Bio Extracts: Makers of ‘Baraka’ win 2 Presidential Export awards

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Bio Extracts Ltd. won two awards at the recently held Presidential Export awards under the Ayurveda and Health/Personal Care Products Sector.

Bio Extracts Ltd. is a subsidiary of Aberdeen Holdings which is a leading diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka. The company was established in 1994 and has developed the Baraka brand that now has a global presence in over 20 countries and 50 cities spanning over Europe, Russia, Middle East and Asia. Locally Baraka products are stocked at all leading super markets, 2000 pharmacies and 300 Ayurveda outlets island wide.

The company is housed in a 40,000 sq. ft. facility equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, a fully equipped modern laboratory and a dedicated R & D division. Bio Extracts Ltd. was the pioneer of Soft Gelatin encapsulation in Sri Lanka. It is also the world’s leading manufacturer of Black Seed Oil and the Baraka range of herbal remedies use Black Seed as the base ingredient. Bio Extracts Ltd. are proud to be the first Sri Lankan company to manufacture herbal products using age old herbal remedies in combination with modern technology and the products are GMP approved by Sri Lankan Standard Institute and the factory is approved by the Department of Ayurveda, Ministry of Health Sri Lanka.

The organisation has also entered the field of export of value added virgin coconut oil in the form of capsules, spreads and organic oils.

The company is managed by a very professional team ably lead by the founder Managing Director Sattar Kassim who has been in the forefront of development that has continuously secured many prestigious national awards. The company is on a positive growth path and the passion for innovation drives Bio Extracts to invest heavily on research and development of new herbal formulations to supplement and complement its existing product range.