Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract
Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract is a glycerin-based liquid extract of Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor), 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 Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract?
Named for its banded, fan-shaped brackets, Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract is drawn from Trametes versicolor, a medicinal mushroom found on decaying wood in temperate forests worldwide. Bio-Botanica prepares it as a full-spectrum fungal profile in glycerin, an alcohol-free humectant base, and supplies it non-standardized for cosmetic and personal-care formulators. Its concentric bands of color, which give the mushroom its name, appear on fallen logs in nearly every temperate woodland.
Market Demand
Turkey tail is one of the most recognized functional mushrooms, and its arrival in topical beauty reflects the wider crossover of fungi from supplements into skincare; the functional-mushroom category continues to attract strong forecast interest across nutrition and personal care. A glycerin-based extract lets brands carry that mushroom-beauty story into water-phase products.
Formulation Applications
The glycerin blends into toners, essences, serums, hydrating gels, and sheet-mask fluids, dispersing through the aqueous phase during gentle processing. As a naturally occurring fungal botanical, it supports a clean mushroom-forward narrative for structure/function positioning, with no consumer health claim implied. The extract meters easily and combines with other fungal and plant extracts without disturbing the emulsion.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Bio-Botanica has extracted botanicals at its FDA-inspected, cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York since 1972, and this fungus is processed with the proprietary low-heat Bio-Chelated method so its naturally occurring constituents stay Holistically Balanced. An onsite quality lab verifies identity, microbial, and heavy-metal specifications by HPLC and ICP/MS, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available on request.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract is a cosmetic glycerin extract made from Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor), a medicinal fungus in the Polyporaceae family, native to Temperate forests worldwide (the Northern Hemisphere). 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 Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract contain alcohol?
No — Turkey Tail 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 Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Turkey Tail 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 Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract suited for?
Turkey Tail 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 Turkey Tail 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 Turkey Tail originate?
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) is native to Temperate forests worldwide (the Northern Hemisphere). Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a glycerin-based liquid, Turkey Tail 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 Turkey Tail 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 Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Turkey Tail 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 Turkey Tail Glycerin Extract manufactured and tested?
Turkey Tail 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.