CDF Turkey Tail Mushroom Complex™

A dual-standardized mushroom active rich in beta-glucans and polyphenols for advanced skin defense, hydration, and resilience-focused formulations.

INCI: Water (and) Trametes Versicolor Extract

Standardization: 40% Beta-Glucan + 50% Polyphenols

Appearance: Light to medium brown

Solubility: Water-soluble and suitable for aqueous, gel, serum, and emulsion-based formulations.

Typical Use Level: 4–10%

CDF Turkey Tail Mushroom Complex™ is a premium mushroom-derived cosmetic active standardized for both 40% beta-glucan and 50% polyphenols. This dual-active profile makes it a stronger and more modern alternative to basic mushroom extracts, offering formulators a powerful ingredient story around hydration support, antioxidant protection, and skin resilience.

Turkey Tail mushroom is naturally rich in functional polysaccharides and antioxidant compounds, making this extract ideal for products designed for stressed, dull, dry, mature, or environmentally exposed skin. Its combination of beta-glucans and polyphenols helps support formulas focused on comfort, vitality, barrier support, and visible skin quality.

CDF Turkey Tail Mushroom Complex™ is designed for modern skincare and scalp care formulations where mushroom-based actives, antioxidant support, and skin resilience are key product claims. Its dual standardization makes it especially well-suited for premium botanical, adaptogenic, barrier-care, and anti-aging product concepts.

• Standardized to 40% beta-glucan and 50% polyphenols.
• Supports hydration, comfort, and skin-conditioning benefits.
• Helps reinforce barrier-focused skincare positioning.
• Provides antioxidant support for environmental defense formulas.
• Ideal for dull, stressed, dry, mature, or environmentally exposed skin concepts.
• Enhances premium mushroom, botanical, and adaptogenic product positioning.
• Useful in formulas designed to support skin vitality and resilience.
• Suitable for facial care, body care, scalp care, and haircare products.
• Pairs well with humectants, peptides, ceramides, niacinamide, panthenol, and other botanical actives.

• 2–3% for daily hydration and antioxidant support products.
• 3–5% for serums, creams, lotions, and scalp treatments.
• 5–10% for intensive barrier, resilience, and skin vitality formulations.

• Barrier support serums
• Antioxidant facial treatments
• Hydrating creams and lotions
• Skin resilience formulations
• Mushroom-inspired skincare
• Anti-aging botanical products
• Environmental defense skincare
• Scalp care treatments
• Hair and scalp antioxidant systems
• Premium natural and botanical formulations

• Add during the cool-down phase when possible.
• Compatible with gels, toners, serums, emulsions, lotions, and treatment products.
• Works well with hyaluronic acid, beta-glucan, tremella extract, panthenol, niacinamide, peptides, ceramides, green tea extract, and other botanical antioxidants.
• Recommended pH range: 4.5–6.5.
• May contribute a natural light brown botanical tint to finished formulas.
• For best natural-positioned preservation, maintain final pH around 5.0–5.5.

A dual-standardized mushroom complex designed for premium formulas where hydration, antioxidant support, and skin resilience need to do more than politely exist on the label.

• Certificate of Analysis (COA)
• Safety Data Sheet (SDS)