Top10 List of Plant Extracts for Healthy Food and Drink in 2025
1.Ginseng extract
Core functions: Enhance immunity, regulate body functions, and relieve fatigue.
Application scenarios: Widely used in health and wellness beverages, energy drinks, etc. For instance, adding ginseng to the Big Devil Taurine Energy Drink can boost energy.
2.Curcumin (turmeric extract)
Core functions: Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, liver protection, helping to relieve joint pain and improve digestive function.
Application scenarios: Commonly found in functional beverages, health products, sports recovery drinks, joint health granules, and anti-aging capsules. Nano-encapsulation technology enhances its bioavailability and has become a popular ingredient in chronic disease prevention products
3.Ganoderma lucidum extract
Core functions: Enhance immune function, fight fatigue, support cardiovascular health, and also have a protective effect on liver health.
Application scenarios: Immune-boosting beverages, liver-protecting tablets for staying up late, high-end tonic products such as Ganoderma lucidum spore oil and Ganoderma lucidum spore powder are often used for immune regulation and health preservation. Polysaccharides and triterpenoids have been proven to enhance immunity.
4.Grape seed extract
Core function: It has a powerful free radical scavenging ability and can effectively prevent oxidative damage.
Application scenarios: Widely used in antioxidant health products and beauty and skin care products.
5.Green tea extract
Core functions: Antioxidation, metabolic regulation, oil control and acne prevention. It can reduce the damage of oxidative stress to the body and refresh the mind.
Application scenarios: Commonly found in sugar-free tea beverages, functional drinks, ready-to-drink tea, meal replacement shakes, and oil-control skin care products (cross-border applications). Catechin components frequently appear in weight management foods and beverages.
6.Anthocyanin
Core function: Strong antioxidant capacity, which helps delay aging and improve vision.
Application scenarios: It is mostly used in eye care products and beauty beverages, such as beauty beverages containing mulberry extract.
7.Resveratrol
Core functions: Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, and protective for cardiovascular health.
Application scenarios: It is often used in beauty and skin care products as well as health supplements.
8.Luo Han Guo extract
Core functions: Natural sweetener (zero calories), antioxidant, and assist in blood sugar control. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and is beneficial to respiratory health.
Application scenarios: Commonly found in throat lozenges, herbal beverages, sugar-free drinks, sugar substitutes, and functional snacks. Its glycoside component is safer than sucrose and conforms to the trend of clean labels
9.Mulberry leaf extract
Core functions: It has the effects of lowering blood sugar, reducing blood lipid and antioxidation, etc.
Application scenarios: It is used in blood sugar management products and health teas, such as adding mulberry leaves to Yili Shuhua An Tang Jian.
10.Cordyceps extract
Core functions: Regulate immune function, enhance physical fitness, and have a positive effect on the respiratory system and immune system.
Application scenarios: Commonly found in high-end tonics and immune-regulating products
