For formulators

Your formula, on spec, every lot.

Cosmetic, nutraceutical, food and pharma brands: a botanical input whose marker content stays within your specification, lot after lot, so your formulas and claims stay stable.

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The problem

When the plant varies, the formula moves.

Grown in two fields or two seasons, one species yields different levels of the molecules you formulate with.

01

Reformulation

A new lot with a different marker level means new trials and new stability work.

02

Claims at risk

A claim built on one profile has to hold on the next lot, and the one after.

03

A supply you cannot plan

Harvests, regions and prices change every season.

How we answer

We grow your input to a chemical specification.

01

You specify

A species, a target compound and a specification, or a reference sample.

02

We program the plant

Discovery · 3 to 6 months

We develop the light, climate and nutrition protocol and validate it analytically. You receive a validated SOP and reproducibility data.

03

We repeat it, every week

Supply · 24 to 36 months

Every batch measured against your specification. Fresh, dried or freeze-dried. Your protocol stays exclusive to you.

What we can show today

Proof, as it stands.

01 · Reproducibility

Batch-to-batch variation

Key markers measured on every lot, against the agreed specification.

02 · Production

Already growing

Elicited microgreens in production; CyanoRed™ and KeyProPea™ selected for SIAL Innovation 2026. A selection shows recognition, not performance.

03 · Characterisation

Independent analysis

Phytochemical characterisation by an independent laboratory.

Questions

Frequently asked questions.

Why does the marker content of a botanical ingredient vary?

In open fields, climate, soil, season and harvest change how much of each molecule a plant makes. The same species can give different marker levels from one lot to the next.

How does Horssol keep marker content within specification?

The plant is grown in a controlled environment following a validated protocol, and each batch is measured against the agreed specification before release.

Can the growing protocol be exclusive?

Yes. A protocol developed for your specification stays exclusive to you.

Horssol, from the French hors-sol: grown off the soil.