China Spinach Suppliers & Exporter

Premium Botanical Extracts & Advanced Nutritional Raw Materials

Industrial Spinach & Botanical Extract Supply Chains in China

The global demand for natural active ingredients has experienced an unprecedented surge, driven by the clean-label movement, sports nutrition expansions, and the integration of highly bioavailable green phytonutrients. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea), traditionally revered for its dense nutritional profile, has emerged as a cornerstone raw material in the global extract and powder supply market. As a prominent China Spinach Supplier and Exporter, UniCare acts as the critical bridge connecting vast agricultural sourcing with sophisticated industrial extraction technologies.

Our extraction facilities and agricultural partnerships enable the processing of premium spinach powders, dehydrated green flakes, and highly concentrated active ingredients like Spinach-derived Chlorophyll, Nitrate, Lutein, and Phytoecdysteroids (specifically Beta-Ecdysterone) to support multi-faceted health formulations.

Through modern technological alignment and strict raw material control, we solve the common pain points for global procurers: ensuring low pesticide residues, stabilizing heavy metals within global standard thresholds, and maximizing active constituent retention during mass dehydration and extraction processes.

UniCare Premium Botanical Infrastructure

ABOUT US

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.

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.

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Company Philosophy

Driven by purpose, backed by science, and committed to ecological and human health.

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Discover and create the new value of herb

Unlocking hidden molecular capacities through high-precision R&D and proprietary separation methods.

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Continuous innovation and improvement

Consistently optimizing process engineering, decreasing energy consumption, and elevating purity levels.

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Technology-Driven Quality

With the most advanced technology to produce the highest quality products for global target markets.

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Make employees happy, give back

Nurturing professional growth within our organization while participating actively in community welfare.

China Factory 4.0: Supply Chain Resilience & Efficiency

Integrating massive-scale raw material handling with advanced smart technologies to maintain absolute batch consistency.

Production System: Why Choose Us?

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.

Modern Automated Extraction Facility
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    GMP Certified Manufacturing Facility

    Our extraction facilities have passed the rigorous China GMP certification, proving our absolute control over environmental sanitation and systemized procedures.

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    EU-GMP and CEP Compliance

    Our Ginkgo Biloba Extract lines comply with EU-GMP and CEP certifications, exhibiting standard compliance required for European markets.

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    Modern, Intelligent, and Automated Systems

    All raw plant extraction lines are managed via smart PLC setups to stabilize extraction temperatures, pressures, and flow rates.

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    China's Leading Extraction Equipment

    We host dynamic countercurrent units, cryogenic spray-drying facilities, and falling film evaporators designed to protect volatile molecules.

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    30,000 Tons Processing Capability

    Vast scale capabilities allow us to manage substantial annual processing quotas for traditional botanicals, herbs, and spinach leaf crops.

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    Diverse Production Lines Structure

    Six independent lines: Three annular dynamic countercurrent lines (10T & 15T); two multi-functional lines (32 tanks of 6m³ each); and one round countercurrent line (10T).

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    Unique Acetone Ginkgo Line

    We own the only acetone process extraction line for Ginkgo Biloba Extract in China that fully meets EU GMP standards.

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    Fermentation Infrastructure

    Six large-scale fermentation tanks (20 tons capacity each) engineered for producing advanced enzyme-modified bioactive structures.

Spinach Technical Roadmap & Future Outlook

Bridging natural bioactive properties with high-efficiency agricultural separation technologies.

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Low-Temperature Dehydration

Preserving natural green color and heat-sensitive active ingredients through low-temperature vacuum belt drying and dynamic spray drying. This minimizes oxidation of spinach-derived chlorophyll and maintains complete enzymatic values.

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Target Extraction Chromatography

Developing isolation profiles for specific spinach fractions. Through macro-porous resin chromatography, we can isolate natural nitrates (for sports nitric oxide formulations) and Phytoecdysteroids to optimize bioavailability.

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Heavy Metal Mitigation

Spinach naturally absorbs soil minerals. Our production system employs ion-exchange membrane filtration to reduce lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury levels below EPA and European Food Safety Authority limits.

Technical Roadmap: In the coming years, UniCare plans to integrate green subcritical water extraction (SWE) processes to extract spinach bioactives. This method eliminates the need for organic solvents, meeting the global market requirements for zero-solvent residue and clean-label natural solutions. Our future product pipeline includes standardized spinach extract powders containing specified ratios of natural nitrates (up to 10%) and stabilized Lutein for eye health formulations.

Production Facility & Visual Tour

Direct insight into our manufacturing workshops, storage areas, and process controls.

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Quality Control System

Comprehensive analytics and laboratory control systems to ensure complete safety and traceability.

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.

Important testing instruments are: Two UHPLC Agilent 1290 ultra-high performance liquid chromatographs, four HPLC Agilent 1260 high performance liquid chromatography sets, There are two HPLC Shimadzu LC-20AT high performance liquid chromatograph, two HPLC Diane CU3000, two Shimadzu evaporative light scattering detector 2000ES, one Shimadzu GC2010 gas chromatograph, and one Shimadzu AA-7000 atomic absorption system.

Quality Control Parameters & Testing Protocol
Active Ingredient Analysis Assay, identification using UHPLC/HPLC/UV standards
Hazardous Substance Analysis Heavy metals (ICP-MS), pesticide residue (GC-MS-MS), solvent residue (GC)
Microbe Analysis Bacterium, Escherichia coli, Yeast & mould, specific microbial test
Raw Material Control Pesticide residue, allergy origin, GMO, origin of raw material verification
Laws & Regulations Confirmation Investigation and research of laws and regulations of China and other related countries
Stability Test Guarantee the shelf life according to stability study
Others pH value, moisture, ash, optical rotation, particle size, density, etc.

Central Laboratory Instrumentation

Qualified by CNAS - Serving as the benchmark for chemical and physical botanical identification.

UHPLC, Agilent 1290 (×2) HPLC, Agilent (×4) HPLC, Shimadzu LC-20AT (×2)
ELSD, Shimadzu 2000ES (×2) Shimadzu GC-2010 (×1) Shimadzu AA-700 (×1)
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R&D & Raw Material Planting and Procurement

Maintaining full traceability from agricultural land to finished standardized powder.

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R&D Integration

UniCare invest 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.

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Raw Material Planting and Procurement

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.

Macro Industry Solutions & Global Procurement Needs

Solving procurement complexities for large-scale enterprise buyers in Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.

Custom Dehydration & Mesh Sizing

Global food brands require specific physical characteristics to match their production machinery. We provide spinach powders from 80 mesh up to ultra-fine 200 mesh. Customized granulometry ensures smooth dispersing in instant drink mixes and functional beverages without sedimentation.

Pesticide & Solvent Remediation

Our extraction lines utilize physical and modern filtration processes to eliminate pesticide residues. We test for over 200 pesticide types via advanced GC-MS-MS to meet FDA, EPA, and European Commission regulatory standards for plant-derived ingredients.

Bulk Volume Pricing & Logistics

Through our long-term supply chain partnerships and strategic harvest planting programs, we offer stable annual contracts. This cushions global buyers against agricultural price volatility and assures continuous supply chain safety.

Localization Support & Compliance Assurance

Ensuring compliance across regional barriers to provide smooth customs clearance and product trust.

Full Certification Compliance

For high-standard markets, regulatory compliance is non-negotiable. Our partner factories strictly adhere to localized regulations. Whether your target distribution market requires USDA Organic, EU Organic, Kosher, Halal, or compliance under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), our documentation packages provide necessary support.

We provide full dossier documentation including Certificate of Analysis (CoA), Allergen Statements, Non-GMO declarations, and complete heavy metal profiling. This speed up review times during external regulatory audits.

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Traceable Sourcing
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Accredited Lab Testing
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Tons Plant Raw Materials

Frequently Asked Questions & Technical FAQ

Answering high-intent questions concerning quality verification, processing pathways, and logistics details.

How does UniCare manage heavy metals in spinach extract products?
Spinach is known for hyperaccumulating elements from the soil. We address this at two stages: first, soil validation of our agricultural bases to select low-risk regions; second, applying active carbon filtration and ion-exchange resin processes in our automated extraction line to keep Heavy Metals (Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury) compliant with EU regulation limits.
What extraction solvents are utilized in your production lines?
Depending on the target botanical product, we use water, ethanol, or acetone (specifically for EU-GMP compliant Ginkgo Biloba extract). We perform GC (Gas Chromatography) verification to confirm that residual solvents remain well below USP/EP guidelines.
Can you supply custom specifications for Spinach Leaf Powder?
Yes, we support both physical spinach leaf powders (standard mesh size 80-200, air-dried or freeze-dried) and standardized extracts targeting specific active markers (such as ecdysterone or nitrates) according to buyer specifications.
What documentations accompany each bulk shipment?
Every export shipment includes a batch Certificate of Analysis (CoA) containing assay data, microbiological verification, and heavy metal results. Additionally, we provide MSDS, flow charts, GMO declarations, and phytosanitary certificates for custom clearance.