Marigold Flower Extract Lutein | Natural Eye Health Supplement Manufacturer
– Active Ingredient: Lutein (5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 40%, 80% HPLC tested, custom content available for large-scale procurement)
– Appearance: Fine orange-yellow crystalline powder, uniform texture, no impurities, no caking
– Extraction Solvent: Food-grade safe solvent, zero residual detection
– Test Method: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
– Particle Size: 80-120 mesh, excellent fluidity and dispersibility
– Moisture Content: ≤5.0%
– Ash Content: ≤3.0%
– Heavy Metal Limits: Pb ≤0.1ppm, Cd ≤0.05ppm, As ≤0.1ppm, meeting EU and US food safety standards
– Microbial Index: Total plate count ≤10000cfu/g, yeast & mold ≤100cfu/g, no Salmonella, E. coli and other pathogenic bacteria
– Shelf Life: 24 months (sealed storage in cool, dry, dark environment)
– Solubility: Oil-soluble; water-dispersible grade can be customized for water-based product formulations
What is Marigold Flower Extract Lutein?
Marigold Flower Extract Lutein is a premium natural carotenoid extract, refined from high-purity Tagetes erecta L. (marigold flower petals), one of the most abundant natural sources of lutein and zeaxanthin. As an essential nutrient that the human body cannot synthesize on its own, lutein plays an irreplaceable role in maintaining physiological health, especially for eye protection. Our marigold flower extract lutein is produced with strict quality control, standardized active ingredient content, and no harmful additives, making it a top-grade raw material widely trusted in the global dietary supplement, food, cosmetics, and animal feed industries.
Raw Material Source & Sustainable Production Process
We select non-GMO marigold flowers from certified organic planting bases, which adopt ecological planting standards without excessive pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Each batch of raw materials goes through manual selection and professional testing, only retaining fully ripened petals with high lutein content to ensure the initial purity and activity of the extract.
Our production process adopts advanced low-temperature extraction and supercritical CO₂ purification technology, which effectively avoids residual organic solvents and retains the maximum biological activity of lutein. The entire production workshop complies with GMP, ISO22000, Halal, and Kosher certifications, with full-process quality monitoring from raw material pretreatment, extraction, concentration, purification to drying and packaging. Every batch of marigold flower extract lutein has a complete quality traceability system, supporting third-party testing and quality certification verification, ensuring stable and reliable quality for bulk orders.
Key Benefits & Functional Advantages of Lutein
Protect Eye Health & Relieve Visual Fatigue
Lutein is the core nutrient of the retinal macula, acting as a natural “blue light barrier”. It can effectively filter harmful blue light and ultraviolet rays from electronic screens, sunlight, and environmental pollution, reduce oxidative damage to eye cells, relieve dry eyes, eye fatigue, and blurred vision caused by long-term use of computers and mobile phones. Long-term supplementation of marigold flower extract lutein can delay age-related macular degeneration, reduce the risk of cataract formation, and maintain long-term visual clarity for people of all ages.
Strong Antioxidant & Anti-Aging Effect
As a powerful natural antioxidant, lutein can efficiently scavenge free radicals in the body, reduce oxidative stress caused by aging, environmental pollution and unhealthy lifestyle, enhance body immunity, and protect cell integrity. In the field of skincare, lutein extracted from marigold flowers can resist UV-induced skin damage, improve dull and rough skin, enhance skin elasticity, and become a core functional ingredient in high-end natural skincare products.
Natural Colorant & Nutritional Fortifier
Marigold flower extract lutein has a natural bright orange-yellow color, with stable color performance and no fading under normal conditions. It can replace synthetic pigments as a clean-label natural colorant, widely used in food, beverage and feed processing. At the same time, it can enhance the nutritional value of products, realizing dual effects of coloring and nutrition enhancement.
Wide Industrial Applications of Marigold Flower Extract Lutein
Dietary Supplements
The most widely used core raw material for eye health supplements, processed into lutein capsules, softgels, tablets, and oral liquids, suitable for office workers, students, the elderly and other groups with high eye load, as a daily nutritional supplement.
Functional Food & Beverage
Added to dairy products, fruit juices, protein drinks, breakfast cereals, energy bars and baked foods, to achieve natural coloring and nutritional fortification, meeting consumers’ demand for healthy and clean label foods.
Cosmetics & Personal Care Products
Added to eye creams, facial essences, sunscreens, and moisturizing masks, exerting antioxidant and skin-protecting effects, suitable for natural, organic and mild skincare product lines.
Animal & Poultry Feed
Used in poultry, livestock and aquaculture feed, it can deepen the color of egg yolks, chicken skin and aquatic meat, improve the commercial value of agricultural and sideline products, while enhancing animal immunity.
Our Quality Commitment & Customized Services
As a professional marigold flower extract lutein manufacturer and supplier, we always prioritize product quality and customer needs. We provide free sample testing, customized specification R&D, OEM/ODM private label processing, and professional technical formula guidance services. Our products have complete export qualification certificates, supporting large-scale long-term stable supply, and perfect after-sales service system.
We are committed to providing global customers with high-purity, safe and stable natural lutein raw materials, helping enterprises develop high-quality health products, foods and cosmetics. If you are looking for a reliable marigold flower extract lutein supplier, we will be your ideal long-term partner.
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