Our Story
AltraFlora was founded in Denizli, Turkey, to produce supercritical CO₂ plant extracts for the cosmetic, food, nutraceutical, and feed industries — rosemary, sage, black cumin, Izmir oregano, amaranth. From the first day of production we kept quality control in our own hands: we built an analytical laboratory right next to the production line. Over time that laboratory outgrew its quality-control role and became a fully equipped chromatography lab and a process-development division operating under its own name (AltraProcess). Today the two sides work in the same building, with the same team: one produces the extract, the other proves it. Every claim we make about an extract is the result of our own scientific analysis.
Production
We operate supercritical CO₂ extraction exclusively — no organic solvents at any stage, which means no solvent residues and full preservation of heat-sensitive actives. Two systems in continuous operation:
- Superex SC-1000: 1 L laboratory extractor rated to 500 bar, two separators. Used for method development, active-compound isolation, and small production batches.
- Superex P-60: Industrial system with two 30 L extractors, working pressures up to 345 bar, CO₂ flow of 5 kg/min, and greater than 95% CO₂ recovery.
Both systems are engineered and built in Turkey by Pard Engineering under the Superex brand. Every new product is developed and optimized on the 1 L unit, then transferred to the industrial line — this is how we reach the optimal conditions and throughput for each product.
Analytical Laboratory
Our in-house laboratory runs a Shimadzu chromatography line: GCMS-QP2020 NX (volatile compound identification, NIST library), Nexis GC-2030 (FID), an HPLC with photodiode-array detector, and a multi-mode plate reader (total phenolics, DPPH/ABTS/FRAP antioxidant assays). Every production lot is analysed before shipping. We test against European Pharmacopoeia parameters: total ash, pesticides, aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, benzo(a)pyrene. Microbial safety is verified to ISO standards. The TDS and MSDS that ship with your order are based on measurements we performed — not outsourced reports.
Team and Academic Ties
Our laboratory is led by Dr Denizcan Köseoğlu, a PhD-trained analytical chemist. We work under the same roof as PARD Engineering (Konya), the manufacturer of our extraction systems: a hardware modification can be made on Monday and a pilot batch run on Friday. We maintain joint research and publications with Pamukkale, Istanbul, and Bursa Uludağ universities — we treat every commercial project as if it were going to be published; the discipline shows in the results.
What We Produce
Standardized, solvent-free CO₂ extracts of rosemary, sage, black cumin, Izmir oregano, amaranth, and other botanicals — for nutraceutical, cosmetic, food, and feed formulators. See our full catalog with specifications.
Experience We Share
Because we develop our own extraction processes and operate both laboratory-scale and industrial-scale systems daily, we also advise companies planning their first supercritical CO₂ investment. Capacity assessment, process development, documentation (TDS, MSDS, COA) — we can help you define what you need before you sit down with equipment vendors. Learn more on our CO₂ extraction page.