Ocean Nutrition Acquires Encapsulation Rights
Omega-3 supplier Ocean Nutrition Canada (ONC; Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada) has acquired global marketing and distribution rights to GAT Food Essentials’ (Ebenfurth, Austria) wowCAPS omega-3 microencapsulation emulsion technology.
ONC now has exclusive rights to use GAT Foods’ wowCAPS technology in the omega-3 market. The company also inherits GAT’s existing global omega-3 customer base. ONC says that GAT’s technology will allow it to expand its range of omega-3 applications using its MEG-3 fish oil.
Cognis Licenses Weight-Management, Cognitive Ingredients
Cognis Health & Nutrition (La Grange, IL) has exclusively licensed two new active ingredients for weight management and cognitive performance from InterMed Discovery (IMD; Dortmund, Germany).
Cognis says that both ingredients show promising benefits based on IMD’s testing, including in vivo tests. Cognis plans to conduct its own testing on the ingredients this year.
Cognis has already licensed four other ingredients from IMD for weight management and heart health. A clinical test on one of the four ingredients will begin later this year, while the other ingredients are in advanced preclinical testing and scale-up mode.
The Nutritional Outlook Podcast Episode 39: Nutritional Outlook's Ingredients to Watch in 2025
February 25th 2025In this episode, Nutritional Outlook interviews Scott Dicker, market insights director from market researcher SPINS, about ingredients and product categories nutraceutical and nutrition product manufacturers should watch in 2025.
Prinova acquires Aplinova to further increase its footprint in Latin America
April 7th 2025Prinova has recently announced the acquisition of Brazilian ingredients distributor Aplinova, which is a provider of specialty ingredients for a range of market segments that include food, beverage, supplements, and personal care.
