Zhivana Organics
is a USDA organic supplier and manufacturer of wildcrafted berries,
fruit and medicinal herbs from Ukraine. Our products include both
conventional and organic positions.
Our raw material
berries and herbs grow in their natural habitat in the
ecologically clean regions of Ukraine. They are harvested
in the woods, on the hills, along the banks of Dnister and Pivdenny
Bug rivers, away from the villages, farms and industrial
facilities. Workers carefully hand pick berries and herbs at the
perfect ripening time for each product.
The raw material
fruit and berries are taken to our facility where they get cleaned
with water and dehydrated in a temperature-controlled convection
heat rooms. After that the berries are cleaned **5 times from stems
and twigs, leaves, stones, imperfect pieces, unripen
berries.
Fresh medicinal
herbs are taken to our facility and cleaned by hand. We dry the
herbs in the convection heat rooms and let them cool for *4 hours.
After that we separate leaves, flowers and process according to the
Client\'s needs.
Each batch of
products goes through lab tests to determine its correspondence to
the national standards for the specific products. The Certificate
of Analysis incudes data on physical and chemical parameters,
organoleptic parameters, pesticide residues, toxic element content,
radioactivity, microbiological parameters, food safety
data. Organic products get tested in Germany. The test report
includes data on **9 pesticides.
We appreciate the gifts of nature and practice sustainable
operation principles to preserve ability of the nature to restore
itself. As a way to give back, every spring our team plants
uncommon plants and trees to contribute to biodiversity of the
Ukrainian forest.