About us
Established in the UK in 1988, FPI Sales are market leaders in the supply of bulk: Pure Essential Oils, Absolutes, Essential oil blends, Massage blends, Carrier/Vegetable Oils, Fragrance Oils, Floral Waters, Cosmetic Components Extracts & Flavours.
Having a Global Presence, with Sales & Marketing offices in Europe, Asia, North America & Australasia, FPI Sales are unrivaled in the provision of functional ingredient solutions for the world market.
FPI Sales (UK) Ltd.is a member of: European Federation of Essential Oils www.efeo-org.org
Quality control
Wherever possible we deal directly with original producers, farmers and or their principal brokers or sales agents. We generally do not use trading houses to minimise the supply risk. We often use our local agents to inspect materials prior to purchase and prior to shipment.
We operate a “quality management and procedures system” within all our business areas. This provides for written procedures, specifications and test documents and the recording of results as well as traceability and recall systems.
We quality control each and every incoming raw material against our specification. The exact parameters for QC tests will vary from product to product
These tests include compliance with the following to achieve positive release of the goods:
Organoleptic assessment (odour , appearance , taste etc) as appropriate.
Visual evaluation (colour , clarity , foreign materials etc)
Specific Gravity (SG)
Optical Rotation (OR)
Refractive Index (RI)
Flash Point (FP)
Solubility (usually in ethanol)
Product specific tests.
We run our own HP – GCMS equipment in the UK “in house” and comparative data profiling is a routine QC tool.
We have an analytical and QC/QA department of 5 full time staff in the UK.
Full technical specification, including MSDS and GC Analysis data sheets (where relevant) are available to bulk customers for all products.