Corn Flower Glycerin Extract
Corn Flower Glycerin Extract is a glycerin-based 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 Glycerin Extract?
Corn Flower Glycerin Extract folds the blue-petaled cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, into an alcohol-free glycerin carrier that reads as gentle and water-friendly. It is supplied full-spectrum and non-standardized, offering skin-care and eye-care formulators a soft, historically decorative floral for clean-beauty and soothing concepts, delivered in a mild base well suited to the delicate eye area.
Market Demand
Cornflower water and cornflower extracts have a long, visible presence in gentle facial and eye formulations, and demand tracks the wider consumer pull toward recognizable, botanically named florals in clean beauty. Shoppers increasingly read ingredient lists for familiar plant names, and as a water-compatible glycerin extract this extract gives brands an on-trend botanical accent for calm, natural-positioned skin care without leaning on any single market figure.
Formulation Applications
The glycerin carrier suits facial toners, eye gels, mists, essences, cooling masks, and lightweight lotions, blending into the aqueous phase under cold or gentle warm processing and layering easily with other soothing botanicals. Cornflower is traditionally associated with soothing skin and eye-area uses, structure/function positioning only and never a consumer health claim, supporting refreshing, calming cosmetic language. Even at low use levels it delivers the recognizable cornflower name that shoppers scanning an ingredient list respond to, which is often the point of including it.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Bio-Botanica, in operation since 1972, extracts these blossoms at its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York with the proprietary low-heat Bio-Chelated process that maintains a Holistically Balanced profile of naturally occurring constituents. An onsite laboratory checks each lot for identity, microbial, and heavy-metal specifications on HPLC and ICP/MS, giving formulators documented purity for a delicate floral, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Corn Flower Glycerin Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Corn Flower Glycerin Extract is a cosmetic glycerin 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 Cosmetic Glycerin Extract, and the carrier is Glycerin. The glycerin base gives formulators an alcohol-free liquid ingredient. The exact carrier and any processing details are documented on the Spec Sheet/TDS that accompanies samples.
Does Corn Flower Glycerin Extract contain alcohol?
No — Corn Flower Glycerin Extract is a glycerin-based, alcohol-free extract, not an alcohol-based tincture. For any residual solvent or processing details, refer to the Spec Sheet/TDS and representative COA.
Is Corn Flower Glycerin Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Corn Flower Glycerin 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 Glycerin Extract suited for?
Corn Flower Glycerin Extract is formulated for topical, personal-care applications such as facial care, serums, creams, and lotions. Its glycerin base suits clean-label systems where formulators want a concentrated botanical ingredient to work into their formulation.
What industries and positioning does Corn Flower Glycerin Extract fit?
It fits the Cosmetics and Personal Care categories as an ingredient. For brand positioning, Cornflower 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 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 Glycerin Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a glycerin-based liquid, Corn Flower Glycerin 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 Glycerin 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 Glycerin Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Corn Flower Glycerin 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 Glycerin Extract manufactured and tested?
Corn Flower Glycerin 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.