Sabinsa Corporation of East Windsor, NJ received several new patents recently. OcuFors received a patent from the Japan Patent Office, the U.S. Patent Office has awarded a patent for the “preparatory route for dipeptides incorporating selenoamino acids,” and the New Zealand Patent Office awarded a patent for SelenoForce. The...
Benicia, CA-based InterHealth Nutraceuticals announced that its ZMA sports nutrition ingredient received a European community trademark for use in food supplements. In other news, the Zychrome ingredient was found to have superior efficacy over chromium picolinate in a 74-person study. Taking 400 mcg of elemental chromium daily for three...
Decas Botanical Synergies partnered with Netherlands-based Medical Brands to obtain Class IIa medical device status for Cranberry-Active, a cranberry-based oral capsule for urinary tract health. It is the only such product in the European Economic Area that can be marketed with a medical claim for treating and preventing urinary...
WILD Flavors GmbH headquartered in Zug, Switzerland has signed an agreement with Cargill, based in the Netherlands, to acquire its global juice cold blends and compounds business. An ingredient from BioCell Technology of Newport Beach, CA, BioCell Collagen, is a finalist for the Most Innovative Ingredient at the Nutraceutical...
NHK Laboratories, Inc., based in Santa Fe Springs, CA, relaunched its Web site (www.nhklabs.com) with additional information regarding the company’s services and nutraceutical information. Anaheim, CA-based GMP Laboratories has a new Web site, www.gmplabs.com, with a fresh look and feel complete with videos, a quote request function and a...
Albion Laboratories, Inc., of Clearfield, UT, acquired hundreds of intellectual property assets from the Procter & Gamble Company and P&G’s NutriStar business. Aker BioMarine Antarctic, with worldwide headquarters in Oslo, Norway, achieved ISO 9001:2008 Certification for its krill harvesting vessel, the Saga Sea. In other news, Aker scientists developed...
The nutrition-added food products sector is still growing, all thanks to top ingredients that consumers are clamoring for.They understand more than ever what their nutrition needs are, yet they can’t always easily find the time, or spend the money, to bridge the gap from knowing what’s healthy to practicing it...
BASF Corporation of Florham Park, NJ now has two new distributors for its North American human nutrition customers: Brenntag Specialties, Inc. and Horn Company. JIAHERB, Inc. of Parsippany, NJ launched a new U.S. Web site (www.JIAHERBinc.com) and expanded its overseas manufacturing facilities. NHK Laboratories, Inc. of Santa Fe Springs,...
At the 52nd American College of Nutrition Meeting held in November, new research was presented about the ability of a branded chromium ingredient to support healthy blood sugar levels. Zychrome from InterHealth of Benicia, CA was found to have a greater effect on insulin levels and function than chromium...
From the crucial design process, to going green. With all of the effort and investment that goes into developing a product, it may be easy to become excited at the end of the process and say, “Let’s throw it on the shelf, already!” But for any product or product line,...
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