Who we are

Kräuter Mix GmbH – Passion for Plants

  • Medium-sized production and trading company for herbal raw materials
  • Family-owned company in the third and fourth generation
  • Locations: Abtswind, Wiesentheid (Germany)
  • Founded 1919
  • Industrial supplier for the sectors food, phytopharmaceuticals, tea, extracts, spirits, pet food
  • Turnover 2023: 153 million Euro
  • Export share 2023: 51 percent
  • 480 employees

Management:

Managing partners: Christoph Mix, Bernhard Mix
Managing director: Silke Wurlitzer

Here you can find our organizational chart.

Range of products:

  • Dried vegetables, dried mushrooms, culinary herbs, spices, spice blends, superfoods
  • Herbal raw materials, phytopharmaceutical active ingredients, medicinal herbs, medicinal teas
  • Herbal and fruit teas
  • Services: Germ reduction, protective treatment of stocks, raw material refinement (cleaning, optical sorting, cutting, grinding, mixing, pelletizing, hand picking), logistics, storage

Here you can find out more about our range of products.

Raw material procurement:

  • Procurement on global raw materials markets from the best cultivation and collection areas
  • National and international contract cultivation
  • Development of sustainable supply structures
  • International project work

Here you can find out more about procurement.

Production:

  • Gentle raw material refinement on modern, high-performance systems
  • Processes: Drying, cleaning, optical sorting, cutting, grinding, mixing, pelletizing, hand picking, germ reduction, GMP production, protective treatment of stocks
  • Processing lines (separated by product groups), mixing units for powder, fine and coarse cuts, systems for powder creation (inert and cold grinding), pelletizing, drying and optical sorting, stock protective treatment systems (PH₃, CO₂), Care-Mix germ reduction systems with saturation steam (continuous and batch processes) for all cut sizes and powder, hand picking

Here you can find out more about production.

Laboratory:

  • Instrumental analyses
  • Physico-chemical analyses
  • Pharmacopoeia analyses
  • Sensory analyses
  • Identity tests

Here you can find out more about our laboratory.

Certifications:

  • AEO
  • Animal feed registration (EC Regulation 183/2005)
  • Eco (EU Regulation 2018/848; DE-Öko-001)
  • EMAS
  • FDA Facility Registration
  • FSSC 22000
  • GMP
  • GMP+ B1
  • Halal
  • ISO 14001
  • ISO 22000
  • Kosher (parve)
  • License for the manufacturing of medicines [Section 13, Subsection 1 of the German “Arzneimittelgesetz” (Medicines Law)]
  • Natrue
  • NOP
  • Rainforest Alliance Certified
  • SMETA 4 Pillars Audit (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit)

Here you can find out more about our certifications.

Logistics:

  • Storage area: 60,000 m², pest-protected
  • Storage volume: 390,000 m³
  • Pallets: 85,000
  • Average stock: 20,000 tons
  • Storage technology: Mobile storage shelves, double-deep pallet warehouses, automated guided vehicle system

Here you can find out more about logistics.