Wild Yam Powdered Extract
Wild Yam Powdered Extract is a powdered extract of Dioscorea villosa root, 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 root profile.
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What Is Wild Yam Powdered Extract?
Wild Yam Powdered Extract is a concentrated dry extract of the root of Dioscorea villosa, a twining vine native to eastern North America. Bio-Botanica supplies it full-spectrum and non-standardized, without an added carrier, giving supplement and food-and-beverage developers a clean wild yam root concentrate for solid-dose formats. Concentrating the starchy root produces a workable powder that blends smoothly into dry systems.
Market Demand
Wild yam has a durable following in women's-wellness and joint-comfort formulas, and it stays in demand as shoppers look for traditional roots to anchor botanical blends. Its long association with women's formulas gives brands an established, recognizable name, and a carrier-free concentrate offers flexibility to hit label targets across capsules, tablets, and modern powder formats.
Formulation Applications
The powder fills two-piece capsules, presses into tablets, and blends into gummies, stick-packs, and dry drink mixes, dispersing evenly through a dry base and pairing naturally with other traditional women's-wellness botanicals in a single dose. Wild yam is traditionally associated with bone and joint, digestive, and sexual-health support, referenced here for structure/function positioning only, not as a consumer health claim.
Why Formulators Choose Bio-Botanica
Since 1972 Bio-Botanica has extracted botanicals as a family-owned company from its FDA-inspected cGMP facility in Hauppauge, New York, processing this root with the low-heat Bio-Chelated method to keep its naturally occurring constituents Holistically Balanced. An onsite quality lab performs HPLC, ICP/MS, microbial, USP, and heavy-metal testing, and Kosher, Halal, and Organic certification is available when required.
Common Buyer Questions
What is Wild Yam Powdered Extract, and what species and plant part does it come from?
Wild Yam Powdered Extract is a powdered extract made from the root of Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa), a member of the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Eastern North America. 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 Powdered Extract, and the carrier is documented on the Spec Sheet/TDS. The powdered form gives formulators a concentrated, dry botanical base. The exact carrier and any processing details are documented on the Spec Sheet/TDS that accompanies samples.
Does Wild Yam Powdered Extract contain alcohol?
No — Wild Yam Powdered Extract is a powdered extract, not an alcohol-based tincture. For any residual solvent or processing details, refer to the Spec Sheet/TDS and representative COA.
Is Wild Yam Powdered Extract standardized to a specific compound?
Wild Yam Powdered Extract is a full-spectrum, Holistically Balanced extract and is non-standardized. It is designed to reflect the naturally occurring constituents of the root rather than an isolated, quantified compound.
What applications and formats is Wild Yam Powdered Extract suited for?
Wild Yam Powdered Extract is formulated for ingestible applications, meaning dietary supplements and food and beverage products. As a powdered extract, it serves as a concentrated botanical base that formulators dose and blend according to their own product specifications.
What industries and positioning does Wild Yam Powdered Extract fit?
It fits the Dietary Supplements and Food and Beverage categories as an ingredient. For brand positioning, Wild Yam is traditionally associated with areas such as Bone and Joint Support, Digestive Support, and Sexual Health Support — framing intended for structure/function positioning only, not a consumer health claim.
Where does the Wild Yam originate?
Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) is native to Eastern North America. Sourcing and country-of-origin details for a given lot are documented on the TDS that accompanies samples.
How does Wild Yam Powdered Extract behave for solubility and compatibility?
As a powdered extract, Wild Yam Powdered Extract is a concentrated base intended to be dosed and dispersed into your formulation. 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 Wild Yam Powdered 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 Wild Yam Powdered Extract sold, and what about samples and MOQ?
Wild Yam Powdered Extract is sold in bulk to formulators and brands, not as a finished consumer product, and is offered in pack sizes of 25 kg, 100 kg, and 250 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 Wild Yam Powdered Extract manufactured and tested?
Wild Yam Powdered 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.