Our Tongkat Ali extract production starts with the harvesting of the roots. Our raw material is all collected in the wild. Collection is tiresome because Tongkat Ali roots grow mostly vertical into the ground, and they do so for up to two meters. For each root that is to be harvested, an individual hole has to be dug: roots cannot just be pulled out of the soil.
All our roots are collected by cooperatives of indigenous tribal people who have a so-called 'adat' right on the forests where they collect Tongkat Ali roots. 'Adat' forests are traditionally owned by whole tribal communities, not by individuals or corporations.
In forests where the Tongkat Ali roots are collected, no pesticides are used whatsoever, and there is also no industrial pollution. The nearest town is at least 50 kilometers away from the areas where our roots are collected. For this reason, the soil where our Tongkat Ali roots are collected carries virtually no load of industrial pollutants.
For the production of our Tongkat Ali extract supplement, only roots are used. While the same glyco-proteins that form the active ingredients of Tongkat Ali roots are also found in the stem, branches, and even the leaves of the shrub, the concentration of active ingredients is by far the highest in the root. Especially in roots of shrubs older than 5 years which is what we use for the production of our extract supplement.
Instead of using the usual water extraction process, our extract is derived from alcohol extraction. Through our research, it has been found that many of the active ingredients (glyco-proteins) are not soluble in water. Therefore the traditional way of water extraction is not used in our production process. Instead, we use alcohol as the solvent to extract the more potent active ingredients lying latent within.