Manufacturing

From raw herb to packed extract.

Every standardised extract in the range is produced as a spray-dried powder, through the same seven stages. The herb, the marker compound and the assay percentage differ from product to product. The sequence remains the same.

Process stages7
Extracts124
Finished formSpray dried
TestingIn house

The process

Seven stages.

01Raw herbSorted, cleaned and sized.
02Cleaned herbSolvent extraction at controlled temperature.
03Total extracted materialConcentrated under vacuum to a viscous liquid.
04Concentrated materialFiltered through the filtrate plant.
05Filtered liquidSpray dried.
06Spray-dried powderPulverised and sifted to the required mesh size.
07Packed extractPacked to the agreed specification, ready for dispatch.

Other formats

Beyond the spray-dried powder.

PG extracts

Liquid extracts in propylene glycol, for cosmetic applications where a dry powder is not the appropriate carrier.

Tailor-made

Manufactured to the customer’s own specification on request, including herbs grown or sourced in India outside the published range.

The plant

Two sites, three laboratories.

Production runs at Pithampur in three shifts over 24 hours, with capacity for 300 MT of herbs a month. The line runs from crushing and preparatory systems through semi-continuous extraction, distillation, filtration, vacuum and spray drying, and micro-pulverising and sifting, to a controlled packaging area. All of it is SS 316 stainless steel, arranged to minimise bacterial and fungal contamination.

Quality control runs at both sites. The factory laboratory tests raw material online, as it moves through production. The office laboratory in Indore tests the finished extract a second time. A separate microbiology laboratory counts bacterial and fungal load before the extract ships. HPLC testing is also available for selected herbs.

01In productionFactory laboratory, eight chemists. Online testing of raw material as it moves through the process.
02After extractionOffice laboratory, four chemists. The finished extract is tested again, a second check at a different site.
03Before releaseMicrobiology laboratory. Bacterial and fungal counts on the final extract.
Extraction vessels and pipework on a mezzanine platform with safety railings
Process equipment is SS 316 stainless steel throughout.
A chemist operating a high performance liquid chromatography system
HPLC testing, available for select herbs.
Incubators and culture flasks in the microbiology laboratory
Bacterial and fungal counts on the final extract.

Quality control

Every batch, certified

The quality-control laboratory produces the Certificate of Analysis and performs the quality assessment on every batch, against the stated marker compound and assay percentage. The certificate is supplied on request.

Research & development

The same benches, looking forward

The laboratories’ other half: improving the manufacturing process and developing new products.

Capacity300 MT herbs / month
Production3 shifts, 24 hours a day
EquipmentSS 316 stainless steel
Laboratories3
ChemistsTotal 12: 8 at factory and 4 at office
Finished extractTested twice at two different sites
Certificate of AnalysisEvery batch, supplied on request

Licence and quality systems

25D/12/94Ayurvedic manufacturing licence, GMP certified under Schedule T
ISO 9001:2015Quality management. Certificate KIS/QMS/B24/4302, SAARA Management System
ISO 14001:2015Environmental management. Certificate KIS/EMS/B24/1652, SAARA Management System
ISO 22000:2018Food safety management. Certificate 26DFPW05, ROHS Certification
KosherCertified Pareve by STAR-K, Baltimore
Certified scopeManufacturer and exporter of herbal extracts and high purity phytoconstituents

Manufacturing unit: Plot No. 548, Sector 3, Industrial Area, Pithampur, District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh 454775, India. The manufacturing licence and all the certificates above are issued to this address. Current certificates are supplied on request.

This site is for formulators and manufacturers of finished products, not for consumers. Category names and any traditional-use notes on this site describe the historical Ayurvedic application of the botanical. They help you navigate the catalogue. They are not claims about the effect of any Kisalaya product, or of any product made from it. If you market a finished product, you are responsible for confirming which claims, and which ingredients, are lawful where you sell it.

Next step

Send us the specification.

Tell us the botanical, the marker percentage and the mesh size you are working to, and we will quote against it. If the herb is not in the published catalogue of 124 extracts, send the name anyway: we manufacture extracts from other herbs grown or sourced in India on request.