Arla Food Ingredients has acquired Volac’s Whey Nutrition business, with big plans to turn its Felinfach site in Wales into global centre for performance, health and food offerings.
Texas-based Nutrabolt has taken an approximately 20% ownership stake in Bloom Nutrition, a California-based dietary supplement brand founded in 2019 by Mari Llewellyn and Gregory LaVecchia.
Europe’s largest adaptogenic mushroom supplier KÄÄPÄ Biotech has raised a total of €3.5 million to keep up with explosive demand for its sustainable and trustworthy range of medicinal mushrooms.
Newly published half-year results from consumer health giant Haleon reveal strong growth across its supplements category, which the firm says is largely thanks to investment in and communication of clinical studies.
Herbal extract and ingredient supplier Vidya Herbs has expanded its manufacturing capacity to the U.S. with the opening of its new extraction facility in Bunnell, FL.
Supplement manufacturer Biohm Health has announced a $7.5 million cash infusion that the company says will help it to further develop the use of artificial intelligence in its product formulations.
The cash injection will enable Verdify to roll-out global expansion plans and enhance data collection protocols, brand endorsements and digital link ups with major retailers.
Comet Bio – a startup developing prebiotics, functional fibers and sweeteners from upcycled ingredients – has announced an investment with RE Energy to build a dedicated manufacturing facility in Denmark to supply Comet Bio's Arrabina prebiotic fiber.
Consumer and retail private equity specialist True has acquired a majority stake in the UK-based egaming energy drink startup Sneak, as it looks to boost international expansion.
A ‘superfoods’ supplement startup is on track to rack-up half a million pounds worth of sales this month after a heroic appearance on the popular investment programme 'Dragon's Den'.
Swedish probiotics firm BioGaia is to form a new investment subsidiary that looks to identify and invest in smaller companies that includes one developing products to strengthen the skin microbiome.
A new private equity investment will help ingredient supplier OmniActive Health Technologies increase its existing capabilities and consider future strategic acquisitions, said the company’s founder.
Bayer has announced the completion of its investment in Care/of, giving it a majority ownership in the personalized nutrition player. The deal deepens Bayer’s capabilities in the personalized healthcare and nutritionals space.
The French government's financing initiative has approved Seventure’s Health for Life Capital fund meaning investors will devote over €5 billion to innovative companies in the field of the microbiome before the end of 2022.
Private investment company Emil Capital led a Series A1 round for personalized nutrition start-up Persona, closing up the latest funding round with an undisclosed sum.
From Clorox to Kirin to Johnson & Johnson, this year we’ve seen several consumer packaged goods (CPG) giants enter the dietary supplement space, either through acquisitions or major investments.
Swiss pharmaceutical and biotech firm Lonza announced a partnership with US-based Prolog Ventures to create a venture capital fund focusing on products that “maintain, protect, or preserve the health and well-being of people and companion animals.”
Immudyne, a company founded on the development of a beta glucan immune health ingredient, has sold that business amid a restructuring that positions it solely as a direct response marketing company.
New York-based LeBaronBrown Industries, a private investment firm, acquired a majority interest in American International Chemical, Inc. (AIC) for an undisclosed sum.
Milwaukee-based Lakeview Equity Partners, the private equity fund that acquired probiotic manufacturer UAS Labs in 2013, is expanding its reach in the nutraceutical space with an investment in Trumbull, CT-based NutriScience Innovations, a global supplier...
Personalized nutrition subscription start-up Vitamin Packs announced its partnership with BrandProject, a company which “builds, buys, and makes seed stage investments,” according to the latter’s website.
Private equity firm Everstone Group has acquired a significant minority stake in OmniActive Health Technologies to help OmniActive in diversifying and expanding its offerings.
Nutrition bar and powder provider Nellson LLC is investing up to $50 million to build a new facility in Ontario, CA to better serve the rapidly evolving needs of its customers, the company said.
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UAS Labs is well positioned to ride the wave of probiotic popularity and has responded with a tripling of its manufacturing capacity, CEO Kevin Mehring said.
The need to get higher returns on investment capital that has lain idle is driving the ongoing consolidation in the sphere of analytical testing according to Dave Kliber, CEO of SF Analytical Laboratories, which was recently acquired by multinational...
DSM Venturing, the investment arm of Royal DSM, has announced a strategic investment into ZeaVision, a dietary supplement company based on the benefits of zeaxanthin, a carotenoid eye health ingredient.
Membership continues to grow for the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) with 10 companies joining as the organization’s first Founding Associate Members.
Swisse Wellness will look utilise its ‘power brand’ status to give back to nutrition by investing in new research and clinical trials that will benefit everybody, says CEO Radek Sali.
Jamieson’s Laboratories, Ltd, Canada’s leading dietary supplement manufacturer, has entered into an agreement to sell the company to CCMP Capitol Advisors for a reported $300 million.
The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) continues to build its membership, with Canadian dietary supplement manufacturer Natural Factors the latest to join the association.
Chromadex has received equity financing from DSM Venturing, the corporate venture arm of Royal DSM, a move that will allow the Californian company to explore new topics and to accelerate its existing pipeline.
Canada’s SunOpta has agreed to sell its natural health products distribution business - Purity Life Natural Health Products – to an affiliate of Banyan Capital Partners for C$14.7m ($14.27m).
While Procter & Gamble’s move into the dietary supplements market might have been unexpected, the fact it chose New Chapter as its entry vehicle should come as no surprise, according to one investor in the Vermont-based firm.
The nutritional premix manufacturer Fortitech is to sell a stake in its business to a private equity firm in the hope of boosting its expansion efforts in global markets.
Cargill’s profits more than doubled during its fiscal third quarter as it benefited from the recovering economy across all sectors, particularly in developing countries, the company has said.
Enzyme supplier and contract manufacturer Deerland Enzymes has bucked the economic slowdown by expanding its Georgia facility and making its encapsulation processes fully automated in the process.
Tate & Lyle Ventures and Scottish Enterprise hope to prosper
from the emerging market for dissolvable and edible films as a
delivery mechanism for active ingredients, with the acquisition of
BioFilm Limited.
Fortitech has announced significant new capital investments in
several of its key markets, as it reaches out to growing markets
with its custom nutrient premix services.
Standard Process has begun a multimillion-dollar expansion to deal
with projected growth, as plans to add new lines and extend
existing ones suggest the company's business model is working.
German group Cognis, the supplier of plant sterols and CLA, is
considering the issue of a €500 million bond to fund a dividend
payment to its private equity owners, it said last week.
UK company BioProgress, which makes cellulose-based films for
coating tablets and capsules, is making an acquisition in the US
that gives it access to dissolving 'in the mouth' films for retail
consumer products, such as...
German speciality chemicals company Degussa has founded a holding
company in Beijing - Degussa (China) Holding - to expand the
group's activities in the Chinese region. The group also announced
recently that it has completed...
Embattled Rhodia CEO resigns coinciding with news that further
restructuring drive on the cards for the French food and
pharmaceutical ingredients company to shave off €600m in
divestments.
Direct-selling firm Unicity Network has been bought out by a group
of its management executives from parent company Netherlands-based
Numico. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Swiss chemicals company the Lonza Group said today it topped the
previous year's performance, with operating income, excluding
non-recurring items, up from CHF413 million to CHF419 million
(€286.5m). The group confirmed its targets...
