Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla — flowers
Whole / TBCMoisture ≤ 10%Blue-oil rich
Harvest · January – April
Fayum Basin · Egypt
Single-origin botanicals from Egypt's oldest oasis.
Steam-sterilized, pesticide-compliant, fully lot-traceable dried herbs — grown in the Fayum depression, processed to European specification, and documented down to the field.
Steam-only · no EtO · no irradiation
ESA Quality Minima-aligned specs
QCAP ISO/IEC 17025-tested lots
aw ≤ 0.60 target
The origin
One basin. One water source. One standard.
The Fayum depression has been farmed continuously for more than 5,000 years — fed by a single arm of the Nile, the Bahr Yussef. Its calcareous soils and dry desert air make it, together with the neighbouring Beni Suef and Minya belt, the heart of Egypt's chamomile, marjoram and calendula production.
We source from named plots inside this belt, contract the growing season before it starts, and put every lot through one uncompromising process — so the herb that leaves our line is the herb your auditor approves.
5,000+years of continuous cultivation in the Fayum basin
100%steam-only sterilization — never EtO, never irradiation
48 hfull audit pack on any lot, on request
1–5 tflexible lot sizes for specialist importers
The crops
Grown in the belt. Finished to spec.
Whole, tea-bag cut and fine cut — each with botanical identity, moisture, ash and volatile-oil parameters aligned to the ESA Quality Minima, and an MRL report from an ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory.
Calendula
Calendula officinalis — petals
Loose petalsColour-gradedLow stem
Harvest · December – March
Hibiscus
Hibiscus sabdariffa — calyces (Aswan)
Whole / CutDeep-red gradeSun-dried
Harvest · October – December
Marjoram
Origanum majorana — leaves
Whole / TBC / FineVO-richStem-controlled
Harvest · May – October
Basil
Ocimum basilicum — leaves
Whole / CrushedGreen-gradedAroma-locked
Harvest · June – October
Spearmint
Mentha spicata — leaves
Whole / TBCCarvone profileColour-true
Harvest · April – October
The Fayum Standard
Five rules. Every lot. No exceptions.
Pesticide-first sourcing
Contracted plots, spray diaries and pre-harvest interval control — with an MRL screen on the field sample before we buy, not after you complain.
Steam-only sterilization
A validated saturated-steam process built to a 5-log reduction standard. No ethylene oxide. No irradiation. Ever.
Foreign-matter control
Multi-stage sieving, destoning, magnets and metal detection — engineered around the ESA Quality Minima extraneous-matter limits.
One lot, one passport
Every lot carries a QR passport: plot of origin, spray diary, sterilization cycle log, moisture & aw, and the laboratory COA.
Documents in 48 hours
Specs, COAs, flow charts, allergen & food-fraud statements — the full audit pack lands in your inbox within two working days.
Traceability
Scan the tag. Read the field.
Our digital lot passport connects your purchase order to the exact plots, the sterilization cycle data and the laboratory report — one scan, full custody chain. Built for EU due-diligence files, US FSMA-204 traceability and GCC import dossiers.
■ LOT PASSPORT
LotFB-2701-CHM
Crop / plotChamomile · Abshway A-14
Sterilization F₀ log✓ attached
MRL report (17025 lab)✓ attached
aw / moisture0.52 · 8.9%
Harvest calendar
Book the season before it blooms.
CalendulaDec – Mar
ChamomileJan – Apr
SpearmintApr – Oct
MarjoramMay – Oct
BasilJun – Oct
LemongrassJun – Nov
HibiscusOct – Dec
Now booking the 2027 chamomile season.
Reserve volumes and receive stage-one field samples with laboratory reports.