Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract
Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract is a glycerin-based liquid extract of Trifolium pratense 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 Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract?
For developers who want red clover without alcohol or glycol solvents, this glycerin extract delivers the flowering tops of Trifolium pratense in glycerin, an alcohol-free humectant base that reads gently on labels and enters the water phase. Bio-Botanica extracts the tops full-spectrum and non-standardized, keeping the whole botanical profile available to skin-care and hair-care formulas that prize a short, recognizable ingredient list.
Market Demand
Red clover's standing as a heritage botanical keeps it under continuous analyst coverage, including extract-market studies from Market Intelo and Cognitive Market Research. An alcohol-free glycerin carrier aims that recognition at clean-beauty and sensitive-skin briefs, where mild, humectant-based delivery is preferred over solvent-heavy systems and where a familiar botanical name earns shelf attention.
Formulation Applications
Because it disperses in water, the glycerin extract works in toners, essences, hydrating masks, gels, and conditioning hair products processed cold or with gentle heat, and it layers cleanly with complementary florals. Red clover flowering tops carry a long apothecary heritage, a structure/function story only and not a skincare claim, giving brands a recognizable botanical to build a natural narrative around. The gentle glycerin base makes it a candidate for products marketed to mature-skin audiences.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Bio-Botanica's Hauppauge, New York facility has been family-operated since 1972 and holds FDA-inspected cGMP status, with these flowering tops processed by the low-heat Bio-Chelated method that maintains their naturally occurring constituents. An onsite laboratory validates every batch through HPLC, ICP/MS, microbial, USP, and heavy-metal testing, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available on request.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract is a cosmetic glycerin 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 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 Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract contain alcohol?
No — Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract suited for?
Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops 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 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 Glycerin Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a glycerin-based liquid, Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops 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 Red Clover Tops Glycerin Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Red Clover Tops 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, 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 Glycerin Extract manufactured and tested?
Red Clover Tops 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.