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Promoting sustainable & healthy living worldwide, Nektium´s product portfolio covers a range of health benefits, with a particular focus on cognition, stress & relax, sports & active nutrition as well as weight management.
With a profound understanding of botanicals and state-of-the-art, eco-friendly technology, Nektium focuses with an experience of over 25 years on quality and full transparency along the entire value chain to deliver proven solutions to the market in the shape of safe, environmentally-conscious and evidence-based botanical extracts.
From the branded ingredient portfolio:
Rhodiolife®
Rhodiolife® offers a whole host of benefits for your product development needs, across sports and cognitive health. Helping the body adapt to stress, this extensively studied ingredient is standardized to two different grades of rosavins and salidroside.
The product at a glance:
- Rhodiolife® was the first Rhodiola rosea extract to be sustainably sourced on a commercial scale
- Rhodiola rosea is backed by traditional use and science that supports its benefits
- First sports grade for safe use in sports nutrition formulations
- Find out more about Rhodiolife: www.nektium.com/rhodiolife
Vanizem™
Vanizem™ is a fast-acting, non-sedative patented botanical extract from Aframomum melegueta, designed to support a positive mood and provide effective management of daily stress.
The product at a glance:
- Regulates mood and anxious feelings by balancing the endocannabinoid system.
- Demonstrates effects within just three days at a low dosage.
- Backed by a clinical study showing a reduction in stress and anxious feelings, enhanced sleep quality, and overall relaxation.
- Developed with patent-pending microencapsulation technology, ensuring improved stability, extended shelf life, enhanced efficacy, and formulation versatility.
- Derived from sustainably sourced Aframomum melegueta cultivated in West Africa.
Zynamite®
Zynamite® is the natural and clean label extract from the leaves of Mangifera indica (mango tree). It is formulated to deliver mental and physical stimulation. Side effect free, this patented ingredient acts on multiple CNS targets, stimulating brain activity such as faster reaction times and speed up of mental activation. It supports the ergogenic effect, improving physical performance and recovery in sports.
Supported by multiple human trials, publications, and patent families, Zynamite® has earned numerous global industry awards for research, innovation, and sports. This includes the NutraIngredients-USA Award 2024 in the Nutrition Research Project category for Zynamite® PX.
The product at a glance:
- The only clean label and research-proven mango leaf extract globally
- Zynamite® is backed by a large number of studies and is included in numerous research papers
- Zynamite® is as suitable for supplements as for food and beverage applications
- Find out more about Zynamite: www.nektium.com/zynamite
Xanthigen®
Xanthigen® is a proprietary blend of Wakame (also known as brown seaweed) and pomegranate seed oil. It is reach in antioxidants and polyphenols. A peer-reviewed, double-blind, placebo-controlled human clinical trial demonstrated its effect on weight management, particularly on body fat reduction and body weight loss. The study furthermore showed significant improvements in blood lipid profiles, inflammatory markers and blood pressure.
The product at a glance:
- Proven and patented synergistic effect of fucoxanthin and pomegranate seed oil
- Human clinical study demonstrates weight management benefits
- Low dose allows consumers to integrate Xanthigen® into daily routine
- Find out more about Xanthigen: www.nektium.com/xanthigen
Premium botanicals
By understanding the true power and behavior of botanicals, Nektium carefully tailors innovative solutions for specific health and wellness needs. It's botanical extracts are about using fully traceable botanical raw material, processed at Nektium’s manufacturing facilities to extract the bioactives supporting health and wellbeing. It goes without saying that this is done to the highest quality standards.
Discover our carefully selected portfolio of extracts covering a wide range of health benefits and applications: www.nektium.com

