About Us
Who we are?
APIPHEN Sarl is a young company in Switzerland, a family business, specialized in using beehive products to bring on the market superfoods with a direct impact on the well-being and health of the people, created with respect and care for nature.
The APIPHEN company, located in AgriCo Swiss Campus for Agri & Food Innovation St Aubin, Fribourg, has as its strategy the development of innovative food products based on patented technologies, thus ensuring sustainable solutions and high quality products for consumers.
Our vision for the development of APIPHEN is to integrate my patents and my knowledge in the field of food science and industry, thus responding to consumers' desire to have access to healthy, non-invasively processed and easy-to-use food products.
The name APIPHEN represents a synergy between nature and science. API - comes from the field of beekeeping (apiculture, apitherapy, apis - the Latin name for bees) and PHEN - comes from the phenolic compounds found in bee products.
As natural as the bees like!
Bees are essential for agriculture and the ecosystem. There is no need for tractors to produce honey, no need for large machines to collect it from the hives, no use of fertilizers, water and other resources, no generation of waste. There are also very few steps from hive to shelf, making honey not only one of the most natural products, but also one of the most sustainable. Beekeepers' care for bees is supported by the consumption of honey, but especially by diversifying the use of honey through the development of innovative foods.
The decision to use fruit and honey as a valuable ingredient in our products ensures that we are part of a sustainable food system. Through our dedication to valorizing the properties of honey while protecting the well-being of bees and nature, we contribute to a sustainable future. We value the importance of bees and are looking for innovative ways to integrate honey into our products by developing processing methods that involve reduced energy and water consumption. The stability of products over time at room temperature also leads to reduced energy consumption in storage.
Our method
The fact that our products are manufactured using patented production processes is a prime USP, ensuring the uniqueness of our products. We work with only two ingredients: honey and fruit (we do not use flavours or other additives) to make sure that we process the raw materials with great care to preserve their natural properties.
A great advantage of our products is the fact that in the production processes we do not use temperatures higher than 42 degrees which leads to a lower energy consumption making the production processes more environmentally friendly. Moreover, the products are very versatile, easy to use, have a long shelf life and do not require special storage conditions.
Our products are intended for both B2C and B2B.