Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract
Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract is a liquid extract of Centaurea cyanus flower, 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 flower profile.
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What Is Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract?
Made from the vivid blue blossoms of Centaurea cyanus, the classic cornflower, this liquid extract is held in a butylene glycol base, a water-compatible humectant carrier. Bio-Botanica supplies it full-spectrum and non-standardized, giving personal-care developers a delicate floral botanical in a liquid that blends smoothly into water-phase systems and lends a distinctive floral identity to a formula.
Market Demand
Cornflower is a specialty floral rather than a headline ingredient, so it rides the broader plant-extract wave: IndustryARC valued the global plant extract market on track to reach USD 14.162 billion by 2026 at a 6.3% CAGR. Within that expanding category, distinctive florals help brands differentiate crowded shelves, and a ready-dosed cornflower liquid adds an unusual, visually evocative botanical to toners, essences, and mists.
Formulation Applications
The liquid format works in toners, facial mists, essences, and leave-on serums, and dilutes easily into water-phase blends during cool processing while pairing naturally with other florals and light botanical notes. Cornflower is traditionally associated with skin-related uses, structure/function positioning only and not a consumer health claim, pairing a decorative floral identity with a clean-label story. A modest inclusion level is usually enough to carry the floral identity onto the label and into the sensory profile.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Since 1972 Bio-Botanica has extracted botanicals at its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York, and these blossoms are processed with the low-heat Bio-Chelated method to keep their naturally occurring constituents Holistically Balanced. Every batch is verified onsite for identity, microbial, and heavy-metal specifications on HPLC and ICP/MS, so even a delicate specialty floral ships with complete quality data, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract is a liquid extract made from the flower of Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), a member of the Asteraceae family, native to the central and eastern Mediterranean. 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 Butylene Glycol Extract — the botanical is delivered in a butylene glycol 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 Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract contain alcohol?
No — Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract is not an ethanol-based tincture. For any residual solvent or processing details, refer to the Spec Sheet/TDS and representative COA.
Is Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract is a full-spectrum, Holistically Balanced extract and is non-standardized. It is designed to reflect the naturally occurring constituents of the flower rather than an isolated, quantified compound.
What applications and formats is Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract suited for?
Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract is formulated for topical, personal-care applications such as facial care, serums, creams, and lotions. Its liquid base suits clean-label systems where formulators want a concentrated botanical ingredient to work into their formulation.
What industries and positioning does Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract fit?
It fits the Cosmetics and Personal Care categories as a botanical ingredient that formulators incorporate into their own products according to their positioning and specifications.
Where does the Cornflower originate?
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) is native to the central and eastern Mediterranean. Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a butylene glycol-based liquid, Corn Flower Butylene Glycol 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 Corn Flower Butylene Glycol 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 Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Corn Flower Butylene Glycol 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, 19 kg, and 200 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 Corn Flower Butylene Glycol Extract manufactured and tested?
Corn Flower Butylene Glycol 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.