Baobab Fruit Company Senegal
Innovative Raw Materials and Extract
for Nutritional and Cosmetics Industries

Thanks to the main production plant located in Senegal and the Italian Branch, near Modena, we supply Baobab organic products and extracts worldwide, at the most competitive quality and prices.
If you are looking for Top Level Raw Materials for Industry, here we are.

In May 2008 we obtained BIO/NOP certification (by Suolo e Salute) for our main products and for the Senegal Production Unit. We are working to certify all our products range before end 2008.

 

 

 

Nutritional - Nutraceutical Products

Baobab Fruit Pulp 100% - Organic - for Alimentary and Nutriceutical formulations
Baobab Fruit Pulp - Soluble Fibers extract - Organic - for Drink, Bakery and Nutritional formulations

Baobab Seed Endocarp Micronised - Omega 3-6-9 for Nutraceutical Formulations / Tablets

Cosmetics Products - Baobab Oils

Baobab Oil - Extra Pure CO2 Supercritical - Doubled sterols and fatty acids than common Baobab Oils
Baobab Oil - Classic Cold Pressed - Organic - Extraction low temperature
Baobab OXY OIL - Lipoid Extract - Skin regenerating & Antioxidant. Ultrasound extraction

Cosmetics Products - Liquid Extracts

Hydroglyceric Extract Baobab Leaves

Glycolic Extract Baobab Leaves
Glycolic Extract Baobab Fruit Pulp

Cosmetics Products - Natural Powders

Baobab Fruit Pulp 100 %
Baobab Leaves Micronised

Baobab Seed Epicarp - Exfoliant

Gift & Packaging products derived from Baobab Fruit

Baobab Half Pod

Zootechnic Products - Under developement -

Expertise on raw materials has developed  over the years thanks to :

•  Senegal and its infinite natural resources. Our passion for this plant, with its remarkable long lifespan and unfathomed therapeutic properties, have led us to work with the primary governmental, university and presidential organisations of Senegal. We are especially grateful to President Abdoulaye Wade and his wife Viviane Wade, who encouraged us tremendously.

Here some Press Papers:

Le Soleil, 2004 - 1
Le Soleil, 2004 - 2
Le Faso Net, 2004
Le Soleil, 2006

•  Collaboration with Ambrosialab and his founder, Prof Stefano Manfredini, a Ferrara-based experimental research centre (a spin-off of Ferrara University) specialised in antioxidants and new compounds.

Here some Scientific Works published:

 Food Chemistry - ENG - Integral Antioxidant Capacity of Baobab Products
 Erboristeria Domani - IT - Capacità Antiossidante dei derivati del Baobab
 Integratore Nutrizionale - IT - Adansonia digitata, il Baobab farmacista
 Acta Phytoterapeutica - ENG - Antiox. Capacity of Baobab Fruit Pulp and Leaves
 Nutra Foods - ENG - Water soluble antioxidant capacity of different Teas

•  Assistance from Southampton University, which, also thanks to our input, has drawn up a very interesting monography that you can download from here .

•  Invaluable botanical advice from Prof. Gerald Wickens, leading world expert of Adansonia and ex former director of the Royal Botanic Garden Kew.

You can finally buy his new book (2008) here or read some pages online here.
This book is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraordinary variety of economic uses of baobabs, famous trees, folk traditions and mythology, art associations, life cycle, natural history, cultivation, conservation, distribution and ecology, and phytogeography. There are also appendices on vernacular names, gazetteer, economics, nutrition and forest mensuration. The Book for Real Baobab Guru.

First class baobab trees and fruits in the Tambacounda region of Senegal

The closed Baobab fruit and fresh leaves are directly collected in Senegal's driest regions, in the spontaneous forests of Tambacounda, with the assistance of Wula Nafaa, a USAID affiliate. Nine villages share the gains.
The year transformation of 140 tonnes of fruit (150 t. in 2005, 150 t. in 2006, 100 t. in 2007, 150 t. in 2008) - purchased at 25% above the selling price to local merchants (Banabana). Translated into profit, economic stability and a new source of revenue for over 800 people. (Read article)

 

 

 

Thanks to our unfailing collaboration with local villages and continual presence in Senegal, this Baobab crop is unique in terms of quality.
Each fruit is carefully checked. If broken, the fruit is sold on the local markets. Production standards required by western markets mean that the entire baobab fruit has to be collected.
Under harsh climatic conditions, the fruit's woody shell protects its high micro-nutritional values for long periods. A high percentage of fruits is discarded (over 44% of the shell's weight) However, this process enables us to obtain raw materials that are distributed primarily on European & USA markets, with the approval of the strictest health authorities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laudana Zorzella, Mauro Ottaviani, Pascal Ottaviani