Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract
Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract is a liquid extract of Tamarindus indica, 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 Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract?
Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract presents Tamarindus indica, the Fabaceae pod tree of tropical Africa now grown across the tropics, in Zemea, a plant-derived, renewable propanediol. Offered full-spectrum and non-standardized, it gives cosmetic developers a tangy, culturally resonant fruit botanical in a clean, water-compatible carrier that avoids petrochemical inputs.
Market Demand
Fruit-acid botanicals are a persistent theme in facial care, and tamarind carries both culinary familiarity and tropical provenance. As clean-beauty decks move away from conventional glycols, a renewable-propanediol tamarind extract offers a recognizable botanical in a carrier that supports the same sustainability story.
Formulation Applications
The Zemea carrier disperses into toners, essences, masks, and gel treatments, integrating smoothly into water-based systems and layering with other botanical extracts. Positioning is built on format, the plant-derived carrier, and tamarind's clean-label heritage story, kept to structure/function language rather than promises to the end consumer.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Bio-Botanica has operated its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York since 1972, extracting this pod with the proprietary Bio-Chelated low-heat process to keep its naturally occurring constituents Holistically Balanced. An onsite quality lab covers HPLC, ICP/MS, microbial, and USP testing, and lot-specific documentation supports qualification. Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available on request.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract is a liquid extract made from Tamarind (Tamarindus indica), a member of the Fabaceae family, native to Tropical Africa (POWO records Madagascar and the Comoros); now widely cultivated across the tropics. 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 Zea-Botanicals® Extract — the botanical is delivered in Zemea® propanediol, a corn-derived 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 Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract contain alcohol?
No — Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract is not an ethanol-based tincture. For any residual solvent or processing details, refer to the Spec Sheet/TDS and representative COA.
Is Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® 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 Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract suited for?
Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract is formulated for topical, personal-care applications such as facial care, serums, creams, and lotions. Its zemea base suits clean-label systems where formulators want a concentrated botanical ingredient to work into their formulation.
What industries and positioning does Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® 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 Tamarind originate?
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is native to Tropical Africa (POWO records Madagascar and the Comoros); now widely cultivated across the tropics. Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a zemea-based liquid, Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® 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 Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® 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 Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® 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 Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® Extract manufactured and tested?
Tamarind Zea-Botanicals® 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.