# Sano ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Founded | 1949 | | Origin | Germany | | Headquarters | Lorch (Württemberg, Baden-Württemberg) | | Owner | Kloster Laboratorium Lorch A. Petersen KG | | Status | Active | | Distribution | Multi-channel | | Website | https://klosterlaboratorium.de/ | Sano is a German brand of herbal body-care products made by Kloster Laboratorium Lorch A. Petersen KG, a small manufacturer based in Lorch, Baden-Württemberg. The company says it has been producing natural products since 1949 [1]. Its cosmetic range is short and built around two traditional plant preparations: a calendula balm and a St John's wort oil. Alongside these skin-care items, the Sano name also appears on herbal teas, dried herbs and mustard seeds sold by the same company. The brand is active, selling through its own web shop, online pharmacies and a network of specialist trade partners. ## Origin and history The company behind Sano dates its natural products to 1949, a date it places directly beneath the brand's name on its homepage [1]. The wording ties the year to the manufacturer and its products; the company does not say when the Sano name itself was first used. Little else about the early years is public. The firm name includes "A. Petersen", but the company does not identify a founder or tell a founding story. Its name echoes its address on Klosterstraße ("monastery street") in Lorch. No historical connection between the business and a monastery is documented. ## Ownership Sano belongs to Kloster Laboratorium Lorch A. Petersen KG, which makes and sells the products under its own name. The business is a limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft) registered at the district court of Ulm, with Anton Schänzle listed as its personally liable general partner [6]. It is an independent single company rather than part of a larger beauty group, and no acquisitions or sister brands are known. Online pharmacies that stock the range name the same company as manufacturer [8]. ## Philosophy and positioning Kloster Laboratorium presents Sano as "high-quality natural products". Its homepage sums up the approach in a short slogan, "Reine Qualität. Keine Kompromisse." ("Pure quality. No compromises."). The company describes the principle behind its products as "simple, but ingenious", and says the aim is to make the best of nature easy to use in everyday life. That simplicity shows in the formulas themselves. Both cosmetic products have ingredient lists of two or three items, and both are presented as preparations made from fresh flowers rather than as modern, multi-active skin care. ## Products The company groups its range into three categories: body-care products, herbal teas and herbs, and mustard seeds [4]. The body-care category holds the two products most closely associated with the brand. **Sano Calendula Balsam** is a balm sold in 50 ml and 100 ml sizes [7]. Retailer descriptions say it protects and cares for dry, cracked and sore skin. It is made from an extract of fresh calendula (marigold) petals in white petrolatum, and its listed ingredients are petrolatum and calendula flower extract [10]. Because petrolatum is the base, the balm is not a mineral-oil-free product, and it is not labelled organic. **Sano BIO Johanniskrautöl** is a St John's wort oil sold in 50 ml and 250 ml bottles and labelled organic ("BIO") [5]. Retailers describe it as a skin and massage oil made from fresh St John's wort flowers. According to its product description, the oil is prepared in the traditional way: fresh flowers are steeped in olive oil in glass flasks and left in the summer sun [9]. The listed ingredients are olive oil, St John's wort oil and fragrance. Outside cosmetics, the Sano name is used for organic dried calendula flowers, sold as a herb, and for mustard seeds, including organic seeds and a "Sano Gold" variety [7]. These sit in the same shop as the skin-care items but are food and herbal products rather than cosmetics. ## Certification Kloster Laboratorium states that it is certified under the European Union's organic-production regulation, Regulation (EU) 2018/848, by the inspection body Prüfgesellschaft ökologischer Landbau mbH (code DE-ÖKO-007) [2]. This regulation covers organic production and the labelling of organic goods in general; it is not a dedicated cosmetics standard such as COSMOS. The organic claim applies to the products labelled "BIO", such as the St John's wort oil and the dried calendula flowers, not to the whole range. ## Distribution Sano is sold directly by the manufacturer through its own online shop, which the company introduced as "our new shop" on its homepage. The products are also listed by online pharmacies, which carry both the calendula balm and the St John's wort oil. The company also courts professional and specialist buyers. It invites physiotherapy practices and wellness centres that use massage oils, hearing-aid practices looking for a calendula balm to care for patients' ear canals, health-food, organic and monastery shops, and importers from both EU and non-EU countries to contact it about cooperation [3]. The hearing-aid suggestion is an unusual niche for a skin balm and reflects how the company itself pitches the product. ## Current status Sano is active. The manufacturer runs a live web shop with a current product range, and its legal notice was dated 8 October 2026 [6]. The brand operates mainly in a single country, with a German-language website and no linked social-media accounts. No awards, editorial press coverage or controversies are documented. ## Certifications {#belagg-certifications} - **EU Organic Operator Certificate (Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Control Body DE ÖKO 007)** — “Wir sind gemäß Artikel 35 Absatz 1 der Verordnung (EU) 2018/848 über die ökologische/biologische Produktion und die Kennzeichnung von ökologischen/biologischen Erzeugnissen durch die Zertifizierungsstelle Prüfgesellschaft ökologischer Landbau mbH (DE-ÖKO-007) zertifiziert.” — https://klosterlaboratorium.de/shop_content.php?coID=17 ## Signature products {#belagg-products} - **Sano Calendula Balsam** — Sano Calendula Balsam 50 ml — https://klosterlaboratorium.de/ - **Sano BIO Johanniskrautöl** — Sano BIO Johanniskrautöl 50 ml — https://klosterlaboratorium.de/ ## Key ingredients {#belagg-ingredients} calendula (Ringelblume) · St John's wort (Johanniskraut) Source: https://klosterlaboratorium.de/index.php?cPath=2 ## Sources 1. (T1) https://klosterlaboratorium.de/ 2. (T2) https://klosterlaboratorium.de/shop_content.php?coID=17 3. (T2) https://klosterlaboratorium.de/shop_content.php?coID=19 4. (T2) https://klosterlaboratorium.de/index.php?cPath=2 5. (T2) https://klosterlaboratorium.de/index.php?cPath=2_7 6. (T2) https://klosterlaboratorium.de/shop_content.php?coID=4 7. (T4) https://www.aponeo.de/markenshops/sano/ 8. (T4) https://www.aponeo.de/02186173-sano-johanniskrautoel.html 9. (T4) https://www.shop-apotheke.at/beauty/D2186173/sano-johanniskrautoel.htm 10. (T4) https://www.shop-apotheke.com/beauty/8115142/sano-calendula-balsam.htm --- Glowpedia · · Published 2026-10-13 Please cite with a link to the article URL.