Boulder, CO — New Hope Network, part of Informa PLC, has acquired the assets of San Diego, CA-based Nutrition Capital Network (NCN). NCN was found in 2007 and facilitates financing, partnering and asset sales for growth companies in the natural products, nutrition and health and wellness industry by connecting investors...
Purchase, NY, Plano, TX — PepsiCo, Inc. based in Purchase, NY announced yesterday that it will acquire KeVita, maker of fermented probiotic and kombucha beverages. According to BevNET, sources close to the deal have put the purchase price between $200 and 300 million. PespiCo has already held a minority stake...
Denver, Co. — The acquisition of WhiteWave Food Co. by French Danone SA has been delayed. WhiteWave anticipates the deal — which is estimated at $12.5 million including debt, and was expected to close at the end of this year — will be completed within the first quarter of 2017,...
London, UK—In a deal worth about $1.56 billion, Informa Exhibitions has purchased Penton from private equity firms MidOcean Partners and Wasserstein & Co., according to Reuters. The move strengthens the British company's reach into the natural products industry in the process of creating one of the largest tradeshow and media...
Basel, Switzerland—Raw materials giant Lonza announced that InterHealth Nutraceuticals of Benicia, CA, will soon be part of its health and nutrition portfolio. The firm is planning a $300-million acquisition of InterHealth. InterHealth, owned by Kainos Capital, offers branded ingredients like UC-II, Super CitriMax, 7-Keto, Meratrim, Relora and others that will...
Paris, France—The French dairy company Danone, marketed in the United States as the Dannon Company, acquired Denver, CO-based WhiteWave Foods Co. for $10.4 billion, making this the company’s biggest acquisition in a decade. With brands that include Horizon Organic milk, Wallaby Organic yogurt and Earthbound Farm packaged salad, top sellers...
