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Wild-harvested rainforest ingredients for cosmetic and food applications

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#RainforestValue products from Forestwise are wild harvested, with respect for nature. We build on the natural diversity of the rainforest in Borneo and the versatility of its inhabitants to create rainforest ingredients for the personal care and food industries.

Our Products

Organic FFL Illipe Butter RBD

Organic FFL Illipe Butter Crude

FFL Illipe Butter Decolourised

COSMOS Buah Merah Oil

Organic FFL Kukui Nut Oil

Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

Organic Coconut Flower Sugar

Organic Arenga Rainforest Sugar

Picture: Kemal Juffri for Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition

Forestwise creates #rainforestvalue

The rainforest contains many products that can be harvested from the wild: gathered from their natural habitat without causing the rainforest any harm. These products contain many powerful natural ingredients that find valuable uses in the cosmetics and food industries.

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Sustainable cosmetic and food ingredients

Help us preserve Borneo's remaining 44% rainforest

In the past 50 years, more than 50% of Borneo’s original rainforest has been lost to deforestation. Every second, a patch of rainforest the size of a soccer field disappears to make place for monoculture plantations. This has huge impact on the environment and the people who live in it.

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Testimonials

Working with Forestwise has been a unique and unforgettable experience for me. The team has been supportive, helpful and has guided me through all the humps and hoops of international trade. The products are top quality and have the purest and wildest feel – just the way I like it. My ultimate goal with my business is to do something good for a community of small farmers that harvest the nuts and seeds wild, and process them in small batches into the oils and butters that I use in my handmade soaps and skin products. The Illipe butter is amazing. I use it in combination with Mango Butter and Apricot Kernel Oil in a cold cream for my face every day. I also used a lot of Illipe Butter in the balm and I whipped it. It's snowy white and the butter just melts on the skin. It's the best - a great product. Ladson’s relationship with Forestwise is just the beginning of a long lasting friendship. Thank you for making this possible for myself and for the planet.

Ladson’s LLC

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When making sourcing decisions, positive environmental and social impact are key metrics. We’ve been working with Forestwise on illipe butter since 2019 and their business model based on forest conservation through community collaboration has continued to impress. During our first visit in 2019 it was clear the care that has gone into cultivating relationships with partner communities. Their transparency in operating, commitment to continual improvement and willingness to collaborate has made them an incredibly valued supplier.

Jesse Pretty | Buying – Lush Cosmetics North America

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"The Illipe butter I got close to 3 years ago is still as fresh as when I got it and I never had any problem with my illipe butter in my formulations (Soap and Lotions) that other people in the soaping group I am in seem to have with illipe butters from other suppliers. And I got my Buah Merah yesterday! Happy Dance!! I love the fact that it absorbs instantly without feeling greasy. I will be making a face serum and lotion with it"

Sarah Ogunde

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I used the Illipe in a small test batch, and it is wonderful. Gives a stable emulsion, and lends luxurious feel to the cream - smooth and not too greasy. Besides it blended well with other butters and oils when melted slowly on a low heat. I give it a thumbs up. simply said - WONDERFUL! Though I had to dig it up from the bucket with a bit of elbow grease☺. In the end I melted the entire thing, and put it in small 50g muffin forms, so I can use it in the future.

Kay

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'The Illipe butter from Forestwise is simply wonderful! It is of the highest quality and the best I've been able to find. It is the key ingredient in my lip balms and a staple in many of my products as it gives them a great consistency with a higher melting point that I simply can't obtain with any other butter. I love and admire the transparency and ethics behind the Forestwise company and I'm very happy to have the opportunity to buy my raw ingredients from such a pure, honest and sustainable source" .

Solveig Nicolajsen | Founder Tree and Earth Creams

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Discover our wild-harvested rainforest products yourself

If you are interested in rainforest products, take a look at our exciting range of products that find valuable uses in the cosmetics and food industry. Our ingredients are used in formulations for skincare, haircare, sun care and other personal care products, as well as various food applications.
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Our products

Our oil presses ready for production

Forestwise factory in Sintang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Demonstration of pressing illipe nut at the factory opening with the bupati (district head) of Sintang, pak Jarot Winarno

Dayak ladies performing a traditional dance at the factory opening

Our oil presses ready for production

Forestwise factory in Sintang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Demonstration of pressing illipe nut at the factory opening with the bupati (district head) of Sintang, pak Jarot Winarno

Dayak ladies performing a traditional dance at the factory opening

NEWS & STORIES

The Value of Forests Sustainability and Preserved : Insights from the Tropical Rainforest Value Tengkawang (Ilipe Nut) Seminar

Forestwise and partners gathered experts, communities, and policymakers at the Tropical Rainforest Value Tengkawang Seminar to spotlight one message: forests and livelihoods can grow together. The event showcased new research proving the strength of diversified forest economies and highlighted how tengkawang innovation is shaping a modern, sustainable green economy for West Kalimantan.

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Forestwise Joins Forces with RS Group and NTV

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DKSH Partners with Forestwise for Several Key Markets in Western Europe

Forestwise has started a new partnership with DKSH, an innovative provider of sustainable products from rainforests, for the personal care industry in several key markets in Western Europe

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Forestwise exhibits at Cosmetic Business Live in May - come join us

Forestwise exhibits at Cosmetic Business Live in May

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Forestwise goes OnScent in the USA

New partners for Forestwise in the USA. We're pleased to announce that Forestwise has signed an agreement with OnScent in New Jersey to develop our range of sustainably sourced rainforest oils, butters and sugars into the US personal care market.

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Forestwise closes forest protection agreements with villages supplying illipe nuts

Forestwise introduces a new way of forest conservation, by closing forest protection agreements with villages that supply us with illipe nuts, in an effort to formalize our common goals, to protect the remaining forests.

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