Pioneering functional ingredient supply with tailored active compounds optimized for Central American importing regulations and climate conditions.
Costa Rica is establishing itself as a dominant central node for premium food technology, functional beverages, and nutritional manufacturing in Central America. Backed by its stable economic framework and focus on sustainable, natural solutions, local manufacturers in major industrial zones such as Alajuela, Cartago, and San José are actively upgrading their ingredient supply chains.
Black Currant Powder (derived from Ribes nigrum) has witnessed a massive surge in demand. Rich in Anthocyanins (particularly delphinidin-3-rutinoside and cyanidin-3-rutinoside), Vitamin C, and polyphenols, it is the primary choice for clean-label antioxidant claims. In Costa Rica's expanding RTD (Ready-To-Drink) wellness tea market and specialized sports nutrition blends, finding a highly stable and highly soluble Black Currant supplier has become a key competitive differentiator.
However, importing functional powders into Costa Rica presents unique challenges. Tropical high-humidity conditions necessitate superior powder stability, anti-caking properties, and moisture-controlled packaging. Partnering with a supplier that understands these local physical and regulatory requirements is essential for uninterrupted manufacturing runs.
Bridging the gap between raw botanical science and practical commercial applications for global manufacturers.
UniCare is a professional supplier of natural active ingredients. Our products are widely used in various fields such as dietary supplements, 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.
For Costa Rican buyers, this translates to certified structural compliance under the strict oversight of the Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica. Our global logistics system ensures direct shipping routes to Puerto Caldera or Puerto Limón, accompanied by all necessary sanitary certificates, certificates of origin, and comprehensive heavy metal/pesticide residue analyses.
Combining high technology with strict supply-chain transparency.
We combine genomic plant breeding with advanced chemistry to unlock hidden bio-actives from raw plant material.
We invest 10% of our annual net profit into refining natural plant extraction methodologies and fermentation systems.
Utilizing high-end automation platforms to run multiple dynamic countercurrent lines for global consistency.
Working closely with local farmers, giving back to cultivation communities, and striving for sustainable supply paths.
Scale, automation, and stability engineered to meet high-volume global distribution demands.
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.
For Black Currant Powder production, this means we can isolate active anthocyanin compounds with high precision, removing unnecessary impurities that cause dynamic clumping in tropical climates.
Our extraction facilities have passed the rigorous China GMP standard certifications, ensuring top-tier hygiene and procedural safety.
Holder of EU-GMP and CEP certifications for Ginkgo Biloba extract, showcasing our standard compliance for highly-regulated global health markets.
Every single step of extraction, filtration, evaporation, and spray-drying is monitored via localized IoT-based control rooms.
Integrating state-of-the-art continuous countercurrent extractors to maintain uniform temperature controls and prevent botanical degradation.
With an enormous raw material capacity, we stabilize wholesale market prices and guarantee steady lead times during supply chain bottlenecks.
Six specialized production lines, containing annular dynamic systems (10-15 tons) and 32 multi-functional extraction tanks.
Standardized parameters tailored to fit premium dairy, beverage, and capsule operations in Costa Rica.
Depending on your application, our product variants ensure full compliance with target properties:
| Analytical Parameter | Specification Target Range | Instrument Testing Method |
|---|---|---|
| Active Anthocyanin Assay | 1.0% - 25.0% Min | HPLC / UV-VIS |
| Heavy Metals (Pb, As, Hg, Cd) | ≤ 10 ppm total (Lead ≤ 1.0ppm, Arsenic ≤ 1.0ppm) | ICP-MS (Agilent Technologies) |
| Moisture Content | ≤ 5.0% | Halogen Moisture Analyzer |
| Solubility Index | 100% Water Soluble (Clear Formulation) | Visual Assessment & Gravimetric |
| Pesticide Residues | Complies with European Pharmacopoeia (EP 2.8.13) | GC-MS-MS / LC-MS-MS |
| Total Aerobic Microbial Count | ≤ 1,000 cfu/g | USP standard petri culture |
Combine Black Currant properties with additional active ingredients to expand your target market share.
Securing product stability, safety and documentation traceability for local health registries.
United New Life (UniCare) 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.
Our lab routinely runs checks on 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, and other routine chemical parameters.
Our testing facilities are anchored by market-leading analytical instruments:
Two highly analytical Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography systems ensuring accurate active marker measurements.
Four modular High Performance Liquid Chromatography sets used to run parallel identification tasks daily.
Two robust Japanese-engineered chromatographic configurations optimizing routine batch assay validation.
| UniCare Quality Control Focus | Standard Actionable Procedures |
|---|---|
| Active Ingredient Analysis | Assay confirmation, compound profile identification via reference standards. |
| Hazardous Substance Analysis | Routine screens for heavy metals, multi-class pesticide residue, and solvent residuals. |
| Microbial Safety Parameters | Total plate count, Yeast & Mould, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, specific microbial analysis. |
| Raw Material Traceability | Strict origin screening, GMO certification, pesticide history verification at the cultivation level. |
| Stability Validation studies | Accelerated and long-term climate zone study profiles matching Central American humidity levels. |
Investing in sustainable agronomy and biotechnological fermentation pipelines.
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 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 new raw materials into mass-produced products.
Our raw material procurement system extends directly to every piece of planting land, ensuring batch-specific traceability. In order to further ensure high quality, UniCare cooperated with planting farmers to establish Ginkgo leaf, Epimedium, Phellodendron, and Olive leaf planting bases.
Some of these bases are managed strictly under GACP (Good Agricultural and Collection Practice) guidelines. We cooperate with seedling research companies to develop high-content cultivars via selective hybridization or gene optimization, systematically lowering production costs to benefit our end customers.
We manage international phytosanitary customs parameters to secure rapid customs releases.
We supply full DMF dossiers, HPLC/UV assay methodologies, and complete botanical identity documentation required by the Costa Rican Ministry of Health.
Given Costa Rica's oceanic, humid tropical environment, we double-seal powders in aluminum foil barrier layers, layered inside rigid double-kraft fiber drums.
Full support of ocean shipping to Puerto Caldera/Limón, complete with phytosanitary certificates, certified lab analysis (CoA), and structured packaging slips.
A fully traceable range of active components, manufactured to support local B2B distributors and manufacturers in Costa Rica.
Clear explanations for purchasing departments, formulation engineers, and supply chain managers in Costa Rica.
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