Turmeric Extract
Curcuma longa
Extract produced from Curcuma longa rhizome, supplied as a standardised botanical ingredient for nutraceutical, food and personal care formulation.
Standardisation is specified according to the required grade and customer requirement. The marker compound, assay method and any carrier or excipient are stated on the agreed product specification.
Where a defined solubility, particle size or carrier system is required for a formulation, these parameters are established at specification stage.
Botanical identity and origin
Botanical identity is stated on the product specification and confirmed on the documentation issued with each supplied lot.
- Botanical name
- Curcuma longa
- Common name
- Turmeric
- Botanical family
- Zingiberaceae
- Plant part
- Rhizome
- Country of origin
- India
- Product form
- Extract
Commercial applications
Nutraceuticals and Supplements
Standardised botanical ingredient for tablets, capsules, sachets and powder blends, supplied to contract manufacturers and brand owners.
Food and Beverage
Concentrated colour and botanical input where a standardised extract is specified in place of a milled powder.
Cosmetics and Personal Care
Botanical ingredient for topical and personal care formulation, supplied to defined appearance and assay parameters.
Ingredient Distribution
Bulk supply to distributors and repackers serving formulation accounts specifying extracts by marker and method.
Technical specification
The parameters below indicate the scope of a commercial specification for this product. They are indicative only and are not offered as guaranteed values. Grade and parameters are agreed with the customer according to the required grade, intended application and supplier specification.
Organoleptic and physical parameters
- Extract form
- Powder
- Appearance
- Yellow to reddish-brown powder; varies with grade and standardisation
- Odour
- Characteristic
- Particle size
- To agreed specification
- Solubility
- According to grade and carrier system; stated on the agreed product specification
- Loss on drying
- To agreed specification
Assay and standardisation
- Standardisation
- Curcuminoid content specified according to the required grade and customer requirement, and confirmed against the applicable supplier product specification
- Assay method
- HPLC or UV, as stated on the agreed product specification
- Extraction solvent
- Declared on the agreed product specification
- Carrier or excipient
- Declared on the agreed product specification where used
- Residual solvents
- Tested against limits agreed for the intended market and application
Contaminants and microbiology
- Microbiological parameters
- Total plate count, yeast and mould, E. coli and Salmonella tested against limits agreed on specification
- Heavy metals
- Tested against limits agreed for the intended market and application
- Pesticide residues
- Tested against limits agreed for the intended market and application
Packaging, storage and documentation
- Packaging
- Food-grade export packaging; format and pack size confirmed at order according to product and customer requirement
- Shelf life
- Stated on the agreed product specification
- Storage
- Cool, dry conditions away from direct sunlight and strong odours; containers kept sealed
- Documentation
- Certificate of Analysis and relevant product documentation available according to product and agreed specification
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