Our company identified some critical areas where they can address the pollution increasing from the discharge of effluents. Our Effluent Treatment system is fully equipped with adequate capacity and multi-stage evaporation to ensure zero effluent discharge.
Effluent Treating Plant
Rainwater Harvesting
The scarcity of groundwater is a huge concern in many states of India; hence Leaven has developed water harvesting tanks in our facility to address these concerns. Although Kerala is blessed with huge amounts of rainfall, our harvesting system allows us to gear up when mother nature showers on us.
Environmental Focus
In reducing environmental footprint, Leaven’s devotion is evident in our practices.
- Our drying technology requires low operating energy to dry our products.
- We recycle our solvents which are used for extraction in our process.
- We use our own agro-waste to generate steam for our manufacturing.

One-Stop for Botanical Extracts & Phytochemicals
Leaven Essentials explores the best of nature’s goodness. Tracing the science from Ayurveda, we relentlessly explore the numerous benefits hidden in the plants, carefully source and convert it to the most usable form of natural extracts, and phytochemicals. Leaven Essentials offer creative, cost-effective, and application friendly solution for food and nutraceutical manufacturers across the globe.
Nutraceutical Ingredients
The word “Nutraceutical” comes from two words Nutrient and Pharmaceutical. Today nutraceuticals are used as preventive care, phytonutrient, micronutrients and probiotics.

Natural Ingredients for health and wellness
We are committed to find health solutions from nature. To answer the incessant search of high quality, effective yet sustainable and traceable natural extracts from global health, food and beauty industry partners, our relentless research and development plant extraction and innovation of natural ingredients helps us to meet the global demand by providing efficient solutions to.
Why Choose Us
Who We Are
Leaven Essentials is the manufacturer and supplier of herbal extracts, phytonutrients, and speciality fine chemicals catering to Food & Beverage, Nutraceutical, Food Supplement, Pharmaceutical and Cosmeceutical companies. A vertically integrated research, manufacturing and marketing company, has an R&D and manufacturing centre in Palakkad, Kerala. Sole purpose of Leaven Essentials is “extending scientific and efficacious herbal solutions, suitably tailored to meet formulation needs”.
Where Are We
We are strategically located in the spice capital of the world, in KINFRA Mega Food Park, Palakkad, Kerala, India. The facility is equipped with International standard state-of-the-art machinery to manufacture the finest quality Natural Ingredients as per industry standards.
What Makes Us Special
Sourcing
Since the goodness of Nature is our inspiration, we ensure all sourcing is done with strict sustainability policy. Also, to ensure quality in the sourced raw material, we source directly from farms following Good Manufacturing Practices. All sourcing comes with 100% field level traceability.
Application Support
Our ambition is to strengthen the current reach of nutraceutical as Health supplement, Pharma and Personal Care, and evolve further to daily consumables like Fortified Food and Beverage. Hence formulation and application related support and recommendation is extended unfailingly to customers from their phase of ideation and concept generation till commercialisation.
Agility
We have an agile industrial set-up which allows us to not only develop customised products but also allows greater flexibility in terms of Minimum Order Quantity. The Route to Market of our company is also designed with customer centric approach where customers gets to decide whether they want to get supplies directly, or through our distributors.
Advanced Extraction Facility to capture wellness of Nature
Leaven Essentials principal facility is an area of over 20,000 Sqft specifically designed to support a state-of-the-art manufacturing process. We use advanced equipment to capture the best of nature. Our scientific approach, research, technical competence, and stringent quality checks in the entire production to delivery process help us maintain the desired quality and innovate ingredients as per the current trends and customers’ profile.
Moreover, we have an additional 100,000 Sqft for expansion purposes. Our equipment and facility standards qualify for the domestic and international standards.

Steam Distillation
Essential oils present in spices, herbs, seeds, leaves, roots are extracted in a 3 stage process.
- Cleaning and Flaking: Spices and herbs are cleaned and then flaked in a flaker before charging in the distillation kettles.
- Steam Distillation: Steam is released in the kettle, which flows along with the essential oil through the condenser to cool down. Oil is separated into 3 fractions. Our production team critically monitors the temperature to extract the maximum amount of yield.
- Post-production- drying of de-oiled material: The flaked material after distillation is dried and transferred to solvent extractors for the next stage of production.
Solvent Extraction
Solvent extraction is a process where compounds are extracted based on their relative solubilities. It involves solvents like ethyl acetate, ethanol or a mixture based on the material used.
- Solvents are percolated with the material until the active ingredients are extracted.
- Post extraction, the material goes through an evaporation process where excess solvent is removed and finally blended as per the customer’s quality specifications.

Warehouse, Packaging and Storage Facility
The final product is stored in a suitable environment in our warehouse to retain the quality and flavour profile of the ingredient.
Our QA&QC team ensures that our products and packaging are non-contaminated and meet the international standards and quality specifications of our clients.
Quality, Research & Development
The Pursuit of Innovation
Product List
Product
Specification
Application
Amla
Ashwagandha
Bacopa
Black Pepper
Boswellia
Coleus
Curcumin
Garcinia
Ginger
Green Coffee
Green Tea
Gymnema
Moringa
Mucuna Pruriens
Rosehip
Nutraceutical Ingredients
The word “Nutraceutical” comes from two words Nutrient and Pharmaceutical. Today nutraceuticals are used as preventive care, phytonutrient, micronutrients and probiotics.
Due to the recent pandemic and advanced health challenges, consumers’ belief in using food as medicine is enhancing more than ever today. That is why we bring forward a wide range of standardized ingredients with consistent quality extracted using the finest herbs. Botanicals catering to specific formulation needs.
Advantages
The technology employed by us, allows steady supplies of healthy bio-extracts with strong phytochemicals that can help in boosting your health and lifestyle.
- Scientific validation
- Application and formulation friendly
- Increased Bioavailability
- Standardized and dosage optimized.
- Strong quality controls for solvent residues, pesticides and heavy metals
Application
Our Nutraceutical ingredients can be used for support and enhanced efficacy of treatment in the following areas:
- General Immunity
- Anti-oxidant
- Bone & Joint support
- Heart Health
- Blood Sugar Management
- Weight Management
- Libido
- Digestion
Nutraceutical Ingredients
The word “Nutraceutical” comes from two words Nutrient and Pharmaceutical. Today nutraceuticals are used as preventive care, phytonutrient, micronutrients and probiotics.
Due to the recent pandemic and advanced health challenges, consumers’ belief in using food as medicine is enhancing more than ever today. That is why we bring forward a wide range of standardised ingredients with consistent quality extracted using the finest herbs. Botanicals catering to specific formulation needs.