Py'still won an award for its Hamamelis concentrated hydrosol [10:1] in the "Ingredients with environmental and social added value" category.
Cosmos-certified, from a unique organic production chain on Py'still agroforestry estate, this is sustainable, organic production with a 100 % renewable energy mix, reducing CO₂ emissions, allowing transport-related emissions to be cut by up to 40 times.
"Hamamelis Virginiana Water is a unique Pyrenean product grown in Agroforestry, without inputs, without irrigation COSMOS-Certified 100% after 1/10 dilution. As part of this "Cradle to Gate" LCA, our concentrated product is compared with the average market standard for a Hamamelis hydrosol. At process level Py'stillThe fact that we grow our own crops (no inputs, no irrigation) gives us an undeniable advantage. Electricity consumption is controlled and 100% renewable, with a predominantly hydroelectric energy mix (an advantage for our site in a mountainous area). Our only fossil fuel consumption is natural gas, which is used to boil our hydrodistillation system. Equipped with a high-performance boiler and located in Bagnères de Bigorre at an altitude of 516 meters, the calorific output tends towards the optimum, which translates into -47 % of fossil resources. The cooling water used for condensation is returned cleanly to the Adour basin. Combined with the absence of irrigation, this means -87% less water used.say the designers.
Py'still will be exhibiting at CFIC, stand C77, on December 3rd and 4th in Orléans.
Py'still won an award for its Hamamelis concentrated hydrosol [10:1] in the "Ingredients with environmental and social added value" category. Cosmos-certified, from a unique organic production chain on Py'still's agroforestry estate, this is sustainable, organic production with a 100 % renewable energy mix, reducing CO₂ emissions, making it possible to cut transport-related emissions by up to 40 times. "Hamamelis Virginiana Water is a unique Pyrenean chain grown in Agroforestry, without inputs, without irrigation COSMOS-Certified 100% after 1/10 dilution. As part of this "Cradle to Gate" LCA, our concentrated product is compared with the average market standard for Hamamelis hydrosol. In terms of the Py'still process, our dedicated cultivation (no inputs, no irrigation) gives us an undeniable advantage. Electricity consumption is controlled and 100% renewable, with a predominantly hydroelectric energy mix (an advantage for our site in a mountainous area). Our only fossil fuel consumption is natural gas, which is used to boil our hydrodistillation system. Equipped with a high-performance boiler and located in Bagnères de Bigorre at an altitude of 516 meters, the calorific output tends towards the optimum, which translates into -47 % of fossil resources. The cooling water used for condensation is returned cleanly to the Adour basin. Combined with the absence of irrigation, this means -87% less water used", say the designers.
