Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract
Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract is a liquid extract of Symphytum officinale root in a Zemea® propanediol carrier, made for cosmetic and personal-care developers. Bio-Botanica produces it through the low-heat Bio-Chelated cold-extraction process at its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York, preserving a full-spectrum root profile.
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What Is Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract?
This liquid extract draws on the root of comfrey, Symphytum officinale, a long-standing European garden herb, and carries it in Zemea, a plant-derived, renewable propanediol that blends readily into water-phase systems. Supplied full-spectrum and non-standardized, it gives clean-beauty formulators a heritage root botanical in a naturally derived, cosmetically elegant carrier that reinforces a sustainability-minded ingredient story from the base up.
Market Demand
Comfrey has a durable place in traditional skin-care preparations, and its pull today aligns with the steady formulator shift toward recognizable, plant-derived actives carried in renewable, bio-based solvents like propanediol. That combination of a familiar botanical name in a sustainable carrier is exactly what natural personal-care brands are sourcing as they reformulate away from petroleum-derived glycols, even where a single clean ingredient figure is hard to isolate.
Formulation Applications
The Zemea carrier suits serums, lotions, creams, soothing gels, and rich balms that build on the water phase, blending under cold or gentle warm processing and pairing well with other botanical actives in a naturally positioned system. Comfrey root is traditionally associated with skin, hair, and nail support, structure/function positioning only and not a consumer health claim, giving brands a recognizable botanical narrative for a nourishing-care story. In practice it drops into a natural-care base with minimal adjustment, which shortens development time.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Bio-Botanica, family-owned since 1972, processes this root at its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York using the low-heat Bio-Chelated method that preserves a Holistically Balanced profile of naturally occurring constituents. Every lot is confirmed onsite for identity, microbial, and heavy-metal specifications on HPLC and ICP/MS, so a renewable-carrier botanical still arrives with documented quality data, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification can be arranged.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract is a liquid extract made from the root of Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), a member of the Boraginaceae family, native to Europe and temperate regions of Asia. It is produced by Bio-Botanica through our proprietary Bio-Chelated low-heat cold-extraction process, which is designed to preserve a Holistically Balanced, full-spectrum profile of its naturally occurring constituents.
What extract form is this, and what is it carried in?
This is a Zea-Botanicals® Extract — the botanical is delivered in Zemea® propanediol, a corn-derived carrier. The liquid form gives formulators a ready-to-blend botanical base. The exact carrier and any processing details are documented on the Spec Sheet/TDS that accompanies samples.
Does Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract contain alcohol?
No — Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract is not an ethanol-based tincture. For any residual solvent or processing details, refer to the Spec Sheet/TDS and representative COA.
Is Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract is a full-spectrum, Holistically Balanced extract and is non-standardized. It is designed to reflect the naturally occurring constituents of the root rather than an isolated, quantified compound.
What applications and formats is Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract suited for?
Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract is formulated for topical, personal-care applications such as facial care, serums, creams, and lotions. Its zemea base suits clean-label systems where formulators want a concentrated botanical ingredient to work into their formulation.
What industries and positioning does Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract fit?
It fits the Cosmetics and Personal Care categories as an ingredient. For brand positioning, Comfrey is traditionally associated with areas such as Hair, Skin and Nails Support — framing intended for structure/function positioning only, not a consumer health claim.
Where does the Comfrey originate?
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is native to Europe and temperate regions of Asia. Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a zemea-based liquid, Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract is intended for water-compatible formulations where a botanical liquid can be blended into your matrix. We recommend reviewing the Spec Sheet/TDS and evaluating a sample within your specific formulation to confirm compatibility and handling.
What certifications are available for this ingredient?
Bio-Botanica operates under NSF, cGMP, and FSSC 22000 quality systems, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available. Our facility in Hauppauge, New York is FDA-inspected; specific certification for your order can be confirmed with our team.
What documentation ships with Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract?
Samples ship with a Spec Sheet/TDS, a representative Certificate of Analysis (COA), and a Safety Data Sheet (SDS). These document the extract form, carrier, and testing so your team can evaluate the ingredient against your specifications.
How is Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract is sold in bulk to formulators and brands, not as a finished consumer product, and is offered in pack sizes of 4 kg, 10 kg, and 19 kg. Pricing is available by requesting a formal quote — our team quotes to your chosen pack size and volume, and samples ship with full documentation so you can assess fit before committing.
How is Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract manufactured and tested?
Comfrey Root Zea-Botanicals® Extract is manufactured at Bio-Botanica's FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York using our proprietary Bio-Chelated low-heat cold-extraction process. Testing is performed in our onsite quality lab using instrumentation including HPLC, UPLC-MS/MS, GC/MS, LC/MS, and ICP/MS, covering identity, microbial, USP, and heavy-metal testing from raw-material intake through finished product, supported by third-party labs.