Alpenländer

Alpenländer is a German body-care brand name known from a single product line: a calendula-scented Melkfett sold in tins through German online pharmacies. Product information at the online pharmacy aponeo.de names WEPA Apothekenbedarf GmbH & Co KG, a family-owned pharmacy-supply company based in Hillscheid, as supplier and manufacturer of the brand [6].

Little else about Alpenländer is publicly documented. Its founding year, founders and origin story are unknown, and the brand does not appear among the labels that WEPA presents on its own websites. Its current status is unclear: as of October 2026, all three known sizes were listed as unavailable [6].

The link between Alpenländer and WEPA rests on pharmacy product data, which gives "WEPA Apothekenbedarf GmbH & Co KG" as supplier and manufacturer and "Alpenländer" as the brand [6]. The same company details, with the address Am Fichtenstrauch 6-10 in Hillscheid, appear for each tin size.

WEPA itself is a long-established supplier to pharmacies. The company says it looks back on 140 years of German company history and has been family-owned since its founding [2]. Its stated aim is to support local pharmacies with solutions suited to their needs. Alongside technical equipment for testing and preparing medicines, and a service and maintenance offer, WEPA sells branded consumer goods. Many of these appear under the umbrella label WEPA – Die Apothekenmarke ("the pharmacy brand"), which WEPA sums up with the line "Qualität muss nicht teuer sein!" ("quality does not have to be expensive") [1].

WEPA's own brand overview lists ApoLine nail and skin instruments, aponorm blood-pressure monitors, thermometers and inhalers, mosquito insect and tick repellents and head-lice treatments, and PECTORAL cough sweets [4]. The company also names apoday Heisse Zitrone, a hot lemon drink, among its brands [2]. Alpenländer is not mentioned on any of these pages [4].

According to the company, WEPA employs more than 350 people and carries more than 8,000 products [5]. Its administration is in Hillscheid, and it runs its own logistics centre with a high-bay warehouse and a printing works in Höhr-Grenzhausen [2]. It also has an Austrian subsidiary in Vienna and a service presence in France. No date for when Alpenländer became part of WEPA's range is documented, and no earlier owner is known.

The only documented Alpenländer product is Melkfett BB Ringelblumen, sold in a tin. Melkfett, literally "milking fat", is the German name for a grease-based skin balm, and Ringelblume is the German name for calendula, or pot marigold. The product is sold in three sizes: 25 ml, 250 ml and 500 ml, each with its own German pharmacy product number [7] [8].

German online pharmacies file the product under body care. Calendula is named in the product title, but no full ingredient list has been published for it, and no claims about how the balm works on the skin are documented. The meaning of the letters "BB" in the product name is not explained.

No other formats, scents or product lines under the Alpenländer name are known. There is also no documented information on where the balm is made, or on any certifications, awards or press coverage.

The brand's status cannot be confirmed. As of 11 October 2026, the 25 ml, 250 ml and 500 ml tins were all still listed by aponeo.de, but each was marked "nicht verfügbar" (not available) [6]. None of the listings is dated, so it is not clear when the product was last in stock.

WEPA's consumer website for WEPA – Die Apothekenmarke and its corporate brand overview do not name Alpenländer, even though both list the company's other labels in detail [1] [4]. No editorial coverage of the brand, and no recent launch or announcement, has been found. Whether Alpenländer is still in production, has been discontinued, or survives only as old pharmacy stock therefore remains open.