Burdock Root Supplement OEM, ODM & Private Label Service
KS Nutripharma is a burdock root supplement manufacturer for OEM, ODM, and private-label finished units. Most single-ingredient briefs start from burdock root powder in capsules. Burdock can also be specified as a companion row in a liver health formula. A burdock extract — dry or liquid — is specified separately, with its own quantity, concentration, or herb-equivalent basis.
“Burdock 500 mg” is not a complete specification. Before quoting, lock the plant part and whether the panel means root powder or root extract.
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Burdock Root Manufacturing at a Glance
| Item | Manufacturing route |
|---|---|
| Material | Arctium lappa root powder or root extract |
| Primary format | Hard capsules |
| Other formats | Open powder or liquid. Tablets and gummies after feasibility |
| Multi-ingredient | Each botanical on its own row |
| Scope | Human oral dietary supplements |
Procurement checklist — fields for the brief
Root (or named seed/leaf) · Powder, dry extract, or liquid · Mesh / bulk density if powder · Extract ratio, if used · Declared marker + method, if printed · Alcohol or glycerin, if liquid · Dosage form · Serving size · Destination market · Existing COA / BOM
Burdock Root Formula Options for OEM and Private Label
The examples below show how a label declaration translates into a manufacturing specification. They are not recommended intakes and not a fill standard. R&D checks fill weight before artwork.
Use when: The buyer wants a whole-root declaration and can accept the fill volume that powder requires.
Specify: Root-powder identity, mesh, bulk density, weight per capsule, and capsules per serving.
Trade-off: Powder volume usually raises the capsule count or moves the serving to an open powder.
Typical format: Capsule or open powder.
Use when: The buyer needs a more concentrated material or a lower finished fill than root powder.
Specify: Extract weight per serving, and the extraction ratio on its own line. A declared marker is added only when the label prints one.
Trade-off: The lower fill is quoted on extract weight and ratio, not on the root-powder weight it replaced.
Typical format: Capsule.
Use when: Burdock and dandelion are both roots in the same formula.
Specify: Each root keeps its own botanical identity, plant part, material form, and declared weight.
Trade-off: One blend weight does not show which root is powder and which is extract.
Typical format: Capsule.
Use when: Burdock stays a secondary botanical and milk thistle carries the primary extract specification.
Specify: The two rows do not need the same material form or the same assay basis.
Trade-off: Burdock is quoted according to its own declared material and weight.
Typical format: Capsule.
Burdock Root Dosage Forms for OEM Manufacturing
Capsules are the primary finished unit. Open powder and liquid are alternative routes. Tablets and gummies need a format-specific feasibility review. Dry burdock is not an oil-phase softgel.
Best for: Finished-unit programs once the fill identity is locked.
Specify: Capsule size, fill weight, units per serving, HPMC or gelatin, and whether the fill is root powder or root extract. Fill weight follows bulk density.
Feasibility: If the target serving exceeds practical capsule capacity, evaluate a larger capsule, more capsules per serving, or an open powder before artwork lock. Overage is set from stability and process data for the approved grade.
Best for: A compressed root extract, or a market that already sells burdock as tablets.
Specify: Tablet weight, tablets per serving, hardness, disintegration, uncoated versus film coat, and whether the tablet contains powder, extract, or both.
Feasibility: Compression follows particle size and moisture. Film coating is specified after tablet weight, hardness, friability, and disintegration are within range.
Best for: An open serving of root powder, after identity and mesh are locked. The same powder may also be the capsule fill.
Specify: Mesh, bulk density, and serving basis; flavor and flow if the powder is opened. Culinary gobo is a different purchase from a finished-supplement powder.
Feasibility: Flow and caking affect whether a stick or canister format is practical.
Best for: A multi-ingredient gummy whose burdock input fits the piece weight and the cook.
Specify: Piece weight, pieces per serving, and the burdock input per serving as root powder or as extract plus ratio.
Feasibility: Selected multi-ingredient gummy programs can be evaluated when that input is compatible with the total gummy load and the process. A single-ingredient burdock gummy is not the usual path.
Best for: A measured liquid serving rather than a dry capsule fill.
Specify: Herb-to-liquid ratio or mg/mL, herb equivalent if the panel uses one, serving volume, alcohol or glycerin, preservative system, and the finished method.
Feasibility: A traditional tincture is quoted on its herb-to-menstruum ratio and alcohol percentage. A finished supplement liquid is quoted on concentration, serving volume, carrier, and a release specification. These bases should not be treated as interchangeable, and neither is equivalent to a dry-extract capsule weight.
When the assortment sits in a liver-health line, the burdock row is specified with the liver health supplements manufacturing file. It remains its own ingredient row.
1. Species and plant part
Commercial oral programs specify Arctium lappa root. Burdock seed (Arctii Fructus) is a different purchase order. Leaf material is another order. A formula that names both seed and root still needs both rows. Culinary gobo is not a finished-supplement specification.
2. Powder versus extract
Root powder and root extract are separate raw-material rows, including when one serving prints both. Single-ingredient labels usually declare the root powder. Extract is specified when the panel says extract.
3. Extract ratio is not an assay
An extract ratio such as 4:1 or 10:1 describes the approximate amount of starting botanical material used to produce the extract. Two 10:1 files are not comparable on ratio alone. A catalog ratio becomes the finished-product specification only when the brief names it.
4. Declared marker, amount, and method
If the label declares inulin, arctiin, or another marker, define the amount and test method separately from the extract ratio. No marker is assumed unless it is part of the approved specification.
5. What Does “500 mg Burdock” Actually Mean?
These are label examples, not catalog SKUs.
| Label wording | Manufacturing basis |
|---|---|
| Burdock Root Powder — 500 mg | Root powder + weight |
| Burdock Root Extract — 500 mg | Extract weight + extraction basis |
| Burdock Root Extract — 500 mg, 10:1 | Extract weight + ratio |
| Burdock Root Extract + declared marker | Extract + marker amount + method |
A panel that says only “burdock 500 mg” is still incomplete. A serving that prints root powder and root extract together, or a liquid herb equivalent, is specified on its own basis. It is not read as one of the four rows above.
6. Label quantity and finished-product release
A 500 mg extract declaration is a label quantity, not necessarily a finished-product assay result. Release testing follows the approved specification — for example identity, a declared marker, or another defined quality attribute. A liquid herb equivalent is checked against the liquid specification.
7. Not dandelion, not yellow dock
Taraxacum (dandelion) and yellow dock are different botanicals. On a two-root or multi-root formula, each root keeps its own identity and milligrams.
8. Contaminant specification
Root materials carry applicable heavy-metal, pesticide, and microbiological panels. Heavy-metal limits can affect raw-material selection, testing scope, and cost.
Have two burdock COAs? Send both. We compare identity fields before you compare price.
(1) Multi-root brief arrives as one blend weight
Challenge
A two-root or multi-botanical bottle arrives as one milligram figure. The burdock row cannot be released against that total.
Approach
We split the formula into defined ingredient rows before checking fill weight, dosage form, and quotation.
(2) Extract ratio is used as if it were finished-product potency
Challenge
An extract ratio is treated as potency, or set beside a root-powder weight or a liquid herb equivalent as if the numbers matched.
Approach
Extract weight, ratio, any declared marker, liquid basis, and finished-product assay stay on separate lines of the specification.
Two burdock prices diverge when these inputs diverge:
- Root powder versus dry extract
- Extract ratio and the written specification
- A declared marker and its assay method
- Capsule count and total fill weight
- Capsule shell and packaging
- Testing scope
- Order quantity and raw-material purchasing volume
A shared milligram on the label is not enough to treat the two prices as the same specification.
The QC workflow covers incoming material, finished-product release, and batch documentation.
Incoming. Approved raw material is checked against the defined burdock specification and applicable contaminant panels. Customer-supplied material follows the same incoming specification.
Finished unit. A raw-material COA does not replace finished-product release testing. Release testing follows the assay basis the label and the approved specification actually declare.
Documentation. Specification, batch COA, and applicable panels. See How to Read a COA.
MOQ and production timing
| Format | Typical starting quantity |
|---|---|
| Capsules | About 3,000–5,000 finished units/SKU |
| Tablets | About 5,000–10,000 finished units/SKU |
| Open powders / liquids | Quoted after format feasibility |
These are typical starting quantities. Final MOQ depends on formula, dosage form, packaging, and testing requirements. Bulk raw-material sourcing can be quoted separately when required. Sample timing is typically 7–15 days after specification lock. Commercial production is commonly 4–6 weeks after formula, artwork, testing, and schedule are confirmed. Reorders are usually shorter than the first commercial batch.
Q: Can I compare a 500 mg root powder and a 500 mg root extract by price?
A: Not directly. Match the plant part, material form, extraction basis, and declared weight first. Root powder, dry extract, and a liquid herb equivalent are different purchasing specifications, even when the label shows the same number.
Q: Is inulin tested by default?
A: No. Inulin or arctiin is defined and tested only when the approved label and specification declare it, with the applicable test method. No marker is assumed by default.
Q: Is burdock root the same raw material as dandelion root — or burdock seed?
A: No. Oral burdock specifications use Arctium lappa root. Dandelion is Taraxacum, with its own part, form, and weight. Burdock seed (Arctii Fructus) is a separate purchase order, and so is leaf. A bottle that names seed and root needs both rows. A dandelion extract file, or a seed COA, does not price the burdock root.
Q: Does “Arctium majus root extract” on a cosmetic label define the same specification as a burdock supplement?
A: Not necessarily. Arctium majus is treated as a synonym of Arctium lappa in major taxonomic references. That does not make a cosmetic INCI listing and an oral supplement specification the same procurement specification. For a supplement, the approved specification still defines the botanical name, plant part, material form, extraction basis, any declared marker, and the testing requirements. Send that oral specification, not the cosmetic ingredient list.
What to Send for a Burdock Quote
A complete brief lets us quote against a defined specification rather than a generic price range.
Our review sequence: plant part → material form → declared marker or ratio → dosage form and serving → finished-product release specification → testing plan → quotation.
Already have a COA, BOM, finished-label panel, or competitor specification? Send it instead of rebuilding the brief from scratch.
If you are starting from a blank brief, the procurement checklist above covers the fields needed for an initial feasibility review. Say whether the RFQ is for raw material or finished units.
Typical first reply is within one business day on a complete brief. Complete briefs are reviewed by the project team. NDA is available for custom formulas and customer-specific specifications. See Confidentiality & IP Protection.
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Disclaimer: Wholesale / brand manufacturing and product-development reference only. Dietary supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This page does not make detox, cleanse, disease-treatment, hair-growth, or testosterone claims.
Milligram figures are development examples, not recommended intakes.
Structure/function language and ingredient classification vary by country; brand owners remain responsible for finished-label compliance with local counsel. KS Nutripharma provides manufacturing feasibility and documentation support — not legal approval.
Written by KS Nutripharma Formulation Team | Reviewed by KS Nutripharma Director of R&D (PhD, Food Science | 19+ years nutraceutical development) | Technical review scope: Arctium lappa root versus seed versus leaf, Arctium majus as a synonym rather than a second species, root powder versus dry extract versus liquid basis, declared marker versus extract ratio, companion-row weight, incoming material versus finished-unit release, tincture ratio versus finished oral liquid, contaminant panels, and QC release | Updated September 2026
