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UniCare is a professional supplier of natural active ingredients. Our products are widely used in various fields such as dietary supplement, food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. We focus on product development and quality stability, and insist on growing together with our customers around the world.
To deliver unmatched consistency, UniCare has deep cooperation with several excellent Chinese manufacturers who have complete quality management system certifications, including but not limited to GMP, EUGMP, CEP, ISO9001, ISO22000, and HACCP. Each factory has independent testing capabilities and is equipped with advanced and efficient testing equipment to ensure the high quality and long-term stability of each batch of products.
An in-depth analysis of processing methodologies, bioactive potentials, and supply chain strategies in the global nut and plant extract trade.
In the modern phytomedicine and functional food sectors, the term "Almond" represents a vast botanical horizon. China has established itself as a pivotal sourcing landscape for both Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) and Prunus armeniaca (bitter almond or apricot kernel). As a premier China Almond Exporter, UniCare bridges the gap between massive agricultural cultivation and precision chemical isolation. Bitter almond seeds contain high concentrations of Amygdalin (often categorized as Vitamin B17), which is utilized globally for its therapeutic profile in cellular protection and respiratory support formulations. The international demand for almond-based proteins, oils, and purified active components has experienced double-digit growth, driven by plant-based dietary shifts and clean-label pharmaceutical excipients.
A critical trend in global nutraceutical purchasing is the demand for multi-ingredient synergy. Procurement officers do not look at almond compounds in isolation; they design products combining almond-derived lipids with potent plant flavonoids. For example, coupling almond oil emulsions with antioxidants like Quercetin, Rutin, or Resveratrol creates robust formulations with enhanced bioavailability. The lipophilic matrix of almond derivatives serves as an excellent natural carrier for hydrophobic molecules, resolving a long-standing challenge in intestinal absorption. UniCare is at the forefront of this trend, developing co-solvent extraction strategies that integrate diverse botanical materials into standard ingredient profiles.
Extracting high-purity compounds from almond and associated botanicals requires managing raw material variability and preventing degradation. Traditional solvent methods often leave trace residues or denature sensitive proteins. To solve this, UniCare utilizes state-of-the-art countercurrent extraction loops and advanced membrane filtration. In our modern facilities, temperatures and pressures are regulated via intelligent automated systems. This guarantees that whether we are purifying Amygdalin, Ginkgo Biloba extract, or Milk Thistle extract, the structural integrity of the bio-actives remains uncompromised, and harmful byproducts like hydrocyanic acid in bitter almonds are safely and completely removed.
Recent global supply chain disruptions have highlighted the need for strategic supply diversification. Relying on single-source suppliers exposes buyers to regulatory shifts, crop failures, and freight volatility. By partnering with UniCare, global distributors gain access to a resilient network of GACP-aligned farming cooperatives and certified GMP factories in China. This dual focus on raw agricultural securing and chemical processing guarantees consistent pricing, stable lead times, and continuous batch availability, even during seasonal shifts or logistical bottlenecks.
Guided by quality, fueled by research, and committed to ecological and social responsibility.
UniCare attaches great importance to the hardware conditions of production equipment and has the largest and most advanced extraction factory in China. The entire production line in UniCare is controlled by a modern, intelligent, automatic control system.
Until now, UniCare has built up two GMP workshops, containing six multi-functional extraction lines, among which there is the only production line for Ginkgo Biloba Extract of acetone process in the whole China. Here are several other production lines including fermentation production lines and Chinese medicine pieces. A total of 30,000 tons of various Chinese medicine plant raw materials can be processed each year.
Fully compliant facility meeting the national Good Manufacturing Practice criteria.
Ginkgo Biloba Extract lines certified under strict European pharmacopeia standards.
Entire extraction setup utilizes DCS system control for batch predictability.
Deploying state-of-the-art superheated fluid and dynamic countercurrent extractors.
High throughput capabilities to fulfill large-scale global contracts without delays.
Includes 3 annular dynamic countercurrent (10t & 15t) and 2 multi-functional lines.
The only EU-GMP conforming acetone extraction process line for Ginkgo in China.
Six large fermentation tanks (20-ton capacity each) for biocatalytic transformation.
A photographic catalog showcasing our industrial capabilities, raw herb drying floors, analytical labs, and partner extraction units.
Ensuring trace verification, microbiological integrity, and chemical purity on every production run.
United New Life has established a leading and complete quality control system, and strictly controls the high quality of products in accordance with the quality system.
With advanced testing instruments, strict control of product quality, to provide every customer with high quality products. Detectable items are: Signature component detection (HPLC or UV), solvent residues GC, pesticide residues (organochlorine detection) GC-MS-MS, heavy metals (lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, copper) ICP-MS microscopic identification, moisture, dry weight loss, ash, microbial limits, thin layer identification, weighing, conductivity, PH, sulfur dioxide residue, routine detection, etc.
Quality System Validation: Our partners have established a complete quality control system. As a GMP Approved Factory, all the operations and managements in the facility strictly follow GMP regulations.
| QC Scope | Detailed Analytical Parameters |
|---|---|
| Active Ingredient Analysis | Assay quantification, isomer separation, chemical fingerprinting identification |
| Hazardous Substance Analysis | Heavy metals profiling, multi-residual pesticide screening, residual solvent tracking |
| Microbe Analysis | Total plate count, Escherichia coli, Yeast & mould, specific pathogen testing |
| Raw Material Control | Pesticide check, allergen classification, GMO verification, geographic origin certification |
| Laws & Regulations | Continuous monitoring of regulatory standards across EU, US (FDA, USP), China, and Asia |
| Stability Test | Real-time and accelerated temperature/humidity studies to guarantee shelf life |
| Physical Assays | pH, moisture content, total ash, specific optical rotation, particle size distribution, density |
The Central Lab is about [X] m2, and qualified by CNAS. This ensures that all testing procedures meet global ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory standards for testing and calibration. Our internal testing capabilities are built on robust instruments, which allows us to release certificates of analysis (CoA) with total authority.
| UHPLC, Agilent 1290 (×2) | Highly sensitive ultra-performance separation |
| HPLC, Agilent (×4) | Standard compound quantification testing |
| HPLC, Shimadzu LC-20AT (×2) | Routine assay and chemical profiling assays |
| ELSD, Shimadzu 2000ES (×2) | Detection of lipids and non-chromophoric lipids |
| Shimadzu GC-2010 (×1) | Pesticide residues and residual solvent monitoring |
| Shimadzu AA-700 (×1) | Atomic absorption for trace heavy metals analysis |
How we integrate scientific research with GACP agricultural standards to control our value chain from seed to extract.
UniCare invests 10% of our annual net profit in research and development. In addition to optimizing and developing the existing natural plant extraction process, we have also established a professional R&D department for the natural fermentation products. By increasing investment in natural fermentation products, we try to break through the traditional processes and disrupt industry development.
UniCare has deep cooperation with Beijing University of Chemical Technology in the field of fermentation, jointly developing and transforming the new raw materials of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and natural health products into mass-produced products.
In order to control raw materials more efficiently and with higher quality, a raw material procurement system has been established, which extends procurement to every piece of planting land and can trace the raw materials of each batch of products. The storage of raw materials is operated according to the advanced quality management system process, and the content of active ingredients, moisture, ash, heavy metals, pesticide residues and other items of raw materials are strictly controlled.
At the same time, in order to further ensure the high quality of important products, UniCare cooperated with planting farmers to establish ginkgo leaf planting bases, epimedium planting bases, phellodendron planting bases, olive leaf planting bases, etc. Some of these bases are planted strictly in accordance with the GACP management model. In addition, we cooperate with seedling research and development companies to develop high-content seedling cultivation, and cultivate better seedlings through hybridization or gene optimization, so as to continuously reduce unit costs to benefit users.
Our long-term commitment to ecological processing, green solvent alternatives, and digital quality monitoring.
Developing supercritical CO₂ extraction processes to minimize chemical residues across our plant protein lines, ensuring a zero-solvent profile for sensitive nutritional powders.
Partnering with Beijing University of Chemical Technology to implement engineered enzymatic cascades, raising conversion rates of complex glycosides to highly bioavailable aglycones.
Integrating predictive modeling for agricultural yields, allowing buyers to secure volume pricing early and mitigate global supply fluctuations before they disrupt margins.
Addressing the core quality, analytical, and logistics concerns of global sourcing agents and pharmaceutical compounders.
Reliable sourcing across a wide range of standardized botanical actives.
