Allpharm

Allpharm is the trading name of Allpharm Vertriebs-GmbH, a small German distribution company based in Messel [4]. It is not a beauty brand in the narrow sense. The company markets health products, food supplements, dietetic foods, cosmetics, insecticides and pet-care items, mainly to pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers, and it sells several house lines under its own name alongside brands it distributes for other manufacturers.

Its cosmetics are a long list of creams, balms, soaps and shampoos named after a single plant or active ingredient, from horse chestnut cream and devil's claw gel to calendula cream and nettle shampoo. Allpharm also handles third-party brands: around 2005 it took over the German distribution of the diet-shake brand Slim-Fast [10].

Little of Allpharm's early history is public. No founder is named in any available account, and the company's own pages tell no founding story. An online retailer that stocks its products describes Allpharm Vertriebs GmbH as having distributed pharmacy-oriented products "for more than 30 years", without giving a starting date [12]. The company is entered in the commercial register of the district court of Darmstadt under HRB 6360 [13].

The most visible chapter in its history came through a third-party brand. According to the German-language Wikipedia article on Slim-Fast, sales of the meal-replacement shakes had fallen sharply in Germany, and around 2005 Allpharm took over their distribution in the country [10]. Slim-Fast still features prominently on Allpharm's homepage, where it is presented as one of the company's brand shops.

A second milestone was the expansion of its own product range. The company says it added the Allpharm Bio line in 2020, a selection of organic products made in Germany and checked against EU organic rules [7]. That launch extended a portfolio that until then had rested on Allpharm Premium, its in-house line of supplements and cosmetic products.

Allpharm describes itself as an established company in the health market that operates independently and does not belong to a corporate group [2]. No parent company or acquisition is documented.

The company's legal notice lists J.H. Becker, D. Becker and D. Fröstl as the responsible persons. Business directory listings identify them as the managing directors Jörg Hermann Becker, Daniel Becker and Daniel Fröstl, and puts the company's workforce at seven employees as of 2023 [11]. Its registered corporate purpose is the sale of goods to pharmacies, drugstores and health-food stores, as well as to end consumers [13].

Allpharm's self-description is that of a sales and service partner for the pharmacy trade rather than a consumer brand. The company says it markets selected products for health prevention and health maintenance and works with established firms across several segments of the over-the-counter market, meaning products sold without a prescription [2].

Much of what it describes is the work behind the shelf. Allpharm handles warehousing and shipping, order processing, invoicing and debt collection for its own products and for those of partner companies. It also offers marketing support, from launch strategy and budgeting to advertising campaigns developed with outside specialists. For pharmacies, the company lists a running service of special offers and free goods at product launches or for seasonal items, counter dispensers, window displays and posters, sample giveaways and information leaflets. On request, trained promotional staff can advise customers in the pharmacy itself.

The company attributes its position to experience. According to Allpharm, its management has many years of background in the pharmaceutical industry and in pharmaceutical wholesale, which it credits with close ties to the major partners in the sector.

On the consumer side, the language is more direct. Allpharm says its name has stood for quality for many years and that its Premium line relies only on carefully chosen ingredients, a claim it applies to both its supplements and its cosmetics. Its homepage greets visitors with a tour of the "world of Allpharm brands" across four business areas: health, nutrition, beauty and animal care.

Allpharm's catalogue is broad, and cosmetics make up only one part of it. The health range includes medicines, food supplements, everyday health foods and dietetic foods. The Allpharm Premium supplement list runs to dozens of single-ingredient capsules and tablets, among them biotin, coenzyme Q10, curcuma, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D3. Allpharm Bio covers organic powders and capsules such as rosehip, maca, matcha, spirulina and plant-based protein powders. A further supplement line, quickPEP, is described on the homepage as produced in Germany.

### Cosmetics

The cosmetics range is built around skin, body and hair care. Product names are typically led by a single ingredient. The skincare side includes calendula cream, arnica cream, hyaluronic acid cream, a hyaluronic serum with bee venom, tea tree oil cream, hemp oil cream, coconut oil cream, glycerine cream and a cream against age spots. Much of the body-care range targets tired legs, muscles and joints: horse chestnut cream and gel, devil's claw gel and balm, frankincense balm, comfrey cream, green-lipped mussel balm, cooling gels and massage rollers. Allpharm introduces the range with a question addressed to customers with dry skin, early wrinkles, tired legs or a tense neck.

Other items reflect older pharmacy traditions. The list features udder balm with calendula extract, deer tallow cream, a marmot cream, pure petroleum jelly, Japanese peppermint oil and a mountain pine (Latschenkiefer) spirit. Body care also includes mineral-crystal deodorants and a set of soaps made with silver, collagen, rice extract or lavender. For hair, there are nettle and coconut oil shampoos and a nettle hair tonic. Each product carries a PZN, the identification number used for products sold through German pharmacies.

Not every cosmetic in the catalogue is an Allpharm-branded product. The product page for the horse balm cream (Pferdebalsam Creme) names its brand as Vom Pullach Hof [9]. The same pattern runs through the rest of the business: Allpharm sells its own lines next to third-party brands such as Slim-Fast and DRAPAL, an Austrian maker of plant juices and herbal syrups that Allpharm's shop page dates back nearly 80 years.

### Certifications and production

The organic standard Allpharm cites applies to its Bio food line, not to its cosmetics. The company says at least 95 percent of the ingredients in those products come from organic farming, are not genetically modified and are grown without chemical pesticides or fertilisers [7]. The line carries the EU organic control code DE-ÖKO-006.

Allpharm's other certificates relate to trade and logistics rather than to the products themselves. The company holds a licence for the wholesale of medicines and a GDP certificate, which covers good distribution practice for storing and transporting medicinal products [5]. It also publishes a GS1 certificate, a certificate for animal feed and a CO2 certificate. No cosmetic-specific certifications, such as cruelty-free or natural-cosmetics labels, are documented, and no source states where Allpharm's cosmetics are manufactured.

Allpharm is active. Its website carries a current product catalogue, and one of the certificates it publishes was uploaded in September 2026. Its annual report for 2024 was published in July 2026 [13]. The business remains oriented to the German market, with products listed under German pharmacy numbers and no export markets documented.