Herbanext Laboratories, Inc. is the country’s leader in spray-dried medicinal plant extracts derived from Philippine biodiversity. Using modern and advanced processing technology, Herbanext provides local health and wellness companies a market edge through a novel portfolio of standardized therapeutic-grade botanicals.
Founded in 2001 as a small agricultural enterprise focused on the cultivation and processing of the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum, Herbanext underwent major transformation in 2006 expanding to other medicinal plants and tapping into the country’s vast botanical diversity. With assistance from the Philippine Department of Science and Technology, the company expanded and modernized its manufacturing plant in 2011 putting up the country’s first purpose-built extraction and spray-drying facility. This state-of-the-art and GMP accredited facility is now paving the way to an industry shift from the traditional use of powdered herbs to the use of more potent herbal extracts. Based in Bago City, Negros Occidental, Herbanext is the brainchild of multiawarded agri-entrepreneur and 2005 TOYM Awardee Philip S. Cruz.
A Unique and Novel Portfolio of Philippine Herbal Ingredients
Herbanext currently offers the widest portfolio of locally produced herbal ingredients, in the form of standardized herbal extracts, powdered herbs, herbal teas, and botanical oils. These export quality products are suitable for use in functional foods and beverages, nutraceuticals, herbal drugs, herbal cosmetics, and animal health products. Among the spray-dried ingredients that Herbanext pioneered are roselle, banaba, luyang dilaw, ampalaya, serpentina, balbas pusa, mangosteen, tsaang gubat, sambong, lagundi, and recently bignay. The company is also the first to introduce standardized extracts for important phytochemical marker compounds such as curcumin in turmeric, corosolic acid in banaba, α-mangostin in mangosteen. Newest in the product lines of Herbanext are essential oils of ginger, turmeric, holy basil, calamansi, dalandan, eucalyptus, lemongrass, and Manila elemi.
GMP-Certified Toll Manufacturing Facility
Organic and Fully Traceable Raw Materials
Innovative and Customized Solutions
Committed to Science
OUR MISSION / VISION
Industry: Be the leading manufacturer of Philippine nutraceutical products through science-based formulas, customized raw materials, and modern processing technology.
Products: Develop a portfolio of effective, affordable, and safe ingredients and products for the health needs of our clients, primarily the Filipino public.
Research: Advance the scientific understanding of Philippine medicinal herbs through evidence-based research and through collaboration with other researchers from the academe, government, and private sector.
Country: Help in nation building by providing sustainable livelihood to marginalized communities through the cultivation of medicinal herbs and the development of a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain.
Environment: Help protect Philippine biodiversity by making valuable and sustainble economic use of its resources.
Humanity: Create awareness on the holistic concept of wellness – mind, body and spirit – and influence society with such.
- Quality: What we do, we do well
- Leadership: Building a better tomorrow today
- Integrity: Trust and confidence is what we live for
- Innovation: There is always a better way
- Passion: Committed in heart and mind
- Productivity: Move fast and waste little
- Teamwork: Together we achieve more
- Caring for nature: Nature is the repository of our future discoveries
- We work with farmers to supply us the highest quality herbs.
- We maintain our own research farm for developing greener farming technologies.
- We carefully evaluate each ingredient we use and every supplier we work with.
- We are committed to products that have proven efficacy and are free of artificial substances and potentially harmful ingredients.
- We invest in our own manufacturing facilities and do not rely on the services of others.
- We invest in people and in research to attain and surpass our quality standards.