Kemin

CCA Industries targets eye-brain axis with memory supplement and NFL Hall of Famer

10-Apr-2023 By Asia Sherman

CCA Industry has partnered with NFL Hall of Famer and former Chicago Bear Mike Singletary to get the word out about Neutein, a memory supplement that tackles oxidative stress along the eye-brain axis.

Kemin's sleep ingredient shows promise in new study

26-Apr-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Kemin Human Health and Nutrition announced the publication of a clinical study on their sleep ingredient DailyZz, a proprietary blend rich in naturally occurring polyphenols.

News in Brief

Kemin brings Canadian distribution in house

04-Jan-2018 By Hank Schultz

Kemin Industries has created a Canadian division to handle distribution of its products within that country.

Kemin & OmniActive resolve legal differences, begin to form Lutein and Zeaxanthin Trade Organization

12-Dec-2016 By Stephen Daniells

OmniActive Health Technologies, Ltd. and Kemin Industries, Inc. have settled their legal disputes and will cross license ‘use patents’ on lutein, zeaxanthin and their isomers.

Kemin’s ZeaONE zeaxanthin supplement approved for Brazilian markets

01-Feb-2016 By Adi Menayang

Using zeaxanthing collected from marigolds, Kemin’s ZeaONE promises a supplementation that aids the health of the skin and eyes.

Kemin receives sustainability certification for vertically integrated rosemary production

11-Oct-2013

SCS Global Services (SCS) has certified that over half of the rosemary production by Kemin is ‘Sustainably Grown’, with the remaining fields scheduled to be audited this year and certified before the 2014 cropping season.

Collaboration was key design parameter for Kemin's new R&D facility

28-Aug-2013 By Hank Schultz

Kemin Industries is seeking to better harness the brain power of the scientists behind its various business units with opening of its new Molecular Advancement Center at its corporate headquarters in Des Moines, IA.

Kemin targets sports nutrition products with tea polyphenols

26-Jun-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Sports nutrition formulations have a new option for products targeting exercise recovery as Kemin introduces a proprietary formula of polyphenols to help overcome soreness and fatigue.

Kemin enters natural zeaxanthin market: ‘It’s a natural thing for us to do’

05-Jul-2012 By Elaine Watson

FloraGLO lutein supplier Kemin has bolstered its presence in the eye health market with a deal to secure exclusive access to a natural source of potent yellow antioxidant zeaxanthin.

Dispatches from SupplySide West

Kemin and DSM discuss lutein bioavailability

21-Oct-2010 By Shane Starling

Kemin Health and DSM Nutritional Products are highlighting data on lutein bioavailability at SupplySideWest today.

Lutein players see eye to eye on patent dispute details

25-Mar-2010 By Shane Starling

Lutein rivals Kemin Food and OmniActive Health Technologies have issued a joint statement clarifying terms of the lutein processing patent dispute they settled late last year.

Kemin wins lutein patent renewal

11-Jun-2009 By Shane Starling

Iowa-based supplier, Kemin Health, has been reissued patents first issued in 1995 that will “solidify its position” as a leading supplier of the eye health ingredient, lutein.

Kemin files suit for lutein patent

30-Jul-2007 By Clarisse Douaud

Kemin Health has filed a patent infringement suit against
OmniActive Health Technologies for methods pertaining to the
isolation and purification of lutein and lutein compositions.

Kemin & B&D set relationship in stone

30-Nov-2006 By Clarisse Douaud

Kemin Health has announced a United States distribution agreement
with B&D Nutritional Ingredients for its patented FloraGLO
lutein and Slendesta Potato protein extract.

Kemin wins patent infringement appeal

26-Sep-2006 By Clarisse Douaud

A US Court of Appeals has upheld Kemin Industries' lutein patents
after Pigmentos Vegetales del Centro appealed a September 2004 jury
verdict - finally closing lengthy litigation between the two
parties and giving the Iowa-based...

Kemin wins lutein patent case

27-Sep-2004

A jury in the US has voted to uphold Kemin Industries' patents for
the chemical composition and production process of lutein, in a
trial in Des Moines, Iowa, against Pigmentos Vegetales del Centro.

Kemin to continue court proceedings

18-Mar-2004

Natural ingredient company Kemin vows to fight on after a US court
rules in favour of the pigment manufacturer Pigmentos Vegetales del
Centro(Piveg). Kemin had sought preliminary injunction against the
firm for the manufacture of...

FloraGLO rolls out to European cosmetic industry

05-Jun-2003

Kemin's Personal Care unit is to market its FloraGLO brand lutein
to cosmetics manufacturers in Italy and the United Kingdom through
a new agreement with leading European distribution firms.

Let up for Piveg

25-Feb-2003

Mexican company Pigmentos Vegetales del Centro (Piveg) was recently
granted a temporary stay of injunction - the initial phase of a
patent infringement suit initiated by lutein supplier Kemin Foods
and the Catholic University of America...

Kemin sues for patent infringement

12-Jul-2002

Lutein maker Kemin Foods is taking a pigment company to court for
infringing on two patents it holds for the manufacture of FloraGLO.