LIONEL HITCHEN (ESSENTIAL OILS) LIMITED
 In
1964, Lionel Hitchen, with twenty years experience of the essential
oils industry, established LIONEL HITCHEN (ESSENTIAL OILS)
LIMITED to manufacture concentrated citrus oils.
Over the years the business has achieved a strong growth pattern
both in volume of citrus oils and by diversification into the
manufacture of herb and spice oleoresins and flavours.
Today the Company provides a comprehensive service manufacturing:
 natural concentrated essential oils
steam distilled oils
alcoholic extracts
flavours
oleoresins
dispersed herb and spice extracts
The Company is a leading supplier to the food and beverage
industry, sourcing raw materials globally, often from long
established supply channels.
Lionel Hitchen (Essential Oils) Limited has remained very much
a family business, now led by Alastair and Peter Hitchen (joint
Managing Directors) and Alison Barnes (Chairman).
From the beginning the Company's excellent reputation has been
based upon:
continuity and integrity; these are critical factors in this
industry, and the company's clients are totally assured of
both
production of quality products
close collaboration with clients to manufacture to their specifications
in complete confidence
development of new products to meet the needs of an ever-changing
market
 The LHEO spice
and oleoresin range includes
the standard spice range, as well as many European and
Global extracts. These include
basil, bay,
capsicum, cardoman, celery, chillies, cinnamon, clove, coriander,
cumin, dill, fennel, fenugreek, ginger, juniper
berry, lemongrass,
mace, marjoram, mint, nutmeg, onion, parsley, paprika, pepper,
sage, tarragon and thyme,
plus other specialties such as coffee,
cocoa and vanilla. In response
to ever changing consumer demands, LHEO can also offer many
ethnic spice blends which offer exceptional
authenticity.
LHEO also offer an extensive range of concentrated
citrus oils,
produced by vacuum distillation at their Barton Stacey site.
The distillation removes insoluble terpenes and sesquiterpenes
which would otherwise oxidise and give oils with short shelf
life and poor flavour. Using controlled fractionation and process
control LHEO are able to ensure consistently high quality.
The LHEO citrus oil range includes Bergamot, Blood
Orange,
Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Orange and Tangerine oils,
with strengths ranging from 2 fold up to sesquiterpeneless
oils.
 LHEO
have a wealth of knowledge
and experience which
is readily accessible.
For more information
please click on www.lheo.co.uk.
The
essence of flavour:
oils and oleoresins -
article from Food
Technology in New Zealand magazine,
Sept. 08 issue, by
Graeme Nealie
Information
on Handling Essential Oils and
Oleoresins 
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