Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower, is an annual plant of the daisy family whose bright blue flowers are the part used in commerce. Nustras supplies cornflower as dried whole petals, as a flower powder and as a flower extract, for use as a botanical ingredient in herbal tea, food, supplement and cosmetic formulations.

Cornflower petals are formulated into herbal tea and botanical blends into confectionery and bakery decorations and natural colouring applications; the powder and extract are formulated into supplements in capsule and powder form and into skin-care and eye-care cosmetic products.

The dried petals are blue to violet-blue with a faint odour; the powder and extract are blue-grey to brown powders, each standardised to specification. Identity is confirmed by macroscopic and microscopic examination, and loss on drying, ash, foreign matter, heavy-metal and microbial limits are supplied to specification and confirmed on each lot's certificate of analysis.

Nustras supplies cornflower petals, powder and extract in bulk commercial quantities, in food-grade bags and fibre drums, to manufacturers and formulators internationally, with a certificate of analysis, specification sheet and country-of-origin documentation on every lot. Cornflower is an accepted herbal and food ingredient in major markets; buyers confirm the permitted plant part and claim for their application. Contact us for grade, pricing per kilogram and lead time.