Finzelberg celebrates 150 years of quality, innovation, and sustainability

2025 marks a major milestone for Finzelberg as the family business founded by pharmacist Hermann Finzelberg in 1875 in Andernach, Germany, celebrates its 150^th anniversary under the motto ‘Here’s to the next 150 years!’.

Finzelberg is one of the leading providers of highly effective, premium botanical extracts with a vast portfolio of extracts sourced from over 80 plant species. Its branded ingredients, including among others CONCENTAL, RECOVERA, and 360GUT have been verified and patented in accordance with the most rigorous scientific standards.  Many of those extracts are ingredients in some of the world’s best-known medicinal and dietary supplement products.

“We deliver effective results thanks to our high-performing botanical extracts and the excellent, science-based advice we offer our customers in the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industries,” says Finzelberg CEO Michael Braig. “We assure the highest quality from the field to the final product. Over our history of 150 years, we have consistently proven that we can get the very best results for our customers – thanks to our innovative power and our commitment to quality. And we have had close, trusting relationships with many of our customers for several decades now.” 

Looking to the future

As a pioneer in sustainable transformation, Finzelberg achieved climate neutrality at its German sites in 2025 - reducing CO₂e emissions by 88% compared to the base year of 2020 and voluntarily compensate for the remaining 12% of site-related emissions from 2025.

“Achieving a neutral carbon footprint at our German sites is an extraordinary milestone for our climate strategy,” Braig enthuses. “We have demonstrated that although ambitious climate protection goals may be challenging, they are attainable.”

Finzelberg’s Go Zero climate neutrality action plan was recently recognised with the NutraIngredients Editors’ Award for Sustainability Initiative of the Year in 2024.

Finzelberg’s management strategy is set for the long term. Since 1989, the company has belonged to the nature network, a unique group of companies that offers an impressive range of botanical-based products and services.

The nature network’s expertise ranges from cultivation, wild harvesting, and processing to the analysis and licensing of natural products. The companies that belong to the network are united by their shared sense of responsibility for nature and human beings.

“By taking a responsible approach from the very first link in our supply chain, we create sustainable added value for everyone who works with us,” says Braig. “That applies to our sustainably cultivated botanicals, our resource-saving production processes, our recyclable packaging, and the pyrolysis of our plant residues to make biochar. This strategy has enabled us to become a pioneer in the sustainable transformation of our sector.”

With its motto for 2025, “Here’s to the next 150 years!”, Finzelberg will be hosting various occasions looking back at the successes it has achieved and forward at its ambitions for the future. “Our botanicals and our scientific services will of course play a central role in all of that,” says Braig, “but so will our sustainability strategy.”

For more information on this milestone, or to speak to the Finzelberg team contact,  globalsales@finzelberg.com or visit their LinkedIn page.