Gorgon Fruit Seed Extract Powder

Gorgon Fruit Seed Extract Powder is a concentrated botanical ingredient produced from the mature seed kernel of Euryale ferox Salisb., an aquatic plant in the Nymphaeaceae family. The raw material is also known as gorgon nut, fox nut, makhana, Qian Shi, and Euryales Semen. The extract format is distinct from whole seed, milled seed flour, and puffed makhana food ingredients.

The 10:1 extract ratio is the primary commercial specification for concentrated gorgon fruit seed extract. It provides a defined botanical-to-extract relationship for supplement and food formulation projects while remaining a multi-component botanical material rather than a single-marker standardized phytochemical.

SKU: BOT-BEX-0360 Categories: Botanical Extracts, Seed & Bark Extracts Tags: Dietary Supplements, Fruit, Gorgon Fruit Seed, Polyphenols, Seed

Ingredient Profile & Common Uses

The commercial ingredient is derived from the dried mature seed kernel rather than the entire fruit or seed coat. This distinction is important because kernel, seed coat, fruit peel, and other plant tissues contain different constituent profiles. The extract should therefore be differentiated from ordinary fox nut flour and from seed-coat-derived ingredients marketed under similar botanical names.

Commercial specification is primarily defined by extract ratio. For this product, 10:1 identifies the relationship between starting botanical material and finished extract; it does not mean 10% polysaccharides, polyphenols, flavonoids, or another active constituent. This makes the product a botanical ratio extract rather than a standardized single-marker ingredient.

The seed kernel has a starch- and carbohydrate-rich botanical matrix together with naturally occurring polysaccharides and secondary phytochemical classes. Extraction changes its physical profile compared with whole-seed powder, but wetting, dispersion, sediment formation, bulk-density differences, and botanical flavor can still affect performance in concentrated powder systems.

Application Areas

Capsules & Tablets

The concentrated extract can be incorporated into botanical capsule and tablet formulas where an extract format is preferred over the larger ingredient mass associated with ordinary ground seed material.

Botanical Powder Blends

The ingredient is suitable for botanical premixes, sachets, stick packs, and multi-ingredient powder systems where concentrated Euryale seed material is required.

Functional Food Formulations

Gorgon fruit seed extract can be evaluated in selected functional-food systems where a concentrated botanical component is preferred to whole gorgon seed or makhana flour.

Powdered Beverage Systems

The extract can be evaluated in dry beverage premixes. Wetting, dispersion, suspended solids, sedimentation, mouthfeel, and flavor interaction should be assessed in the finished beverage matrix.

Typical Specifications

Specification Item	Product Information
Product Name	Gorgon Fruit Seed Extract Powder
Alternative Commercial Name	Euryale Ferox Seed Extract Powder
Botanical Name	Euryale ferox Salisb.
Botanical Family	Nymphaeaceae
Pharmacognostic Name	Euryales Semen
Common Names	Gorgon Nut · Fox Nut · Makhana · Qian Shi
Raw Material	Dried mature seed kernel
Ingredient Type	Botanical ratio extract
Product Form	Dry extract powder
Extract Ratio	10:1
Standardization Type	Ratio extract; not single-marker standardized
Characteristic Constituents	Polysaccharides · polyphenols · flavonoid constituents

Key Constituents & Extract Profile

The seed kernel is chemically more complex than a botanical standardized around one universally adopted marker. Published research describes a substantial carbohydrate and starch matrix together with polysaccharides and several classes of secondary constituents, including polyphenols, flavonoids, cyclic dipeptides, phytosterol-related compounds, tocopherols, and triterpenoids.

These constituent groups describe the botanical profile rather than a fixed assay for the commercial extract. Quantitative values reported for one tissue or research fraction should not automatically be assigned to a mature-seed-kernel extract.

Tissue origin is particularly important when interpreting published chemistry. Seed coat, kernel, fruit peel, and other plant parts can show different constituent distributions, so raw-material definition should remain part of ingredient identity and supplier qualification.

Technical & Quality Considerations

Analytical evaluation should first establish botanical identity, mature seed-kernel source, and finished ingredient type. Identity testing and extract-ratio specification serve different purposes: botanical authentication confirms the source material, while the ratio defines the manufacturing relationship between botanical input and finished extract. These concepts should remain separate from quantitative marker assays.

Physical performance should be assessed according to the intended dosage form. Important variables include powder flow, particle compatibility, blend uniformity, wetting behavior, dispersion, visible sediment, and sensory contribution. These characteristics become increasingly important when the ingredient moves from simple dry capsules into complex powder, food, or beverage matrices.

During scale-up, formulators should evaluate segregation risk when the extract is blended with materials of substantially different particle size or bulk density. Premixing may improve distribution at lower inclusion levels. Beverage and food applications should additionally be checked for mixing order, shear, hydration time, settling behavior, mouthfeel, flavor interaction, and stability under the intended production process.

Packaging & Commercial Supply

Essencefield supports product evaluation, formulation trials, commercial orders, and ongoing ingredient supply. Packaging, storage, and shipping arrangements are determined by product characteristics, order quantity, stability requirements, and destination-market needs.

Supply Item	General Information
Sample	Available upon request for formulation, testing, and supplier evaluation
Order Quantities	100 g · 1 kg · 5 kg · 25 kg · 100 kg · 500 kg · Bulk
Sample Lead Time	Typically 5–7 days after sample confirmation
Production Lead Time	Typically 15–30 days after order and specification confirmation
Packaging	Suitable protective inner packaging with bags, cartons, drums, or other appropriate outer packaging
Storage	Store in tightly sealed, suitable protective packaging in a cool, dry environment. Protect from moisture, heat, and direct sunlight. Specific storage conditions follow the approved product specification.
Documentation	COA · Product Specification · TDS · SDS · Applicable declarations (as applicable)

Final order quantities, lead times, packaging, documentation, and shipping arrangements are confirmed according to the selected product and commercial requirements.