Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract
Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract is a liquid extract of Trifolium pratense flower in a butylene glycol 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 flower profile.
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What Is Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract?
Formulated for water-phase compatibility, this liquid extract suspends the flowering tops of Trifolium pratense in butylene glycol, a water-compatible humectant and solvent that keeps the botanical clear and easy to incorporate. Bio-Botanica supplies the red clover tops full-spectrum and non-standardized, so cosmetic chemists get a ready-to-dose fluid built for modern skin-care processing and predictable across a range of emulsion and gel systems.
Market Demand
Analyst interest in red clover remains steady, with standing extract-market forecasts from research houses including Growth Market Reports and Dataintelo. A butylene-glycol format channels that recognized botanical into the clear serums, toners, and gel systems where a humectant-borne liquid outperforms a powder, giving brands an easy on-ramp to a heritage botanical ingredient without reformulation headaches.
Formulation Applications
The butylene glycol carrier disperses into toners, essences, gels, sheet-mask fluids, and lightweight lotions, staying compatible across surfactant and hydro-glycolic systems and holding clarity in transparent formats. Red clover flowering tops carry a long apothecary heritage, a structure/function narrative only and not a topical claim, lending a familiar botanical name to clean formulations. Its clarity and neutrality make it an easy late addition to the batch, once the primary emulsion is set.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Since 1972, family-owned Bio-Botanica has extracted botanicals at its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York, running these flowering tops through the low-heat Bio-Chelated process that preserves their naturally occurring constituents. Each batch is verified in an onsite lab by HPLC, ICP/MS, microbial, and heavy-metal methods, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification can be arranged.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract is a liquid extract made from the flower of Red Clover (Trifolium pratense), a member of the Fabaceae family, native to Europe, Western Asia, and Northwest Africa. 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 Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract contain alcohol?
No — Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract suited for?
Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract is formulated for topical, personal-care applications such as facial care, serums, creams, and lotions. Its butylene glycol base suits clean-label systems where formulators want a concentrated botanical ingredient to work into their formulation.
What industries and positioning does Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover originate?
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) is native to Europe, Western Asia, and Northwest Africa. Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a butylene glycol-based liquid, Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Red Clover Tops 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, 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 Red Clover Tops Butylene Glycol Extract manufactured and tested?
Red Clover Tops 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.