Maitake Glycerin Extract
Maitake Glycerin Extract is a glycerin-based liquid extract of Maitake (Grifola frondosa), a medicinal mushroom, 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 botanical profile.
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What Is Maitake Glycerin Extract?
Maitake Glycerin Extract is drawn from Grifola frondosa, a medicinal mushroom that fruits in overlapping fronds at the base of hardwoods across the temperate Northern Hemisphere. With no single part isolated, it is prepared as a full-spectrum fungal profile in glycerin, an alcohol-free humectant base, and supplied non-standardized for cosmetic and personal-care formulators. Known as hen-of-the-woods for its ruffled, feathered clusters, maitake is foraged and cultivated across Japan and North America.
Market Demand
Functional mushrooms have become one of the fastest-moving stories in natural beauty, and maitake is among the fungi crossing from wellness into topical care; the broader functional-mushroom category continues to draw sustained forecast attention across both nutrition and cosmetics. A glycerin-based maitake extract lets brands tap that mushroom-beauty momentum in the water phase.
Formulation Applications
The extract integrates into toners, essences, serums, hydrating gels, and mask bases, dispersing through the aqueous phase during gentle processing. Positioned as a naturally occurring fungal botanical, it carries a clean mushroom-forward story for structure/function narratives, with no promise made to the consumer. The extract is easy to meter, pairs with other fungal and botanical extracts, and integrates without heat.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Bio-Botanica, family-owned since 1972, extracts this fungus at its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York, where the proprietary Bio-Chelated low-heat process holds a Holistically Balanced profile of naturally occurring constituents. Each lot passes an onsite quality lab running HPLC, ICP/MS, microbial, and heavy-metal testing, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available on request.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Maitake Glycerin Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Maitake Glycerin Extract is a cosmetic glycerin extract made from Maitake (Grifola frondosa), a medicinal fungus in the Grifolaceae family, native to Temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere (northeastern Japan, North America, and Europe). 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 Maitake Glycerin Extract contain alcohol?
No — Maitake 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 Maitake Glycerin Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Maitake Glycerin Extract is a full-spectrum, Holistically Balanced extract and is non-standardized. It is designed to reflect the naturally occurring constituents of the botanical rather than an isolated, quantified compound.
What applications and formats is Maitake Glycerin Extract suited for?
Maitake 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 Maitake Glycerin 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 Maitake originate?
Maitake (Grifola frondosa) is native to Temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere (northeastern Japan, North America, and Europe). Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does Maitake Glycerin Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a glycerin-based liquid, Maitake 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 Maitake 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 Maitake Glycerin Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Maitake 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 Maitake Glycerin Extract manufactured and tested?
Maitake 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.