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Greenvit Enters North American Market
Founded in 2010 to provide technologically advanced berry and herbal extracts from botanicals grown indigenously throughout Europe, Poland-based Greenvit is now focused on working with customers in the U.S. and Canada. According to Greenvit CEO, Rafal Pietruszynski, the company is distinctive in its approach to supplying botanical ingredients (conventional and organic) and organic berries. First, ...
KD Pharma Group Completes Acquisition of dsm-firmenich’s Marine Lipids Business
The KD Pharma Group (Switzerland) has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of dsm-firmenich’s (Heerlen, Netherlands) Marine Lipids business. The transaction was announced in July and has now successfully been closed after receiving all customer regulatory approvals. The acquisition includes dsm-firmenich’s Marine Lipids omega-3 fish oil business for the food and beverage, dietary ...
BMC Medicine Retracts DNA Barcoding Study on Herbal Products, Industry Responds
In July 2024, BMC Medicine’s editorial office retracted a 2013 study, which used DNA barcoding analysis to test 44 herbal products. “The Editor has retracted this article. An investigation by the University of Guelph (U of G) has found evidence of data fabrication in relation to this article. The Editor therefore no longer has confidence ...
Vitux Opens New Production Facility in Canada to Expand Smart Chew System
On August 15, Vitux opened its first North American location to better meet growing global demand for its Smart Chew system, which packages nutrients in a chewable jelly matrix. The new production facility in Windsor, Canada adds much-needed capacity to Vitux’s parent plant in Norway, according to the company. Vitux is the originator of this ...
Lonza Strengthens Canadian Ingredient Distribution Network with Quadra
Lonza (Morristown, NJ) has announced the expansion of its distribution agreement with Quadra Chemicals Ltd. in Canada. The newly expanded agreement allows Quadra to sell Lonza Consumer Health & Nutrition’s full range of consumer health and nutrition ingredients to customers in Canada, including its UC-II undenatured type II collagen. Lonza’s Carnipure L-Carnitine and ResistAid natural ...
BI Announces Partnership with Brenntag Food & Nutrition for Distribution in Canadian Market
BI Nutraceuticals (Rancho Dominguez, CA), a global full service manufacturer and supplier of plant based ingredients in the United States, announced its partnership with the Food & Nutrition’s experts of Brenntag Canada Inc. Brenntag Canada, a provider of high-quality ingredients, specialty products and distribution services in Canada. The partnership, which will begin on March 1, ...
Nature’s Way and Natural Products Canada Sign Investment Agreement
Nature’s Way (Green Bay, WI) and Natural Products Canada (NPC) have signed an agreement to co-invest in innovative natural health product opportunities in Canada. The output of this partnership will continue to feed consumers’ needs for natural product solutions, a category that is already growing +5 percent in Canada. “We are very excited to explore ...
Mazza Innovation Expands Financing, Senior Management Team
Mazza Innovation Ltd. (Canada) has announced that it has raised $2.8 million (Cdn) from existing and new shareholders to fund an expansion of operations at its Delta, BC PhytoClean extraction facility. Details of the financing are not being released at this time. The company is also happy to announce the appointment of three highly experienced ...
Algatech Opens U.S. Subsidiary
Algatech opens Algatech Inc., a New York, NY-based subsidiary created to serve its customers in the North American market. The company is appointing Ken Seguine to lead the new operation. Algatech’s expansion into the U.S. will accelerate development of the growing market in North America for its leading microalgae ingredient brand, AstaPure, as well as ...
Pharmachem Claims Canada License for Phase 2 Carb Controller
Pharachem Laboratories (Kearny, NJ) announced their new licensure for Phase 2 Carb Controller by Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate out of Ottawa. Pharmachem by Dicentra (Toronto, Canada) made the application stating “claims are unique to Phase 2 as the particular wording for the weight management claim is a rare phenomenon for licensed NHPs in Canada,” ...
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