Uncompromised freshness,
how nature intended it.
We tap into the power of nature to engineer the highest-performing natural food protection solutions on the market. Our comprehensive range of clean-label antioxidants, derived from consumer-friendly plant extracts, like rosmarinic acid, acerola cherry-based vitamin C, and green tea polyphenols, keep food and beverage products looking, tasting, and smelling fresher for longer. No one does food protection better than nature. We simply use our know-how to bring that efficacy directly to you.
OxyKIND™ quality standards
BOTANIKind's portfolio of natural antioxidants, with formulations adapted to every food and beverage application, outperforms traditional extracts and oleoresins—giving your food products unrivaled protection against oxidative deterioration. We use cutting-edge technologies to standardise active compounds for consistent antioxidant activity and remove the presence of odours or colours. All our natural antioxidants are:
100% plant-based
Gluten-free
Allergens-free
Non-GMO
Vegan- and Vegetarian-friendly
HPLC standardization of phytoactives
Surpasses US and EU heavy metal standards (USP 561 & EC 396/2005)
FSSC 22000
Halal
Kosher
An effective antioxidant for every use case
Not all antioxidants are created equal. Our precision range of all-natural food protection solutions takes the guesswork out of pinpointing optimal antioxidant dosage levels for specific shelf-life targets.
Meat & Poultry
We produce concentrated rosemary extract powders (up to 45% carnosic acid) to protect dry sausages efficiently against lipid oxidation and paprika color fading and water-dispersible rosemary extract powders and liquids to add a potent antioxidant punch to marinades and brines. Additionally, our proprietary and highly customisable antioxidant blends preserve the natural colour and freshness of raw meat products.
Beverages & Spirits
Producing a highly purified, odourless, and flavourless rosemary extract is no easy task. But we've made the nearly impossible possible. Our rosmarinic acid-based natural antioxidant solutions, developed with cutting-edge deodorization and decoloration technologies, extend beverage freshness while also protecting them from colour degradation—even in high-proof spirits.
Baked Goods & Snacks
Our rosemary- and green tea-based solutions, in both powder and decolorized liquid form, can either be blended seamlessly into your product recipes or add a layer of protection to the oils and fats you use.
Sports Nutrition
Our comprehensive portfolio of natural food protection solutions helps you overcome major challenges in the functional food space, including Omega 3 and protein oxidation and dairy-alternative drink destabilisation.
Pet Food
Our highly customisable, deodorized rosemary-, green tea-, and tocopherols-based antioxidant blends extend the shelf life of pet food without modifying the flavour of the recipes that pets love most.
Meat & Poultry
We produce highly concentrated rosemary extract powders (up to 45% carnosic acid) to protect dry sausages efficiently against lipid oxidation and paprika color fading and water-dispersible rosemary extract powders and liquids to add a potent antioxidant punch to marinades and brines. Additionally, our proprietary and highly customisable antioxidant blends preserve the natural colour and freshness of raw meat products.
Beverages & Spirits
Producing a highly purified, odourless, and flavourless rosemary extract is no easy task. But we've made the nearly impossible possible. Our rosmarinic acid-based natural antioxidant solutions, developed with cutting-edge deodorization and decoloration technologies, extend beverage freshness while also protecting them from colour degradation—even in high-proof spirits.
Snacks & Baked Goods
Our rosemary- and green tea-based solutions, in both powder and decolorized liquid form, can either be blended seamlessly into your product recipes or add a layer of protection to the oils and fats you use.
Sports Nutrition
Our comprehensive portfolio of natural food protection solutions helps you overcome major challenges in the functional food space, including Omega 3 and protein oxidation and dairy-alternative drink destabilisation.
Pet Food
Our highly customisable, deodorized rosemary-, green tea-, and tocopherols-based antioxidant blends extend the shelf life of pet food without modifying the flavour of the recipes that pets love most.
Natural Sources
Rosemary
We work closely with growers to establish optimal cultivation conditions and harvest periods to promote the highest concentration of carnosic acid, rosmarinic acid, and carnosol content in our rosemary extracts to ensure superior antioxidant properties.
Botanical Features
Rosmarinus officinalis, a member of the Lamiaceae family, is one of the oldest Mediterranean shrubs, known throughout history for its powerful, pungent aroma. This evergreen shrub, cultivated today in several European countries and also in the U.S., has been used as a food seasoning and natural medicine for millions of years—potentially even used in cosmetics in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and India.
Packed with phenolic compounds, such as carnosic acid, carnosol, rosmarinic acid, and ursolic acid, rosemary oils and extracts are known for exceptional antioxidant and antibacterial properties, as well as their ability to support cognitive function.
Antioxidant, antimicrobial, and antibiofilm properties
Rosemary's food protection properties are attributed to its bioactive compounds. Carnosic acid is effective in oils and fats, such as frying oils and meat products, while rosmarinic acid works well in water-soluble form, for drinks and beverages, particularly to support color retention by inhibiting oxidation.
Rosmarinic acid, specifically, offers essential antimicrobial properties and also prevents biofilm formation to help maintain food quality, extend shelf life, and reduce the risk of contamination.
The concentration of these bioactives may vary based on plant variety, growth conditions, treatment along the supply chain, and extraction methods.
Acerola
To ensure the highest concentration of acerola-derived vitamin C, we work closely with growers to ensure they not only select the right acerola species but also harvest and sort the fruit at the most optimal time. This is because green acerola fruit, for example, contains twice as much vitamin C as the fully ripened cherries.
Additionally, knowing that vitamin C is a rather fragile compound, we process the acerola fruits immediately after harvest under low temperatures to avoid any loss in fruit's highly concentrated antioxidant properties.
Botanical Features
Acerola, also known as the Barbados cherry or West Indian cherry, is a fruit-bearing tree recognized scientifically as Malpighia emarginata DC, Malpighia glabra L., and Malpighia punicifolia L. This tree grows in sub-tropical areas, where the rainy season (April to November) enables flowering and fruit growth. The small, tart, and rather acidic cherries (1-4 cm, 2-15g) mature 3-4 weeks after flowering—for up to 8 cultivation cycles per year. This plentifulness has made acerola the best commercial source of natural vitamin C on the market today.
Antioxidant properties
Acerola fruit is exceptionally rich in vitamin C (ascorbic acid), with concentrations ranging from 1000–4000 mg per 100 g of fresh fruit. A powerful antioxidant essential for human health, vitamin C is responsible for several metabolic processes: iron absorption, collagen synthesis, and bone, teeth, and muscle maintenance.
Vitamin C's antioxidant properties are used to keep meat looking fresher for longer, by delaying the oxidation of myoglobin to prevent discoloration. For baked goods, vitamin C improves dough and flour performance by stabilizing the gluten proteins to promote greater loaf volume and a finer, more uniform crumb structure.
Acerola-derived natural vitamin C is an excellent clean-label alternative to synthetic vitamin C.
Green Tea
The concentration of polyphenols in green tea leaves—often up to 30% of their dry weight—is influenced by both the leaves' maturity and the post-harvest process. Young leaves, containing the highest polyphenol content, are typically used for creating teas. We help eliminate waste by using the more mature leaves, oftentimes referred to as "byproducts," as the starting material for our polyphenol extraction.
Knowing the quality of these byproducts can vary significantly, and negatively impact the extraction process, we are hands-on in sourcing the best raw materials to ensure the highest possible yield of green tea polyphenols for extraction.
Botanical Features
Camellia sinensis, otherwise known as the green tea plant of the Theaceae family, has been cultivated by the Chinese for more than 2,700 years—where the tea leaves were used to create a pleasing infusion. The plant thrives in tropical and sub-tropical areas where slightly acidic soils can rapidly drain after heavy rainfall. Tea leaves are picked three to four times a year between the Spring and Fall seasons.
The polyphenols found in green tea leaves, such as catechins, exhibit powerful antioxidant activity and have been studied for years for their many health benefits, including fighting metabolic syndrome, promoting cardiovascular health, and preserving cellular youth—just to name a few.
Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties
The polyphenols found in green tea offer many antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, making them an excellent natural alternative to synthetic food additives. Studies have shown that microbial action of green team polyphenols results from the disruption of the microbial cell membrane. Green tea catechins can, therefore, be used to delay lipid oxidation and extend the shelf-life of various food products.
The BOTANIKind difference:
Keeping your products safe
Our ability to deliver the industry's best all-natural food protection solutions comes down to our hands-on approach to supply chain management, use of innovative technologies, and uncompromising quality assurance.
Efficient supply chain
Our vertically-integrated supply chain truly sets us apart. It was designed specifically to mitigate any risks that could potentially compromise the consistent quality of our entire range of all-natural food protection solutions.
Through our one-on-one relationships with growers, we are able to influence the selection of optimal cultivation areas, plant varieties, and farming practices to produce the greatest yields, reduce costs, minimize supply disruptions, and maintain a higher level of end-to-end quality control.
Playing an active role throughout our supply chain means you get access to the highest performing natural antioxidants and food preservatives.
Cutting-edge technology
A deep commitment to innovation enables us to set new standards for all-natural food protection solutions:
Extraction
Formulation
Blending
Extraction: Our state-of-the-art extraction processes, including water and green solvent extraction, CO2 supercritical extraction, and low-temperature vacuum extraction, produce the highest and most consistent concentration of active compounds while preserving sensitive nutrients like vitamin C.
Formulation: We employ cutting-edge formulation techniques, such as emulsification and encapsulation, to develop customized delivery systems that meet specific customer requirements. We can make highly customised formulations for practically any use case, whether it requires the active compounds to be water or oil soluble, available in liquid or powder form, or completely transparent.
Blending: We are experts at creating highly customized antioxidant blends, using a combination of select active compounds, to create advanced antioxidant systems tailored to our customers' unique needs.
Quality assurance
Quality is at the core of everything we do. We leverage gold-standard analytical capabilities, including Agilent GC and HPLC, to analyze volatile and non-volatile compounds as a way to ensure the purity and consistent quality of our all-natural food protection solutions.
As an added quality control measure, our scientists work closely with customers to conduct routine tests to verify a solution's ability to meet specific product requirements:
Testings
Certification
- Shelf-life tests for oil-based carrier matrices
- Free fatty acid and peroxide value measurements (AOCS Ca 5a-40 and AOCS Cd 8b-90)
- Sensory evaluations (colour, taste, and odour)
- Accelerated stability tests (Rancimat ISO 6886:2004 and OXIPRES)
Our manufacturing sites are FSSC 22000 certified, guaranteeing a rigorous food safety management system that upholds the highest quality standards along the production and manufacturing processes.
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