Sabinsa Corporation broke ground on a new continuous extraction facility in Karnataka, India, that will increase production capacity by 200%. The $5-million, 75,000-ft2 expansion will feature a 25 MT/day capacity continuous extractor, a 15,000-ft2 downstream facility, a new microbiology lab and a 45,000-ft2 warehouse. The project should be finished...
Hoboken, NJ—A two-part study published in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness has generated some interesting results for anyone concerned about reducing muscle soreness after exercise. Researchers from Chieti-Pescara University in Pescara, Italy, gave a branded French pine bark extract (Pycnogenol, distributed by Horphag Research) to normal individuals...
Ham Lake, MN—Bioenergy Life Science, based here, recently made public the results of a small-animal study in which the effects of caffeine and/or their branded ribose ingredient (Bioenergy) were tested on fatigued subjects. The mice had used up their energy reserves, as determined by three-day swimming exhaustion experiments. On the...
Hadley, MA—A small-animal study has found that stress-induced damage to the gastrointestinal tract may be helped with a vitamin E tocotrienols. Fourteen rats were given a normal diet, but seven rats out of the group also received 90% delta- and 10% gamma tocotrienol (at 60 mg/kg body weight, as DeltaGold...
Louisville, KY-based D.D. Williamson acquired the food coloring product line and processing equipment from Danisco USA Inc., which has been part of DuPont Nutrition & Health since 2011. The financial terms were not disclosed. Frutarom, with U.S. offices in North Bergen, NJ, acquired Hagelin Flavor Technologies of New York,...
Capsugel of Greenwood, SC, announced that its Vcaps Plus and Plantcaps vegetarian capsules received verification from the Non-GMO Project. Capsugel is the first capsule manufacturer to have this distinction. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry gave Sami Labs Limited, the manufacturing and R&D arm of East...
Exciting developments from packaging suppliers.While manufacturers are hard at work on new product formulations to better serve their customers, packaging companies are focused on the task of serving theirs, as well. Much thought and investment go into producing these containers before finished product makers can finally place their products into...
Contract manufacturers talk about quality and innovation.Cue 1970s game show music! “Manufacturer #1 loves to make probiotics and has over 50 years of research experience in the field. Manufacturer #2 hails from the West Coast and recently invested in a handsome new 120,000-ft2 facility. Finally, Manufacturer #3 not only can...
Checking up on the rules, standards and other issues that ingredient suppliers face.NDIs, GMPs, 483s, oh my! Getting your acronyms and shorthand terms down is just the start of navigating life as a raw materials supplier. A maze of regulations must be worked through before they can begin to comfortably...
South Hackensack, NJ—Naturex recently shared fresh data about two newly launched ingredients during a media tour of its New Jersey extraction and production plant. In November, Naturex launched a blood sugar-support ingredient (Glucevia) derived from the fruits and seeds of Fraxinus excelsior (common ash or European ash). What makes the...
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