# Vitazell ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Origin | Germany | | Headquarters | Alsbach-Hähnlein (registered seat of the owner, Köhler Pharma GmbH) | | Owner | Köhler Pharma GmbH | | Status | Active | | Distribution | Pharmacy | | Website | https://www.koehler-pharma.de/ | Vitazell is a German line of skincare, scent and dietary-supplement products made by Köhler Pharma GmbH, a family-owned company based in Alsbach-Hähnlein, Germany [12]. Rather than a standalone company, Vitazell is one product family within a wider pharmacy range built around vitamins, minerals and other micronutrients. Its core products are two creams, Vitazell Köhler Creme and Vitazell Fluid Köhler, which sit alongside a scent-oil kit and three capsule supplements. The line is sold without prescription through pharmacies, and each product carries a German pharmacy product number. Vitazell has no website or social media presence of its own; it is presented only on its owner's corporate site, which describes the cream as the result of in-house "Köhler research" [4]. No launch year for the line has been published. The brand remains active, and one of its supplements is currently promoted by the company as a new product [1]. ## Origin & founders No individual founder is credited with creating Vitazell. The company attributes the development of its cosmetics to its own research department rather than to a named person, so the line's origins are best understood through the history of its owner. Köhler Pharma traces its roots to the biochemist Dr. Franz J. Köhler, who began developing mineral preparations in the 1950s [2]. According to the company, his key idea was to bind minerals to aspartic acid, a naturally occurring amino acid, so that the body could absorb and use them more easily. Those mineral products, intended for professional therapeutic use, remain at the core of the business. The company says Köhler also worked on ways of delivering active substances and protecting organs during medical treatment, and that he devoted his life to developing preparations for diagnosis and therapy. A separate page on the company's website describes Dr. Köhler as the founder of Dr. Köhler Chemie GmbH [10]. The site does not explain how that company relates to Köhler Pharma GmbH, although reports of side effects for Köhler Pharma products are directed to an e-mail address on the Köhler Chemie web domain. The company's own statements about its age vary slightly. Its homepage and page headings speak of more than 65 years of activity, while the closing line and title of its "About us" page say more than 60 years. ## Ownership Vitazell belongs to Köhler Pharma GmbH, which is registered at the local court in Darmstadt and is led by managing director Dr. Claus-Peter Haller [12]. No acquisitions or changes of ownership involving the line have been documented. Köhler Pharma describes itself as a mid-sized family business now in its second generation [2]. It says it develops and tests its products in close contact with doctors working in hospitals and private practice, and that it sponsors sport and supports non-commercial cultural institutions. The company runs a login area on its website for doctors, therapists and pharmacists, reflecting a business that addresses health professionals as well as consumers. Vitazell shares its owner's catalogue with a broad range of supplements and mineral preparations sold under other names, including products for iron intake, gut bacteria, sleep and bone health. Within that range, Vitazell is the family that gathers the company's cosmetics and a small group of related capsules. ## Philosophy & positioning Vitazell has no separately published philosophy. The clearest statement of intent comes from the page for its main cream, which frames modern life as a source of constant strain on the skin. According to Köhler Pharma, multiple demands and permanent rush can upset the balance of normal skin. When the skin's protective barrier changes, the company says, it becomes more sensitive, the complexion looks dull and uneven, expression lines deepen and the skin ages early. The company's answer is a cosmetic that, in its words, "reactivates the sensitive communication network of the skin" and gives cells a "vitality kick" [4]. It stresses that the main purpose of the cream is care: keeping or restoring the skin's natural condition and helping to prevent premature ageing. At the level of the parent company, the guiding idea is stated differently. Köhler Pharma says Dr. Köhler was never interested in offering "only" natural substances; the aim was to provide them to therapists and patients in the best possible form with the help of modern research [2]. The homepage sums this up as a path from the basic elements of nature to modern micronutrient preparations developed in-house. The company's English slogan is "Elements of Life and Health". ## Products & innovation The Vitazell line consists of six products listed in the owner's current catalogue [3]. Two are cosmetics, one is a kit for releasing natural scents, and three are food supplements taken as capsules. ### Vitazell Köhler Creme Vitazell Köhler Creme is described as a multi-active day and night cream for the regeneration and protection of the skin. Its formula combines vitamins A, C and E, which the company calls "skin protection factors", with algae extract, caffeine, urea and Bupleurum chinense, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine. The vitamins are packaged in liposomes, tiny fat-based spheres that can carry active ingredients. Köhler Pharma says this helps deliver the ingredients more precisely to where they are needed, protects the more delicate ones and raises their effective concentration. The cream itself is an emulsion of small fat droplets held in water. According to the company, the cream retains moisture, smooths the skin and works as a base under make-up. It is presented as suitable for demanding, sensitive, oily and dry skin. The company says the cream works "in the skin and not on the skin", which is why it leaves no shiny film, and that it calms the skin, reduces small wrinkles and makes the skin firmer. It is meant to be applied morning and evening, and comes in 15 ml and 50 ml jars. ### Vitazell Fluid Köhler Vitazell Fluid Köhler is a liquid cream for face and body built around resveratrol, a natural compound found in red wine, grapes and blueberries. The company explains that plants produce resveratrol to protect themselves against harmful environmental influences. Köhler Pharma states that studies have found resveratrol to have an anti-ageing effect, partly by improving blood flow in the skin's smallest vessels, and that it stimulates collagen production in the deeper layer of the skin [5]. The product page does not name or link to those studies. The fluid also contains plant-derived vitamin E, skin-care oils and urea. The company notes that vitamin E occurs naturally in the skin, helps to rebuild its protective barrier and regulates its moisture balance, and that UV light, stress and poor diet can deplete the body's own supply. It recommends the fluid for daily care of sensitive, dry skin at any age, applied to the whole body once or twice a day. It is sold in a 100 ml size. ### Vitazell Aroma Vitazell Aroma departs from conventional skincare. It is a kit for releasing scents, made up of 15 small blisters, each filled with 0.15 ml of natural scent oil, and an applicator. Two versions exist: lavender oil (Lavandula angustifolia) and oregano oil (Origanum vulgare). The applicator is patent-protected, according to the company, and is designed so that a chimney-like draught helps the aroma escape [6]. No patent number is given. The product page places the kit in the tradition of essential oils in natural medicine and explains that scent molecules trigger signals in the nose that travel to brain regions involved in processing emotions. By law, the company notes, the kit contains no preservatives. ### Supplements Three Vitazell products are food supplements rather than cosmetics. Vitazell Video is a capsule for the eyes that combines astaxanthin, lutein, zeaxanthin and bilberry extract with further micronutrients. The company points to vitamin A, riboflavin (vitamin B2) and zinc as contributing to normal vision, and recommends one capsule a day. It describes the capsules as free of gluten, lactose, fructose, yeast and artificial colours. Vitazell-Omega supplies omega-3 fatty acids obtained from algae, together with vitamin E from natural plant oil. The company describes it as vegan and gluten-free, and says it is available without prescription in all pharmacies [8]. The sixth product, Vitazell-Arthro, is a capsule supplement listed alongside the others [9]. No third-party certifications are documented for any Vitazell product. The vegan and gluten-free statements apply to individual supplements; the company makes no such claims for the two creams. ## Current status Vitazell is active. All six products appear in Köhler Pharma's current catalogue, each with a pharmacy product number and links for ordering online from a local or mail-order pharmacy. Vitazell Video is featured among the company's new products on its homepage [1], although no launch date is given for it or for any other item in the line. The line is marketed in a single country. No distribution outside German pharmacies has been documented, no awards or independent press coverage are known, and the brand has no social media accounts of its own. ## Signature products {#belagg-products} - **Vitazell® Köhler® Creme (multi-active day and night cream; 15 ml and 50 ml jars)** — Vitazell® Köhler® Creme ist ein innovatives Kosmetikum zur Regeneration und zum Schutz der Haut. — https://www.koehler-pharma.de/unsere-praeparate/produkte/vitazellr-koehlerr-creme-creme - **Vitazell® Fluid Köhler® (fluid cream with resveratrol for face and body; 100 ml)** — Vitazell® Fluid Köhler® enthält pflanzliches Vitamin E, Resveratrol, hautpflegende Öle sowie Harnstoff in einer innovativen Zubereitung. — https://www.koehler-pharma.de/unsere-praeparate/produkte/vitazellr-fluid-koehlerr-fluessigcreme - **Vitazell® Aroma (kit with 15 blisters of natural scent oil and an applicator; lavender or oregano)** — Vitazell® Aroma ist mit zwei natürlichen Ölen erhältlich: Lavendelöl (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) und Oreganoöl (Origanum vulgare L.). — https://www.koehler-pharma.de/unsere-praeparate/produkte/vitazellr-aroma-kit-zur-entfaltung-von-dueften - **Vitazell Video® (food supplement capsules for eyesight)** — Kapseln mit Astaxanthin, Lutein, Zeaxanthin und Heidelbeerextrakt plus Mikronährstoffen. — https://www.koehler-pharma.de/unsere-praeparate/produkte/vitazell-videor-kapseln - **Vitazell®-Omega (food supplement capsules with algae-derived omega-3)** — Vitazell®-Omega enthält zusätzlich zu den Omega-3-Fettsäuren Vitamin E (= RRR-α-Tocopherol), das aus natürlichem Pflanzenöl gewonnen wird. — https://www.koehler-pharma.de/unsere-praeparate/produkte/vitazell-omega-kapseln ## Key ingredients {#belagg-ingredients} Vitamin A (liposomal) · Vitamin C (liposomal) · Vitamin E (liposomal) · Algae extract (Algenextrakt) · Bupleurum chinensis · Caffeine (Coffein) · Urea (Harnstoff) Source: https://www.koehler-pharma.de/unsere-praeparate/produkte/vitazellr-koehlerr-creme-creme ## Proprietary technologies & patents {#belagg-tech} - Patent-protected applicator used in the Vitazell® Aroma kit (patent number not given) — https://www.koehler-pharma.de/unsere-praeparate/produkte/vitazellr-aroma-kit-zur-entfaltung-von-dueften ## Sources 1. 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