MELISA FARM

MELISA FARM d.o.o. is a family company that produces standardised dry and liquid extracts of medicinal herbs such as wild chestnut, valerian, pear, lemon balm, echinacea, ivy, etc. In addition to its basic activity, the company also offers encapsulation and blistering services and the production of instant drinks in granules. We have an internal laboratory equipped for the analysis of active components of medicinal plants (HPLC, GC, UV / VIS, TLC). The laboratory provides constant extracts in accordance with the European regulations and our customer requirements. We are mostly export-oriented (over 90% of placements) and some of our most important markets are Belgium, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and the USA. We also export to Vietnam, Algeria, and Egypt. We have been exhibitors and visitors to the most important international fairs in the field of dietetics, such as Vitafoods in Geneva for many years. We present there our achievements and get acquainted with the trends and new requirements of the global market.

MELISA FARM’s founder, Miloslav Pincir, has realised the importance of medicinal herbs for the first time at the School of Pharmacy. After that, he enrolled in the Faculty of Technology where he graduated as one of the best students. He then got a job at the Institute in Backi Petrovac, where he worked for the first time on a project of extracts-making, but the project was never actually launched. The idea of the great potential of the extracts haunted him for several years until he decided to establish MELISA FARM with his wife Zeljka in 1992. The beginning was not easy, as the couple attempted to grow medicinal herbs. Eventually, they started producing liquid extracts, in modest volume and of limited quality compared to their firm’s present-day output. With perseverance and a love for medicinal herbs Miloslav independently studied the medicinal herbs literature. That enabled him to devise and test innovative and efficient extraction methods. It was a boost for the first investments in machines. The investments were based on loans and enabled the beginning of the production of standardised dry extracts. The turning point for the growth of the company was its orientation towards exports and the visit to the Vitafoods fair in Geneva. There Miroslav has met the first of many foreign buyers. It is a great challenge to maintain a constant high quality on the global market, but MELISA FARM achieved the success by investing in staff and modern equipment.