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Pathway International Pty Ltd
Pathway is the exclusive distributor in Australia and New Zealand for leading suppliers of high quality and innovative ingredients that add value to the health care and nutrition industries. For more information visit www.pathway.net.au
National Farmers Organization
National Farmers is a group marketing and price negotiation provider for the nation’s farmers and ranchers. The organization offers 14 marketing and risk management programs targeted to both conventional and organic farmers in the dairy, grain and livestock production sectors. National Farmers helps producers earn higher returns while managing market risk–enabling them more time to focus on production and management decisions. The 54–year old organization also provides financial and crop insurance services to its members. 800.247.2110.
www.nfo.org »
Bigelow Tea Company
The 100% family owned Fairfield, CT based Bigelow Tea pioneered the specialty tea category more than 60 years ago. Bigelow takes pride in its heritage and successful growth from a one-product, entrepreneurial venture into America’s leading specialty Tea Company. The Bigelow Tea line includes more than 80 varieties of flavored, traditional, green, organic, herbal, decaffeinated teas and iced teas– including America’s number one specialty tea flavor, “Constant Comment®”.
www.bigelowtea.com »
Racconto
Racconto is an international food company specializing exclusively in products from Italy. It is a leading U.S. importer-producer of branded and private label Italian foods. Racconto maintains offices not only in the United States, but also in Italy. Products are distributed by many of the largest retailers, distributors and wholesalers in the U.S. Racconto is strategically positioned to provide their customers with unparalleled service, not only in pasta, but the entire Italian foods category. Racconto is one of the few Italian food importers capable of offering the highest quality private label products in all key categories including pasta, olive oils, vinegars, antipasto, condiments and tomatoes. They produce gourmet quality and fully certified organic product ranges which showcase the high standards of quality, continuity of supply, packaging and FDA compliance that Racconto strictly enforces. The market place partners of Racconto regard them as a trusted source for developing and implementing comprehensive, authentic Italian programs.
www.racconto.com »
Red Mango
Founded in 2002 in South Korea, Red Mango opened its first U.S. store in July 2007 in Los Angeles and has since celebrated more than 50 store openings across California, New York, Washington, Illinois, Hawaii, New Jersey, Nevada, Utah, Indiana, Arizona and Texas. Red Mango received Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2009 “Hot Concepts!” award and has been named the best frozen yogurt in Seattle, Las Vegas, Chicago, Utah and New York by independent publications. Headquartered in Dallas, Red Mango serves uniquely delicious frozen yogurt that is all-natural, nonfat, gluten-free and packed with beneficial live and active probiotic cultures. Red Mango’s frozen yogurt has been certified by the National Yogurt Association’s Live and Active Culture Seal for meeting the required criteria for healthy frozen yogurt. Red Mango is a portfolio company of CIC Partners, also headquartered in Dallas, one of the premier mid-market private equity firms in the nation.
www.redmangousa.com »
Liquid Health Labs
Liquid Health Labs, based in Deerfield, N.H., was formed in 2004 with a focus on consumer goods specializing in nurtraceutical beverages and alternative ways to fortify beverages with vitamins, minerals and flavors. With its flagship PowerCap® product, the company is a pioneer and market leader in the category of dispensing technology, which the company has also defined as the RTG (ready to go) beverage category.
www.liquidhealthlabs.com »
Life Extension
Life Extension®, a global leader in anti-aging and optimal health, has been funding and reporting breakthrough research since 1980. Out of that research, Life Extension has developed well over 400 clinically proven nutraceuticals, including, vitamins, minerals, hormones, diet, and skin care. Each product is formulated with premium-quality ingredients for purity, potency and efficacy to replicate the results of clinical trials. Continually innovating and enhancing its product offering, Life Extension is responsible for such breakthrough formulations as Enhanced Super Digestive Enzymes with Probiotics, Advanced Oral Hygiene and Integra-Lean™ Irvingia for weight loss.
www.lef.org »
Heartland Sweeteners producer of Nevella
Based in Indianapolis, Heartland Sweeteners, LLC., is a leader in the production and development of innovative food products that are great for the whole family. Heartland produces and distributes branded and private label sweeteners for the food industry. Their branded products of Nevella® and ideal™ are great for the whole family, diabetics and people watching their calorie intake. Both Nevella and ideal are great for baking and are distributed throughout North America and expanding into Europe, Central and South America. Visit Heartland at www.idealsweet.com and www.nevella.com.
Max Muscle
Established in 1990, Max Muscle Sports Nutrition, based in Anaheim, CA, is a premier franchiser of sports nutrition products. Max Muscle offers a diverse but integrated product mix of innovative nutritional supplements, fashionable athletic apparel and magazine publishing that targets a broad consumer base with a true passion for fitness and health. This combination is unique within the industry and has allowed Max Muscle to establish itself as a market leader within the health and fitness industry.
maxmuscle.com »
Sunny Crunch Foods
Sunny Crunch Foods Ltd. is a leading Canadian manufacturer of specialty and functional foods that have exceptional nutrient profiles. The company has responsive production turn-around times and is uniquely positioned to deliver targeted nutritional products for a variety of markets, including sports nutrition, health and wellness, diet, meal replacement and nutraceuticals. Sunny Crunch Foods specializes in the private label business and can deliver turnkey products for bar and cereal goods. They have remained a family-owned company for more than 35 years.
sunnycrunch.com »
Pierre’s Ice Cream Company
Pierre's Ice Cream Company is privately owned and operated with its headquarter office and production plant in Cleveland, Ohio. Known for its high quality standards and outstanding service, the company is a leader in the production and distribution of premium ice creams, frozen yogurt, sherbet, sorbet, and frozen novelties for over 75 Years.
pierres.com »
PC Brands
PC Brands is a new company started by veteran industry professionals with expertise in product development, nutrition and in sales across multiple channels. The company’s mission is to provide consumers with all natural products that address specific nutritional and health needs. The Pop Culture bars are the first products to be introduced.
popcultureprobiotics.com»
Commercial Bakeries
Commercial Bakeries Corp., based in Toronto, manufactures cookies for a variety of private labels in the U.S. and Canada, including top national grocers. Founded in the 1950’s, the company has been family run by the Fusco family. Commercial Bakeries Corp. offers a wide variety of cookies and flavors in many packaging formats, from bulk to individual packs.
commercialbakeries.com »
True Organics USA
True Organics USA, based in Seattle, Washington and owned and operated by David A. Lofton, had its humble beginnings in 1995 as a company named Super Food Concepts. Under the leadership of Mr. Lofton, Super Food Concepts grew to the position of No. 1 in sales of super food drink mixes, in the greater Seattle area health food stores, health clubs and smoothie bars with the company’s flagship product, Bee Sure. After seeing the need for highly nutritional products containing no pesticides, no herbicides, no hormones and no antibiotics, Mr. Lofton founded True Organics USA in June of 2008. True Organics USA has partnered with many of the largest and most responsible organic and natural products producers in America and around the globe to bring truly organic products to the public in a way that has not been envisioned before now.
trueorganicsusa.com »
GTC Nutrition
GTC Nutrition is a recognized leader in providing innovative, customized ingredient solutions along with scientific, technical and marketing expertise to the food processing, dietary supplement and animal feed industries. GTC Nutrition promotes health globally with innovative functional food ingredients and unsurpassed customer support.
gtcnutritionsolutions.com »
AFB International
St. Charles, Mo.-based AFB International is a science and technology-based leader in pet food palatability. Founded in 1986, AFB has grown to be a worldwide leader in pet food palatability technology. Throughout its history, it has adapted superior scientific approaches and advanced technology to help its customers maximize pet food performance. AFB's sales team operates from offices in Missouri, as well as Europe, Latin America and Australia where it also has production facilities serving global key accounts. AFB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries.
afbinternational.com »
Flavours Inc.
Flavours Inc. is a flavoring company which develops patented technology for functional foods and beverages and the nutraceuticals markets. Flavours Inc. has three research and development facilities in California which specializes in different applications.
flavoursinc.com »
Nellson Nutraceuticals
Nellson Nutraceutical, LLC is the leading provider of nutraceutical co-manufactured bar and powder products in North America. They design and manufacture highly nutritious, fortified products that meet consumer demands for superior flavor, texture, convenience, and appetite appeal.
nellsonllc.com/nellson »
Dr. Andrew Weil
Andrew Weil, M.D., has devoted the past thirty years to developing, practicing, and teaching others about the principles of integrative medicine. Dr. Weil combines a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine to provide a unique approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit. A world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Weil is a best-selling author and editorial director of DrWeil.com, the leading online resource for healthy living based on the philosophy of integrative medicine.
Dr. Weil's books include the national bestsellers Spontaneous Healing, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health, Eating Well for Optimum Health, and The Healthy Kitchen. His latest book, Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being, was published in October 2005. He also authors the popular Self Healing newsletter and is the Director of Integrative Health & Healing at Miraval Life in Balance Resort.
drweil.com »
Isabella’s Healthy Bakery
Isabella's Healthy Bakery, a division of Main Street Gourmet, is a supplier of healthy baked goods including muffins, cookies & cakes. They specialize in sugar free, fat free, no sugar added and whole grain categories. The new Activate probiotic fortified muffin introduces their new line of functional foods including Optimize, a Mountainberry Acai pomegranate flavored anti-oxidant enriched muffin, and Revitalize, a peanut butter chocolate flavored energy boosting muffin.
isabellashealthybakery.com/functional.html »
Main Street Gourmet
Founded in 1987 in Akron, Ohio, Main Street Gourmet is a manufacturer of gourmet frozen bakery products specializing in the development of custom formulations for large regional and national restaurant chains. The rapidly growing company features extensive product lines sold in both the retail and foodservice markets that include muffins, brownies, cookies, biscotti and granola.
Isabella's Healthy Bakery, the retail division of Main Street Gourmet, is a supplier of healthy baked goods including muffins, cookies and cakes. They specialize in sugar free, fat free, no sugar added and whole grain categories.
mainstreetgourmet.com »
Next Generation Organic Dairy
Founded in February of 2001, Next Generation Organic Dairy was born by combining three small organic dairy farms who wanted to give the consumers a consistent, quality organic dairy source. The focus of Next Generation Organic Dairy is not just to produce another line of organic dairy products, but rather to provide high class, nutritious products that taste good and are processed to retain more of their natural goodness, wholesomeness and are affordable. Next Generation Organic Dairy Products are produced using only the utmost care and attention to quality and nutritional value. Their cheeses are produced using only certified organic raw milk. Next Generation Organic Dairy products can be found in Wisconsin, Washington, New York, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and Virginia.
nextgenerationdairy.com »
P.L. Thomas
P.L. Thomas (PLT), a New Jersey based ingredient supplier, offers more than fifty years of innovation in securing reliable, high quality raw materials for the food/functional food and nutrition industries. PLT specializes in fruit and vegetable extracts, natural colors and flavors, clinically-supported botanical extracts, probiotics and fermentation ingredients and novel delivery systems. PLT…Where Food and Health Meet.
plthomas.com »
Turtle Island Soup
Turtle Island soup has been producing cheese and vegetable based soups since 1993. The company was founded on the Berger kitchen table with one soup, Cheddar Beer. Since then the company has grown and now produces over twelve flavors of soups and is distributed nationwide. The company is still family owned and run and prides itself on making soups by the motto, “Be great. Eat great.”
tisoup.com »
Twinlab
Twinlab currently provides over 1,500 nutritional products, including tablets, capsules and powder drink mixes. Twinlab formulas reflect the latest medical discoveries, incorporating meticulously researched premium ingredients. The company is committed to providing products and information that help people achieve wellness and promote a healthy lifestyle through a holistic approach. The company markets under the brands Twinlab
®, which includes the Fuel
® line of sports and nutritional supplements; Ultra Harvest
®, a premium food-based line of vitamins and minerals; Natures Herbs
®; Alvita Teas
®; Rebus Publishing
®; Metabolife
® and Dr. Weil supplements.
twinlab.com »
