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A family tradition, carefully renewed
From 1968, Christiane Rauch delighted family and friends with her herbal recipes. She had a gift for working with plants and seeing what could be made from them. She dreamed of starting a business, but never quite dared. Today her son Stephan, together with the Christiane team, is making that dream real, turning what people around her treasured into products you can enjoy too. Her recipes are our starting point, informed and improved by the latest cutting-edge scientific insights.
Read our storyWhy elderberry?
An Austrian Wunderwuzi.
Stephan’s rediscovery of elderberry felt almost like fate. Reading the scientific literature on natural remedies, he came across dozens of studies on a plant called “elderberry” whose findings caught his attention. He had to look up its German name himself. The answer was Holunder. Then he remembered how often his mother Christiane had spoken to him about elderberry and her recipes. That was where our first collection began.
In Austria, a Wunderwuzi is a remarkably versatile character. Elderberry earns the nickname with its deep colour, tart fruit flavour, and possibilities ranging from pure juice to spiced sirup. It connects Austrian kitchen traditions with intriguing questions for modern research. For us, it is the beginning of a wider exploration of plants.
We add vitamin C and zinc to our elderberry sirups and essences. Both contribute to normal immune function and help protect cells from oxidative stress.
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We want to help you take an active part in caring for your well-being. That also means recipes to cook, simple rituals, and clear information about plants and research, so you can make your own informed choices.
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