Targeted solutions for Boston's metabolic health, sports nutrition, and advanced food-tech enterprises.
The Greater Boston area—including Cambridge, Quincy, and the Route 128 corridor—stands as the world's preeminent hub for life sciences and health-tech innovation. Within this highly dense scientific ecosystem, there is an accelerating transition toward natural active ingredients and bio-based raw materials. Food scientists and clinical researchers alike are looking for suppliers who understand the strict requirements of cell-line validation, stability profiles, and predictable phytochemical distribution.
Litchi Powder (derived from *Litchi chinensis*) has rapidly transformed from a simple flavoring agent into a highly valued bioactive candidate. Rich in Oligonol, low-molecular-weight polyphenols, and native ascorbic acid, it offers functional applications ranging from antioxidant cell protection in anti-aging formulas to clean-label flavor stabilization in functional beverages.
As a key supplier serving the Boston and wider Massachusetts market, we bridge the gap between high-yield cultivation, advanced industrial extraction, and the technical documentation demanded by local quality assurance teams.
Many Boston-based consumer brand startups and established pharma entities face severe supply disruptions when procuring high-purity botanical inputs. Common challenges include:
UniCare addresses these bottlenecks by implementing automated processing controls and operating a fully certified foreign supplier verification program (FSVP) aligned with domestic requirements.
An in-depth look at how we preserve structural bioactivity from raw harvest to final dry powder.
Using advanced low-temperature spray drying technology, we prevent the thermal degradation of delicate polyphenols and monomeric anthocyanins. This process ensures the natural profile of *Litchi chinensis* remains intact for functional applications.
We provide customizable carrier options depending on your formulation needs. Formulate with traditional maltodextrin (USP grade) for excellent solubility, or select organic Acacia gum for clean-label, low-glycemic applications.
Our engineered powder disperses uniformly without clumping. Ideal for instant powder mixes, ready-to-drink (RTD) formulations, and cosmetic emulsions requiring a smooth, non-gritty texture.
All raw Litchi fruit used in our production lines is sourced directly from GAP-compliant orchards. Each batch undergoes rigorous testing for multi-class pesticide residues, ensuring complete compliance with the US Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
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.
Our guiding values drive continuous improvement and product integrity.
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.
Providing the analytical validation required by Boston's clinical investigators and QA specialists.
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 Items | Specific Parameters & Testing Parameters |
|---|---|
| Active Ingredient Analysis | Assay, identification, marker compound profiling |
| Hazardous Substance Analysis | Heavy metals (ICP-MS), pesticide residue (GC-MS-MS), solvent residue (GC) |
| Microbe Analysis | Total plate count, Escherichia coli, Yeast & mould, specific pathogen testing |
| Raw Material Control | Traceability validation, non-GMO status, allergen screening, raw species identification |
| Laws & Regulations Confirmation | Continuous alignment with regulatory standards of US FDA, EFSA, and China FDA |
| Stability Test | Long-term and accelerated testing to guarantee shelf life |
| Others | pH value, moisture, ash, optical rotation, particle size, bulk density |
| Instrumentation Type | Model and Quantity Available |
|---|---|
| UHPLC System | Agilent 1290 Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (×2) |
| HPLC System | Agilent 1260 Series (×4) |
| HPLC System (Shimadzu) | Shimadzu LC-20AT (×2) |
| Evaporative Light Scattering Detector (ELSD) | Shimadzu 2000ES (×2) |
| Gas Chromatograph (GC) | Shimadzu GC-2010 (×1) |
| Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer | Shimadzu AA-7000 (×1) |
Securing the supply chain from initial germplasm selection through to target extraction extraction.
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 traditional processes and drive industry development.
UniCare has deep cooperation with Beijing University of Chemical Technology in the field of fermentation, jointly developing and transforming 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.
Continuous investment in cutting-edge industrial machinery and processing infrastructure.
For research laboratories and commercial production facilities across Massachusetts, lead time and custom-clearance security are critical elements of the supply chain. UniCare coordinates specialized shipping lanes to minimize import bottlenecks.
By partner-stocking materials near key transit points and providing direct documentation, we ensure your production schedules run smoothly without waiting on raw materials. All shipments are accompanied by detailed batch records, including heavy metal assays, residual solvent limits, and microbial status reports.
Crucial technical and compliance questions answered by our botanical application specialists.
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