Biominas Brasil to distribute CreAgri products in Latin America

CreAgri, a California-based producer of organic olive polyphenols, has partnered with Biominas Brasil, a Brazil-based creator and developer of life sciences ventures, to distribute its Olivenol plus line of dietary supplements and skin care products to Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

According to the firm, Biominas Brasil will market its all natural, formulations of hydroxytyrosol to the region’s dietary and skin care companies from October.

The firm claims that products possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and immune-modulating properties, which help to manage the health conditions affecting bone, joints, skin and blood vessels, and to maintain the body’s inborn immune response to environmental toxins, infectious agents and autologous reactions.

Biominas Brasil said it will jointly work with CreAgri in identifying partners to develop beverages and foods containing HIDROX, CreAgri’s hydroxytyrosol-rich GRAS ingredient from organic olives and core component in the formulation of the Olivenol plus line of products.

Biominas CEO and President Eduardo Soares said the firm is happy to team up with a well known firm for natural ingredients and healing bioactives.

"We are also delighted to collaborate with Dr. Crea, a successful serial entrepreneur in the biotechnology and nutraceutical industry, and one of the founding scientists at Genentech, Inc. in South San Francisco," Soares added.

CreAgri recently established a partnership with Sunsweet Growers in the US for the formulation, bottling and marketing of beverages containing HIDROX.