephone: 201-440-5000
Fax: 201-342-8000
E-mail: naturex@naturex.us
Website: www.naturex.com  
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Maca, Ginseng, Yerba Mate, Rhodiola Rosea, Cocoa, Siberian Ginseng, Yohimbe, Black Cohosh, Rosemary

OptiPure Brand Chemco Industries, Inc.


Contact: Steve Holtby
Telephone: 801-523-1161
Fax: 801-523-1191
E-mail: steveh@optipure.com
Website: www.optipure.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: T-Phenol Green Tea Extract; Gbe 24/6 Ginkgo Biloba Extract; VmA25+ Bilberry Extract; Posinol Apocynum Venetum Extract

Pharmachem Laboratories Inc.


Contact: Mitch Skop (Phase 2); Greg Bonfilio (Perluxan)
Telephone: 800-526-0609; 707-766-7060
Fax: 201-246-1000
E-mail: sales@pharmachemlabs.com; gbonfilio@mac.com
Website: www.phase2info.com; www.perluxan.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Phase 2 Starch Neutralizer, a non-stimulant, all-natural white bean extract; Perluxan, a proprietary, standardized supercritical extract of hops cones (Humulus lupulus L.)

Pharmline


Contact: Donna Felczak
Telephone: 845-651-4443
Fax: 845-651-6900
E-mail: info@pharmlineinc.com
Website: www.pharmlineinc.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: EyesBerry; IridoForce; UTIRose; Lutein; Zeaxanthin; Saw Palmetto; Grapemax (Grape Seed Extracts); Green Tea Extract; 5-HTP (Griffonia Seed Extract)

Pines International


Contact: Allen Levine
Telephone: 785-841-6016
Fax: 785-841-1252
E-mail: pines@wheatgrass.com
Website: www.wheatgrass.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Wheat Grass (powders and tablets); Barley Grass (powders and tablets); Beet Juice Powder; Alfalfa

Proprietary Nutritionals Inc.


Contact: Dean Mosca
Telephone: 519-647-2071
Fax: 519-647-3986
E-mail: mosca@sympatico.ca
Website: www.cranmax.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Cran-Max Cranberry Extract

P. L. Thomas


Contact: Paula Nürnberger
Telephone: 973-984-0900 x214
Fax: 973-984-5666
E-mail: paulan@plthomas.com
Website: www.plthomas.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: GliSODin; MenaQ7; 5-Loxin; Pomegranate P40p; MegaNatural BP Grape Seed Extract; PACran Cranberry Powder; Inolens Rosemary Extract; Rhodiola Rosea; Steviasuave

Polyphenolics, a division of Constellation Wines US


Contact: Ron Martin  
Telephone: 480-883-6716
Fax: 480-883-6717
E-mail: ron.martin@cwine.com
Website: www.polyphenolics.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: MegaNatural GSKE grape pomace exract; MegaNatural-BP grape seed extract (blood pressure); MegaNatural Gold grape seed extract (potent antioxidant)

Premium Ingredients


Contact: Nic Dam
Telephone: 630-868-0300
Fax: 630-868-0310
E-mail: sales@premiumingredients.com
Website: www.premiumingredients.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Yohimbine Hcl; Black Cohosh-organic; Echinacea-organic; St. John’s Wort-organic; Garlic Powder-organic; Ginkgo Powder-organic; Milk Thistle-organic

Renaissance Herbs


Contact: Thomas Tritt
Telephone: 818-709-2411
Fax: 818-709-2414
E-mail: Thomas.tritt@renaissanceherbs.com
Website: www.renaissanceherbs.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: AmlaPure-organic (Amla); Banopta CRA (Banaba); GojiMax (Goji Berry); Green Coffee Extract; Hibix (Hibiscus); PomPlex (Pomegranate); XanoMax (Mangosteen); 5-HTP 99%

Roxlor International


Contact: Robert Veghte
Telephone: 302-778-4166
Fax: 302-778-4170
E-mail: rhv@roxlor.com
Website: www.roxlor.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: JamboLean; Vinanza Gold (Grape Seed Extract); Vinanza Berry (Boysenberry Extract); RoxPlus Standardized Herbal Extracts

Sabinsa Corporation


Contact: Todd Norton
Telephone: 732-777-1111
Fax: 732-777-1443
E-mail: info@sabinsa.com
Website: www.sabinsa.com
Hottest selling Herbs & Botanicals: BioPerine (Piper nigrum); Boswellin (Boswellia serrata); Centellin (Centella asiatica); Citrin K (Garcinia cambogia); ForsLean (Coleus forskohlii); Curcumin C3 Complex (Curcuma longa); Gugulipid (Commiphora mukul); GS4 PLUS (Gymnema Sylvestre); Momordicin (Momordica Charantia); Silbinol (Pterocarpus marsupium)

San Francisco Herb & Natural Food Co.


Contact: Barry Meltzer
Telephone: 510-770-1215
Fax: 510-770-9021
E-mail: barry@herbspicetea.com
Website: www.herbspicetea.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Burdock Root; Psyllium Husk; Ginkgo Leaf; Alfalfa Leaf & Herb; Oatstraw Herb ; Barley Grass; Catnip; Peppermint; Spearmint; Yerba Mate

Stauber Performance Ingredients


Telephone: 714-441-3900; 888-441-4233
Fax: 714-441-3909
E-mail: customerservice@stauberusa.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Bilberry extract 25% Anthocyanins; Hoodia Gordonii PE 20:1; Oat Fiber Snowite; Apple Pectin; Spirulina Pacifica; Grape Seed Extract 95%; Citrus Bioflavonoid Complex; Lemon Dietary Fiber; Red Wine Concentrate; Bromelain 2400 GDU

Synergy Production Laboratories


Contact: Shannon Judge,
Telephone: 435-259-4787; 877-259-4919
Fax: 435-259-2328
E-mail: spl@synergyproduction.com
Website: www.synergyproduction.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: 100% organic CO2-dried pure grass juice powders; 100% organic acerola extract powder, with 25% natural vitamin C; 100% organic fresh freeze-dried sprout powders; Organic fresh freeze-dried berry and fruit powders; Organic fresh freeze-dried pure vegetable juice powders; 100% organic, enzymatically active mushroom mycelium powders; Organic fresh freeze-dried Active 15+ Manuka Honey powder and other organic, raw bee products; Pharmaceutically grown Pure Chlorella; 100% organic fresh freeze-dried herb and vegetable powders; Wildcrafted camu camu extract powder, with 20% natural vitamin C

Terry Laboratories


Contact: Bill Neal, Patrick Anderson
Telephone: 321-259-1630
Fax: 321-242-0625
E-mail: aloe@terrylabs.com
Website: www.terrylabs.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Aloe vera gels, powders, extracts, concentrates; shea butter; organic aloe vera

TSI Health Sciences, Inc.


Contact: Diane McAlary
Telephone: 406-549-9123 x34; 877-549-9123
Fax: 406-549-6139 Fax
E-mail: dmcalary@tsiinc.com
Website: www.tsiinc.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: Ginkgo 24/6/5, Ginkgo Biloba Extract; Opteava Green Tea Extract; Noto-G Panax notoginseng Extract; MSV 60 Dan Shen Extract, Phytovone Soy Isoflavones; Promilin Fenugreek Extract; Goji-Plex Goji Juice Powder

Verdure Sciences


Contact: Stacie Thompson
Telephone: 317-776-3600
Fax: 317-776-3650
E-mail: info@vs-corp.com
Website: www.vs-corp.com
Hottest Selling Herbs & Botanicals: POMELLA Extract, BACOGNIZE Extract, TINOFEND Extract, CALZBONE Extract, WOKVEL Extract, BeneFruitt, Punicinol-5, Witholytin, Ginger, Pomegranate