Author name: Liz Waite-Cooper

The FoodBowl : Supercritical CO2 Extraction Unit

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Callaghan Innovation has just commissioned their Supercritical CO2 extraction unit at The FoodBowl. This means that Food and Beverage companies can now conveniently use The FoodBowl, plus the support of Callaghan’s Process Engineering team, to develop natural, high-value extracts for food, supplements, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals. Typical Food and Beverage products are marine oils, botanical extracts, essential […]

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An exciting year ahead for Forest Herbs Research

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It may come as a surprise to learn that New Zealand’s only dedicated commercial Horopito grower isn’t a plant nursery, but a natural health products company. Nelson-based Forest Herbs Research is a private company dedicated to researching Horopito’s properties and developing health products from it.  To date it has developed Kolorex Horopito-based product ranges for

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No ‘vegan-washing’ at Absolute Essential

Ingredients, Member Spotlight /

We all know about green-washing, where companies claim their products are more environmentally-friendly than they really are.  But few people are aware of ‘vegan-washing’. Nor was Absolute Essential’s Founder and Director Dr Bo Hendgen (DO ND) until she embarked upon the process of gaining vegan certification for the company and its entire product line. Absolute

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