Own lines, partner plants, and what we outsource — stated by site
Four production lines, two of them ours and two delivered through the plants we invest in, plus a short list of what we outsource and what we buy in. Every capability below says where it runs and which certificates back it, because a buyer should not have to guess which part of a supplier's range it actually makes.
Each line is dedicated to a product form rather than a single product, which is why the same line can carry a standard grade and a customer-specific specification in the same quarter.
Extraction, concentration, drying and milling for botanical materials, including the broccoli material that starts on the cultivation base held by the plants we invest in.
Extraction Raw powder
Natural-source vitamin grades, including the oil and powder formats used in softgel, capsule and powder blend applications.
Vitamin D3 oil K2 MK-7 powder
Peptide production from plant protein sources, with the granulation and micropellet steps that follow it on the same site.
Peptide Granulation
Customer-branded production to an agreed specification, including liposomal and micropellet formats, where the batch is released against the customer's approved sample and specification.
OEM Liposomal Micropellet
Three arrangements sit behind the range, and we would rather label them than blur them. The label describes the site, not the commercial relationship: a product made in a plant we invest in is still made in that plant.
| Capability | Where it runs | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Cultivation base | Invested plant | Own broccoli and botanical base held by the plants we invest in, in Shanxi and Shaanxi. |
| Extraction | Own / invested line | Botanical extraction and concentration for standard and custom specifications. |
| Granulation | Own / invested line | Granule formation, particle size control and flow properties for blending. |
| Liposomal production | Own / invested line | Liposomal and co-loading formats, including plant-derived exosome work. |
| Micropellet production | Own / invested line | Micropellet and microsphere formats for capsule and sachet applications. |
| Microencapsulated powder | Outsourced | Spray-dried and coated powders produced by partner plants to our specification. |
| Synthetic functional ingredients | Outsourced | Synthesised actives produced by partner plants, released against our specification and COA. |
| Minerals and part of the functional range | Traded | Bought in and resold, with our own specification, COA and document set attached. |
Figures are given as a range because they follow the product, not the site. The two bands below cover the whole range: what is sold by the tonne, and what is sold by the kilogram.
| Production type | Cycle time | What decides the date |
|---|---|---|
| Standard products | 3–7 working days | Stock position of the material and the current loading of the line. |
| Custom specifications | 7–30 days | Raw material lead time and the position in the production queue. |
| OEM batches | Confirmed per order | The approved sample and specification, packaging supply and the agreed release date. |
A quality system certificate covers a facility and a scope, so it can only be claimed for material made in that facility. The table separates what we hold from what the manufacturing plant holds, and names the scope in each case.
| Certificate | Held by | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 22000 | Keep Ingredients | Food safety management for the production lines we operate. |
| HACCP | Keep Ingredients | Hazard analysis and critical control points across those same lines. |
| FDA establishment registration | Keep Ingredients | Facility registration for materials supplied into the United States, with prior notice handled per shipment. |
| Export licence, zinc materials | Keep Ingredients | Licence covering the export of zinc-based raw materials. |
| Business licence | Keep Ingredients | Corporate registration of the supplying entity. |
| Halal | Partner plant | Certification held by the manufacturing plant; available for most product lines, per product. |
| Kosher | Partner plant | Held for the materials that carry it; certification for our own lines is in progress. |
| Organic, and other destination-specific schemes | Quoted per product | Confirmed at quotation stage for the product and the market, with the certificate attached to the offer. |
Our laboratory exists to control the process, and its results are used that way. The conclusion a customer relies on is the batch COA, supported by a third-party report where the market or the contract requires one.
The laboratory is equipped for the routine control of botanical extracts and the formats that follow them. These are equipment categories, which is what we can state publicly.
In-house results steer the process and flag a deviation before the batch leaves the line. The certificate that a customer receives and audits is the batch COA with its test methods stated, and a third-party report where one applies.
We do not present internal results as an accredited external conclusion, and we do not claim accreditation our laboratory does not hold.
Used for routine batch submission testing and for arbitration re-testing where a result is contested. The report carries the batch number and the methods used, so it can be matched against our COA line by line.
Used on the same two bases. Where a destination market or a customer's own quality agreement names a laboratory, that laboratory is used instead and written into the specification at quotation stage.
A batch moves through the same six control points whether it is a commodity grade or a customer specification. Each point produces a record, and the records are what an audit reads.
Not everything in the catalogue comes off our lines. Minerals and part of the functional ingredient range are traded, and saying so costs us nothing, because the reason they are competitive has nothing to do with pretending we make them.
These are sourced from established producers and carry our specification, our batch COA and the same document set as the products we make. Where a product is traded rather than produced, we say so when quoting.
Years inside this supply chain means we know which producers hold the capacity, which certificates they carry and where the price sits in a given quarter. On traded lines that knowledge is the margin, and it is passed on rather than kept.
Short answers below; the sections above carry the detail. Anything not covered here goes to the technical team with your specification.
Partly, and we say which part. Extraction, granulation, liposomal production and micropellet production run on lines we own or on lines we built inside the plants we invest in, including the broccoli cultivation base those plants hold in Shanxi and Shaanxi.
Microencapsulated powder and synthetic functional ingredients are outsourced to partner plants. Minerals and part of the functional ingredient range are traded. The page marks every capability with the site that delivers it.
Held by Keep Ingredients: FDA establishment registration, ISO 22000, HACCP, the export licence covering zinc materials and our business licence.
Held by the manufacturing partner plants rather than by us: Halal, and Kosher for the materials that carry it, with Kosher certification for our own lines in progress. Any certificate that belongs to a partner plant is marked as such so the scope is never implied to be wider than it is.
Capacity depends on the product. For low to medium value products it runs from a few hundred to a few thousand tonnes a year, in batches of 20–60 tonnes. For high value products it runs from a few hundred kilograms to a few tonnes a year, in batches of tens to hundreds of kilograms.
Standard products take 3–7 working days; custom production takes 7–30 days depending on raw material and the production queue, confirmed against the order schedule.
Yes. Every batch ships with its own Certificate of Analysis. Beyond that we work with SGS and Eurofins on two bases: routine batch submission testing, and arbitration re-testing where an in-house result is contested.
Technical and quality documents, including the specification, TDS and MSDS, are sent within 2 working days of the request.
Yes. We run an OEM line alongside our own production, and custom specifications, meaning a special carrier, potency, particle size, dosage form or packaging, are reviewed against the production run before we confirm.
Custom specifications start at 25 kg, and the MOQ, lead time and cost for a specific configuration are given in writing on the quotation.
Name the product, and we will say which plant makes it, which certificate covers that plant, and attach a batch COA with the methods stated.
