Bergland

Bergland, which trades as Bergland Naturkosmetik, is a German maker of certified natural cosmetics, wellness products and pure essential oils. The company is based in Heimertingen, in the Allgäu region of southern Germany, where it has developed and produced its range since the early 1980s [2][3]. Its catalogue spans facial and body care, aromatherapy and dietary supplements, built around plant-derived ingredients such as aloe vera, beeswax and tea tree oil.

The company dates its founding to 1982, a year it states repeatedly on its own pages as "Seit 1982" [3]. Some web-search summaries of brand and retailer material instead give 1981 as the founding year, apparently the point at which the company formed, with 1982 marking the start of product development and production [1]. Bergland remains active, operating an online shop with a current catalogue and rolling out new "Produktwelten" (product worlds) on its site [4].

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Bergland describes its work as developing and producing products "for healthy and vital well-being," drawing on what it calls extensive knowledge of the effectiveness of natural plant substances [3]. The stated aim, in the company's words, is "Altbewährtes neu zu interpretieren" — to reinterpret time-tested approaches with modern active compounds. This framing recurs across its pages, where established ingredients such as aloe vera, beeswax and tea tree oil are presented as classics combined with contemporary actives like hyaluronic acid.

The business operates from Alpenstraße 15 in Heimertingen and employs around 70 staff, with development and manufacturing handled on-site in the Allgäu [2]. Its house statement is "Von Natur aus Spitze" ("Naturally excellent"), and the company says its mission is to offer the best possible natural care for a good body feeling.

Bergland's range is organised into several product worlds. Bee cosmetics form a notable strand, gathering ingredients drawn from the hive — beeswax, propolis, honey, royal jelly and pollen. The brand's Bienensalbe (bee balm), sold in several formats including a lip-care stick, sits at the centre of this line, alongside propolis preparations and pollen and royal-jelly supplements. The company frames these ingredients through traditional use: beeswax as a long-standing skincare classic, propolis as the bees' protective resin, and honey with a nod to Hippocrates.

Tea tree oil is a further signature, offered within a wider aromatherapy assortment of pure essential oils, fragrance blends, room sprays and sauna infusions. Other lines include an aloe vera range and a Hyaluron Anti-Aging series. Bergland also produces under private label and runs a factory outlet at its Heimertingen site.

Bergland's products carry BDIH Cosmos certification, in both the Natural and Organic standards for controlled natural cosmetics, and the company says its formulas are dermatologically tested under medical supervision via the Dermatest institute [2]. In line with the BDIH criteria, it states that its products exclude synthetic dyes and fragrances, silicones, paraffins, petroleum-derived materials and animal testing [2].

On environmental practice, the company says it uses renewable electricity exclusively, works with what it describes as fair and responsible sourcing partnerships with suppliers and farmers, and uses packaging with a high recycled content where possible [3].

Bergland is an operating company. Its website carries a live catalogue and current offers, it maintains active Facebook and Instagram accounts, and it lists several product worlds — among them aromatherapy, plant oils and a sport-and-movement line — as "coming soon" [4]. A third-party German natural-cosmetics directory described the company as having developed and produced natural products in the Allgäu "for more than 35 years," consistent with a founding in the early 1980s [9]; the brand itself frames its history as more than 40 years of certified natural cosmetics [1].