A pale orange, water-soluble powder made in Japan by hot-water extraction of dried Chaenomeles speciosa fruit, followed by filtration, concentration, dextrin addition and spray-drying. It tastes tart and slightly astringent with a faint sweetness. The producer rates it suitable for tablets, capsules, granules, drinks and jellies, with a recommended inclusion of 100-200 mg per day.
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The extract is made in Japan from dried Chaenomeles speciosa fruit in six documented steps: hot-water extraction, filtration, concentration, addition of dextrin and spray-drying to a powder. The specification sets limits for moisture, total plate count, coliforms, heavy metals and arsenic.
Step 1 · Chaenomeles speciosa
The dried fruit is the raw material
Step 2 · hot water
Water-based extraction of the dried fruit
Step 3 · extract liquid
Solids separated from the extract
Step 4 · concentrated extract
The extract is concentrated before drying
Step 5 · carrier
Dextrin added as the drying carrier
Step 6 · powder
Pale orange, water-soluble powder
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The powder is tart and slightly astringent with a faint sweetness. For drinks and jellies, run a taste trial with the free sample before you fix the dose and the flavour system.
The producer recommends 100 to 200 mg per day in the finished product. At that level the extract takes little space in a capsule or tablet and leaves room for other ingredients.
This page makes no health claim. Any function claim on your finished product needs its own substantiation under your market's rules, and the dextrin carrier belongs in the ingredient list.
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What each component is, what the processing changes, and what published research on the raw material has examined. No health claims; references on request.
Flowering Quince Fruit Extract Powder is made from the dried fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa, a shrub of the rose family whose fruit has a long food history in East Asia as preserves, fruit liqueur and drinks. In Japan the dried fruit is extracted with hot water, filtered and concentrated, then spray-dried with dextrin into a pale orange powder that dissolves in water.
The producer rates the powder suitable for these formats:
Because it is water-soluble and low in harshness, it can go into drinks and jellies as well as solid dose forms. The recommended inclusion is 100 to 200 mg per day in the finished product, so it takes little room in a multi-ingredient formula.
Buy the powder in bulk for your own formula, or see our Japanese supplement ingredients and contract manufacturing if you would rather launch a finished product made in Japan. For another water-soluble Japanese fruit extract, see our shikuwasa extract powder.
Chaenomeles is a genus of the rose family (Rosaceae) with five species: C. speciosa, C. sinensis, C. japonica, C. cathayensis and C. thibetica. China is the centre of origin and distribution of the genus, and all species except C. japonica are native there (review, Arch Pharm Res 2023). The fruit of C. speciosa is known in Chinese as mugua and has a long history in East Asia both as food and as a traditional herbal material (review, Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2018).
Chaenomeles fruits look much like the fruit of the common quince, Cydonia oblonga, and the two are often confused. They belong to different genera of the rose family (review, Antioxidants 2024).
Chaenomeles fruits are low in simple sugars and acidic, with a sour taste, so they are rarely eaten raw. They are processed into juices, syrups, candied fruit, jam and powder, and they are rich in polyphenols, vitamin C, organic acids, dietary fibre and pectin (review, Plants 2022).
Analyses of C. speciosa fruit have identified phenolic acids (chlorogenic, vanillic, gallic, ferulic and p-coumaric acids), the triterpene acids oleanolic and ursolic acid, and the flavonoids rutin, catechin and epicatechin (J Food Sci 2016). A comparison of twelve Chaenomeles varieties found more phenolics, flavonoids and triterpenes in the peel than in the flesh, with a composition that varied with cultivar and climate (Food Chem 2018).
The studies above describe the fruit, not this extract. The powder is specified for appearance, moisture, microbiology, heavy metals and arsenic. It is not standardized to any of the compounds listed, and their content in the powder is not given on this page. If your formula needs a marker-compound figure, raise it at the quotation stage.
The producer has run its own studies on this extract: in-vitro enzyme and protein-aggregation assays, a 14-day oral study in mice, and a small open-label, single-group pilot in which healthy Japanese adults aged 50 and over took 100 mg per day for 12 weeks, assessed with a computerised cognitive test battery and a self-rated everyday memory checklist. These are producer data: not peer-reviewed publications and not a placebo-controlled trial. We describe the design so your R&D team knows what exists. Results are not stated here, and these studies do not substantiate a claim for a finished product in any market.
How Chaenomeles fruit extract is classified, and what a finished product may say, depends on the destination market. Confirm the status and permitted wording with your regulatory adviser before launch. This section describes the raw material and published research on Chaenomeles fruit in general; it is not a claim about any finished product.
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Request a sample or quotationFlowering Quince Fruit Extract Powder is made from the dried fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa, a shrub of the rose family whose fruit has a long food history in East Asia as preserves, fruit liqueur and drinks. In Japan the dried fruit is extracted with hot water, filtered and concentrated, then spray-dried with dextrin into a pale orange powder that dissolves in water.
The producer rates the powder suitable for these formats:
Because it is water-soluble and low in harshness, it can go into drinks and jellies as well as solid dose forms. The recommended inclusion is 100 to 200 mg per day in the finished product, so it takes little room in a multi-ingredient formula.
Buy the powder in bulk for your own formula, or see our Japanese supplement ingredients and contract manufacturing if you would rather launch a finished product made in Japan. For another water-soluble Japanese fruit extract, see our shikuwasa extract powder.
Chaenomeles is a genus of the rose family (Rosaceae) with five species: C. speciosa, C. sinensis, C. japonica, C. cathayensis and C. thibetica. China is the centre of origin and distribution of the genus, and all species except C. japonica are native there (review, Arch Pharm Res 2023). The fruit of C. speciosa is known in Chinese as mugua and has a long history in East Asia both as food and as a traditional herbal material (review, Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2018).
Chaenomeles fruits look much like the fruit of the common quince, Cydonia oblonga, and the two are often confused. They belong to different genera of the rose family (review, Antioxidants 2024).
Chaenomeles fruits are low in simple sugars and acidic, with a sour taste, so they are rarely eaten raw. They are processed into juices, syrups, candied fruit, jam and powder, and they are rich in polyphenols, vitamin C, organic acids, dietary fibre and pectin (review, Plants 2022).
Analyses of C. speciosa fruit have identified phenolic acids (chlorogenic, vanillic, gallic, ferulic and p-coumaric acids), the triterpene acids oleanolic and ursolic acid, and the flavonoids rutin, catechin and epicatechin (J Food Sci 2016). A comparison of twelve Chaenomeles varieties found more phenolics, flavonoids and triterpenes in the peel than in the flesh, with a composition that varied with cultivar and climate (Food Chem 2018).
The studies above describe the fruit, not this extract. The powder is specified for appearance, moisture, microbiology, heavy metals and arsenic. It is not standardized to any of the compounds listed, and their content in the powder is not given on this page. If your formula needs a marker-compound figure, raise it at the quotation stage.
The producer has run its own studies on this extract: in-vitro enzyme and protein-aggregation assays, a 14-day oral study in mice, and a small open-label, single-group pilot in which healthy Japanese adults aged 50 and over took 100 mg per day for 12 weeks, assessed with a computerised cognitive test battery and a self-rated everyday memory checklist. These are producer data: not peer-reviewed publications and not a placebo-controlled trial. We describe the design so your R&D team knows what exists. Results are not stated here, and these studies do not substantiate a claim for a finished product in any market.
How Chaenomeles fruit extract is classified, and what a finished product may say, depends on the destination market. Confirm the status and permitted wording with your regulatory adviser before launch. This section describes the raw material and published research on Chaenomeles fruit in general; it is not a claim about any finished product.
It is a hot-water extract of dried Chaenomeles speciosa fruit, concentrated and spray-dried in Japan with dextrin as the carrier. The result is a pale orange, water-soluble powder with a tart, slightly astringent and faintly sweet taste. Chaenomeles is a different genus from the common quince, Cydonia oblonga.
The minimum order is 500 g at 900 USD/kg. The powder comes in 500 g packs and is ordered in 500 g units; larger volumes are quoted by volume and freight is quoted on request. It ships from Japan 1-1.5 weeks after payment. Payment is 100% prepayment by SWIFT or Stripe. Registered companies developing a product can request a free 20 g sample.
The producer recommends 100 to 200 mg per day in the finished product and rates the powder suitable for tablets, hard and soft capsules, granules, drinks and jellies, with general foods as the best fit. It is water-soluble, with low harshness and a mild odour. For drinks and jellies, check the tart taste with a sample first.
The specification sets loss on drying at 10% or less, total plate count at 3,000 CFU/g or less, coliforms negative, heavy metals (as Pb) at 20 ppm or less and arsenic (as As2O3) at 2 ppm or less, with an 18-month shelf life. The producer's safety data report an acute oral LD50 above 2,000 mg/kg, a negative Ames test, and pesticide and veterinary drug residues below the standard values. The powder contains none of the 28 allergens listed under Japanese labelling rules.
