Science integrates ingredient systems and quality

At the upcoming SupplySide East International Tradeshow and Conference to be held in Baltimore, Maryland on May 4 - 6, 2005, Chr. Hansen will showcase their clinically documented probiotics, color coating systems, and excipients, as well as their manufacturing expertise. The international pharmaceutical and nutritional ingredients supplier places a strong focus on providing customers with integrated ingredient systems that provide total solutions.

More than 50 published clinical studies have been conducted on Chr. Hansen's BB-12™ Bifidobacterium, LA-5™ Lactobacillus acidophilus and L. casei 431™. In studies evaluating these specific strains, researchers report enhanced intestinal well-being and positive effects on diarrhea, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, traveler's diarrhea and constipation, as well as enhanced immunity and positive effect on the skin disorder, atopic dermatitis. Proprietary encapsulation and tableting technology allows the probiotic bacteria to survive passage through the stomach and reach the small intestine. The company manufactures its probiotics using GMP and pharmaceutical standards.

Chr. Hansen specializes in customized formulations of clear and colored coating systems in dry and liquid (dispersed) form for solid dosage products. Based on over 100 years of experience in natural colors, Chr. Hansen has thorough knowledge of the application of synthetic and natural colors in film coatings. The company can create or match any color from a Pantone, paint, or fabric swatch. To help customers select the desired shade, Chr. Hansen has an extensive library of color-coated tablets, and uses advanced spectrophotometric methods to guide development and set manufacturing specifications. The company also provides functional coating systems that have enteric, moisture barrier, and sustained release properties.

Chr. Hansen's excipient product line includes directly compressible minerals and sugars, multi-grades of Foremost™ Lactose, and sugar spheres for timed-release applications. Foremost Lactose meets all the specifications for monohydrate lactose outlined in the current NF, Ph.Eur., and JP. Chr. Hansen Sugar Spheres NF features highly consistent sphere size for precise application of the drug active.

Chr. Hansen's pilot and manufacturing plants are state-of-the art. Laboratories are equipped with models of all major film coating equipment, larger conventional pans, and perforated pans to ensure proper quality control standards, manufacturing methods, and reproducibility. The manufacturing facility is GMP for Bulk Pharmaceutical Excipients per USP chapter 1078.

Chr. Hansen also supplies the pharmaceutical and nutritional industry with phytonutrients, custom flavors, and taste maskants. For more information, visit our booth #2134 at SupplySide East and enter to win a $500 gift card, or contact Margot Connor, Vice President of Sales for Human Health & Nutrition at Chr. Hansen at 800-558-0802 or Innovations@chr-hansen-us.com.

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Operating from facilities in thirty countries worldwide, Chr. Hansen is a global biotechnology company that provides ingredients to the food, dairy, human health and nutrition, and animal health industries. Based on intensive research, Chr. Hansen works to improve the quality of food and health for people all over the world. The company is a primary supplier of cultures, probiotics, enzymes, colors, flavors, seasonings, sweeteners, and tablet coatings and excipients, which are applied in foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements and agricultural products. For more information, visit www.chr-hansen.com.

Contact:  
Linda Sweek, Communications & PR Manager 
414-607-5818
Linda.Sweek@chr-hansen-us.com