St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract
St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract is an alcohol-free extract of Hypericum perforatum flower in a glycerin base, giving dietary supplement and food-and-beverage developers a concentrated botanical base. 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 St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract?
Long gathered at midsummer across Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is captured here from its flowering tops and carried in glycerin, an alcohol-free humectant base. Bio-Botanica supplies this flower extract full-spectrum and non-standardized, giving supplement and functional-beverage developers an ethanol-free botanical they can dose into calm-and-mood formats.
Market Demand
Mood-and-relaxation is one of the most active corners of the herbal-supplement aisle, and St. John's Wort remains a fixture shoppers recognize by name when they scan a label for a familiar botanical. An alcohol-free glycerin extract lets brands meet that demand in the tinctures, evening liquids, and stress-support blends where an ethanol base would be a barrier for alcohol-avoiding consumers.
Formulation Applications
The glycerin carrier folds into the water phase of aqueous supplement liquids, relaxation shots, sublingual drops, and syrup or gummy bases, requiring only cold or gentle-warm handling. St. John's Wort is traditionally associated with mood and stress, nervous-system and sleep support, and women's wellness — structure/function positioning only, not a consumer health claim — giving formulators a recognizable botanical story. Because glycerin is naturally sweet, it also softens the herb's characteristic bitterness in palatable consumer formats.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Family-owned since 1972, Bio-Botanica extracts this flowering herb at an FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York, using the proprietary low-heat Bio-Chelated process that holds a Holistically Balanced profile of naturally occurring constituents. Each lot is verified in an onsite quality lab for identity, microbial, and heavy-metal specifications on HPLC and ICP/MS instrumentation, with Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification available on request. A certificate of analysis accompanies each lot, and custom standardizations can be developed on request for brands with specific label targets.
Common Buyer Questions
What is St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract is an alcohol-free extract made from the flower of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum), a member of the Hypericaceae family, native to Europe, western Asia, and North 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 an Alcohol-Free Extract, and the carrier is Glycerin. The alcohol-free extract delivers a concentrated liquid form without ethanol. The exact carrier and any processing details are documented on the Spec Sheet/TDS that accompanies samples.
Does St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract contain alcohol?
No — St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract is an 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 St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract standardized to a specific compound?
St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free 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 St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract suited for?
St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract is formulated for ingestible applications, meaning dietary supplements and food and beverage products. As an alcohol-free extract, it serves as a concentrated botanical base that formulators dose and blend according to their own product specifications.
What industries and positioning does St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract fit?
It fits the Dietary Supplements and Food and Beverage categories as an ingredient. For brand positioning, St. John's Wort is traditionally associated with areas such as mood and stress, Nervous System Support, Sleep Support, and Women's Health — framing intended for structure/function positioning only, not a consumer health claim.
Where does the St. John's Wort originate?
St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa. Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a liquid extract, St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract blends into liquid and hydro-alcoholic systems; the carrier is glycerin. 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 St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free 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 St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract is sold in bulk to formulators and brands, not as a finished consumer product, and is offered in pack sizes of 23 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 St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free Extract manufactured and tested?
St. John's Wort Alcohol-Free 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.