Patchouli oil certified premium grade

SINGAPORE – A recent harvest and production of patchouli oil by Asia Plantation Capital on its plantations in Sri Lanka has been certified as premium grade by independent analysts at the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) in Colombo.

Asia Plantation Capital has been producing sustainable and organic patchouli oil on its plantations for the last year. Patchouli oil is extracted from the leaves of the perennial patchouli bush, which can be harvested, sustainably, every 3 to 4 months.

ITI spectrometry results clearly indicated the high content of patchouli oil (0.53%) and patchouli alcohol (54.56%) in the oil sample taken after the distillation process. Of these compounds, patchouli alcohol is the main constituent which determines the quality of the oil and a patchouli alcohol content of over 30% is considered excellent quality. Consequently, the price of the patchouli oil strongly depends on the ratio of Patchouli alcohol present in the oil.

The results show that the cultivation of patchouli for commercial oil extraction in Sri Lanka is a viable proposition, and is a significant breakthrough for Asia Plantation Capital, which already cultivates patchouli in Thailand. Large scale production of patchouli in Sri Lanka can be particularly beneficial as it can create a new, high quality crop to boost exports and the rural economy.

Lalith Ganlath, attorney for Asia Plantation Capital in Colombo, said, “I am very keen to help promote this project and encourage out-growers to cultivate the patchouli, which can become part of their existing agroforestry incomes. It will also help maximise land use and returns for rural farmers, with Asia Plantation Capital agreeing to buy back the dry leaves which can be harvested every 3 months."

Patchouli oil is one of the most widely used oils in the international Fragrance industry and has a forecast industry value of over $46 billion in 2018, according to Industry Analyst's Inc. It is also one of the few natural essential oils which cannot be reproduced in synthetically in high quality required for use in perfumes; making the demand for this excellent oil relatively assured.

Asia Plantation Capital, with its own distribution offices, retail shops and warehouses in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the USA, is well set to become a major supplier of sustainable patchouli oil, traceable to the source of production.  Over the next year, the company aims to establish over 5,000 acres of patchouli fields using a combination of their own lands in Southeast Asia and out grower schemes in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia. All production for the plantations will be supplied with Certificate of Origin, Certificate of Analysis (CofA), Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for exports and Flow of Processing and Product Specification. In addition, the oil will be packaged under the group's perfume brand, "Fragrance Du Bois" and branded, "Patchouli Du Bois" as a further stamp of guaranteed quality -- which has been a key to the success in globally marketing the company's other essential oils such as Oud (agarwood) and also infected wood chips.Nike Shox Current 807