Bordas is an important and well-recognised company in many international markets as food, flavours, fragrances, nutraceuticals, pharmaceutical and animal feed ones.

We manufacture flavonoids and other functional raw materials.

Additionally, we have developed our own line of fruit and vegetables derivatives tailor-made production (candied, cells, comminute, concentrates, dehydrates, fresh fruit, juices, peels, pulps, purees and slices), both organic and conventional:

Our main citrus derivatives:

Although citrus fruits are known to be an excellent source of vitamin C, these fruits contain natural bioflavonoids too.

Bioflavonoids is a term used to describe biologically active molecules found naturally in different plants, named flavonoids, which improve health.

Each citrus fruit contains different types of flavonoids, in different amounts and concentration. The citrus fruits listed before contain high concentrations of the following bioflavonoids:

• Diosmetin
• Diosmin
• Hesperidin, from Sweet Orange
• Naringin, from Grapefruit
• Narirutin
• Neohesperidin, from Seville Bitter Orange
• Nobiletin
• Quercetin
• Rutin
• Tangeretin

Diosmin is a natural flavonoid mainly present in the peel of some citrus fruits, such as oranges and lemons.

• It reduces capillary fragility by increasing the tonicity of the blood vessels, so it significantly improves the correct circulation of blood when taken. This fact also produces a decrease in blood pressure in cases of venous hypertension.
• It improves the return of the blood flow: This effect makes diosmin a very interesting active ingredient, which combats stasis associated with chronic venous insufficiency.
• It increases the capillary resistance: Diosmin reduces the capillary permeability and diminishes the passage of harmful substances that could cause some adverse effects.
• Because of all this effect, it is used as a treatment for different pathologies that are related to poor blood circulation, such as varicose veins and hemorrhoids.

Widely used: The use of diosmin is widely approved in many countries.

Scientifically proven properties: Several Scientific studies recognise that diosmin is beneficial in the treatment of all the illnesses described.

Synergy: In many occasions, diosmin is used in the pharmaceutical industry in combination with another natural citrus flavonoid called hesperidin. This combination of flavonoids makes a synergistic oral complex that increases the activities of each flavonoids taken separately. Therefore, this diosmin-hesperidin complex is widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, such as chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and hemorrhoids (HD); obtaining a more effective and faster response.

Bordas has a long-standing experience in the extraction and treatment of natural raw materials, and in the transformation of functional ingredients.

Our diosmin production is based on a controlled production according to international quality standards, that guarantees the highest quality in our products.

Moreover, Bordas is carrying out different studies to optimize diosmin production processes, in order to improve its performance and stability.