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Bitter Orange

Wilhelm and the Bitter Orange

The Bitter Orange, Wilhelm`s choice of special excellence, is the natural raw material selected since the start of business, for industrialisation and trading.

Wilhelm in alliance with 1200 independent farmers guarantee the supply and quality of the product.

The company, apart from the petitgrain oil, innovated with products such as the Distilled Bitter Orange oil and dried orange fruits.

Products of Bitter orange

Main product obtained from the Bitter Orange tree

Petitgrain oil main product obtained from the Bitter orange tree, home-grown in Paraguay.

Its beginning dates back to 1880. Paraguay is at present the world’s largest Petitgrain oil producer.

Product’s characteristic
Appearance Liquid
Colour Pale Yellow
Odour Characteristic, leafy citric

Main identified components:
› Linalol
› Linalyl Acetate

Distilled Bitter Orange Oil obtained by the steam distillation of the fresh peels of the Bitter Orange fruit.

Product’s characteristic:
Colour: Colorless to pale yellow
Appearance: Clear, mobile liquid
Odour: Characteristic of fresh, bitter orange peel-efferuescent. Limonene

Bitter Orange small dried fruits export operations set off in 1998 and have, since then, moved uphill. It has been used mainly in cosmetics.