Pharmaceutical industry

The advantages of buying selenium products from the world market leader are manifold:


  • Full transparency on the origin and supply chain of products.
  • Selenium products in pharma-grade quality under legislative control.
  • High availability, because in stock.
  • Made in Germany under the highest environmental and ethical standards.
  • ISO  9001 & ISO 45001 certified.
  • Part of Aurubis Group.
  • Professional advice from the experts in our in-house laboratory.
  • Latest insights about application successes for researchers & developers.
  • Individual quantities and custom solutions for your specific production needs

Provider for highest quality selenium products to industrial productions worldwide

Benefit from our high performance, market-driven prices, excellent delivery availability, and compliance with the highest environmental standards. As world market leader for high-quality refined ultra-pure selenium and selenium compounds. We provide our selenium products to customers from all over the world. Including glass, feed, solar, semiconductor, and optical industries, as well as pharmaceutical, electroplating, steel, and fertilizer industries. In addition, we develop individual solutions for your specific production needs, please contact us. Our motivation is to live up to our Slogan: Focused on Selenium.

RETOSEL food
Retosel food is our food grade premix containing selenium. Retosel contains selenium in the form of sodium selenite and a calcium carbonate carrier. As standard you can get Retosel with selenium concentrations of 0.09%, 0.4%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.125%, 2.25%, 3%, 4.5% and 5%. Other concentrations are available on request!Due to our special production process, we are in position to offer selenium mixtures as non-classified goods.Our Retosel for the pharmaceutical and food sector is characterized by high quality consistency, low dust and low iron content.

Price on request

Sodium Selenite
Our sodium selenite powder for technical applications is characterized by high consistent quality, low in dust and low iron contents. Each batch undergoes extensive quality control in our laboratory!We offer sodium selenite powders for technical applications with a purity of at least 99.8% as standard. It is mainly used in the glass industry.

Price on request

The applications of selenium in the industrial production of medicinal products are numerous and wide-ranging


  • Production of nutritional supplements.
  • Production of anti-dandruff hair shampoos
  • Prevention and therapy of pityriasis versicolor
  • Preparation of special medicines to compensate for digestive disorders, or malnutrition.

High purity selenium products for producers in the pharmaceutical industry

In the human body, selenium has numerous tasks - among other things, a good supply is important for the thyroid gland, it has an antioxidant effect and can improve blood flow. Even baby food must contain selenium. Our selenium and sodium selenite for the pharmaceutical industry are characterized by the highest guaranteed purity and consistent quality according to the Food Chemicals Codex for food supplements (FCC Grade). Also known as monograph. RETORTE is therefore regularly inspected by medical authorities. Each batch undergoes extensive quality control in our laboratory to ensure selenium products of the highest quality, suitable for use in the production of medicines and food supplements.

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Selenium Chemicals & Metals

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