Desert King International was founded in 1978 in San Diego, California USA, as a pioneer in jojoba oil production. It rapidly became the largest and most reputable jojoba oil producer setting the standards for quality jojoba oil products. Since then, Desert King International has added Yucca schidigera and Quillaja saponaria products to its high quality natural products line. It is now the world’s largest producer of Yucca schidigera extracts (since 1980) and Quillaja saponaria products (since 1995). Desert King International focuses on providing proven natural solutions to the Food & Beverage, Animal Health, Personal Care, Agriculture, Mining and Pharmaceutical industries.

Desert King Chile’s mission is to commercialize high quality saponin products derived from the Chilean tree Quillaja saponaria Molina (quillay, soapbark, Bois de Panama). Desert King Chile services customers in Latin America, Asia and Europe. We have a very specialized multidisciplinary team to provide expedited technical solutions to our customer’s various needs.

“We firmly believe that teamwork strengthens our company, and our customers see it too. We are a world class company of human scale“

Meet the team of  Desert King Chile

Desert King Mexico is our manufacturing facility located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico,  for all our Yucca schidigera products. We follow all the rules and regulations set forth by the Mexican Forestry Department to insure that the Yucca extraction rate does not exceed the plant’s natural recovery rate.  Desert King Mexico is constantly updated on legal issues pertaining to Yucca schidigera harvesting and follows strict forest management plans working in conjunction with communal land owners.

“Yucca extracts are our specialty, and we contribute to the growth and satisfaction of our clients each time we implement an improvement, something we continually strive to do.“

Gilberto Rodriguez
General Manager

Gilberto Rodriguez Jr.
Plant Manager

Fidencio Dominguez
Chemical Engineer