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Our variety of raw materials is like a journey around the world. After all, we are Europe's herb and spice distributor with the widest assortment. We keep 1,600 dried, herbal raw materials in stock for you and distribute them in Germany, Europe and all over the world.
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June 2, 2025

Public holiday

Dear customers, we would like to inform you that we will be closed on 9th of June due to a public holiday. We will be available for you again as usual on June 10th.
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Webshop Update
April 8, 2025

Dear customers we would like to inform you that our webshop has been updated to a new version. Despite all due care, errors may have been introduced. If you notice any discrepancies we look forward to hearing from you. Please send an e-mail to: webshop@galke.com or call: +49 5327 8681 0.

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BioOst 2025 in Leipzig
13. April 2025

Herbase ist unsere neue Marke für Balance und Well-Being. Basis sind ausschließlich pflanzliche Rohstoffe, wie sie die Natur bereithält. Und die Natur liegt uns von Herbase sowieso ganz besonders am Herzen. Kein Wunder also, dass wir nicht nur bei unseren Produkten auf Nachhaltigkeit achten, sondern auch bei deren Verpackung. Wir freuen uns, Sie auf der BioOst in Leipzig am 13. April 2025 am Stand 4-A34 begrüßen und Ihnen die Herbase Kräutervielfalt vorstellen zu dürfen.

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BIOFACH in Nuremberg from February 11-14, 2025
January 9th, 2025

Dear customers, we would like to welcome you again this year at our stand at BIOFACH in Nuremberg. You will find our stand in hall 7, stand 7-321. We look forward to your visit!

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Processing

Processing
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Cutting

At Galke we prefer to obtain whole goods from every part of the world, so ...
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Sieving

Metal detectors identify and separate even the smallest metal particles, and ...
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Grinding

Like cutting, milling is also one of our everyday production processes. So it’s no surprise that ...
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Blending

Large drums mix our products slowly and carefully. Slow revolution speeds demand much ...
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Disinfestation

If pest control should be an issue, we can deal with it. Our disinfestation equipment can hold up to ...
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Steam treatment

As far as microbacterial contamination is concerned, we ...
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Packaging

Although we mainly store and resell bulk goods in our area of 24,366 m², we ...
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Foreword - so that enthusiasm can (re-)grow. The love for the region, the passion for nature and the willingness to give everything for it: Perhaps our attitude to what we do every day can best be summed up like this.
While the whole world is talking about sustainability, here in Gittelde we look at each other in amazement: These seemingly so new maxims have always been our orientation. Only talked about it we have more less. We prefer to do. Certainly, this is also due to the fact that our raw materials would hardly be imaginable without an intact nature. Wherever they are gathered and harvested, space and time are needed to enable new growth. Live and let live.
Only those who have understood this and act accordingly ensure renewable enthusiasm and make it possible for future generations to earn a living and an income.

Greetings from Gittelde
Your Hartmut Galke and Team
Galke - inherently better. At Galke, we trade in dried herbs, spices and herbal raw materials worldwide. We process and refine these and offer our customers the corresponding services.
As an owner-managed family business with over 100 years of history and in the fourth generation, we have contacts. This enables us to import directly from the countries of origin. We also have worldwide contacts with our customers in various industries. We supply common herbal raw materials as well as unusual specialities.

Watch out, sometimes it gets wild! In many regions of the world, we resort to selective cultivation for herbs, spices and plant-based raw materials. In addition, a large part of our assortment still comes from wild collection. Experienced collectors ensure a careful and sustainable use of resources.
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