Product Line:
BI provides manufacturers with a variety of proprietary quality assurance processes and value-added capabilities to ensure that they are not only receiving ingredients of the highest quality available, but that those ingredients are customized to meet their specific needs.

Identilok®
All of BI’s herbal powders undergo rigorous testing as part of the company’s Identilok species identification process. Identilok guarantees that manufacturers are receiving the correct material that is sourced from the highest quality botanicals, minimizing the need for manufacturers to perform internal identification testing which can be redundant and costly.

Identilok approved herbal powders successfully pass all applicable tests, including:
Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
Microscopic Image Analysis
Organoleptic Testing
Macroscopic Taxonomy

Additionally, the following tests are conducted as required:
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Gas Liquid Chromatography (GC)

Protexx HP® - Herbal Powders
Protexx HP is BI’s unique steam sterilization process for the company’s line of herbal powders that uses super-heated dry steam to reduce microbiological load with results comparable to that of ethylene oxide or irradiation, without the potential dangers. This process has been organic certified by Quality Assurance International. Protexx HP delivers maximum reduction in potential contaminants while preserving color, flavor and bioactive components.

UltraHD®
UltraHD is a proprietary process that creates dense herbal powders without the use of excipients. UltraHD powders have a more uniform particle size allowing for superior flow and less dusting during the manufacturing process. These dense powders improve production efficiency by allowing for more accurate fill weights, less rejections, improved yield and increased manufacturing efficiency.

Branded Ingredient Offerings
In addition to its hundreds of high quality dietary supplement and functional food ingredients, BI also offers several unique branded ingredients.

RoseOx®
RoseOx is a lipid-soluble extract of rosemary that contains powerful lipid-soluble antioxidants that can inhibit and fight free radicals in the body.
BI uses a patented extraction technology to remove the oil soluble fraction from the herb and standardizes RoseOx to contain carnosic acid. Carnosic acid is the starting element of a process known as the “Carnosic Acid Cascade,” a series of chemical reactions in the body where free radicals are deactivated. After carnosic acid finds and neutralizes a free radical, it is transformed into another molecule, called carnosol, which in turn neutralizes another free radical. This cascade continues on down through metabolites rosmanol and galdosol in the same way, ultimately neutralizing a whole host of free radicals.

Rossentia™
Rossentia is a water-soluble extract of rosemary. Through a proprietary extraction process, BI standardizes Rossentia to 5 percent rosmarinic acid, a potent water-soluble phenolic compound that controls and reduces free radicals formed in the body.

Rossentia has strong antioxidant properties as shown by ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity) testing. The USDA recommends that individuals consume five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, equivalent to approximately 6,000 Trolox Equivalents (TE). Lab testing conducted by third party sources found Rossentia to have an ORAC value of 6800 TE per gram.

K-RALA™
K-RALA (Potassium-R-Lipoate) is a stable, non-hygroscopic, non-polymeric potassium salt form of R-Lipoic Acid. The material does not require any special handling or refrigeration. K-RALA is heat stable, characterized by high solubility and absorption, free of residual solvents and moisture, and has a shelf life of at least three years.

Company History:
Headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., BI Nutraceuticals is a full service supplier of dietary supplement and functional food ingredients including whole herb powders and teas, standardized and drug ratio extracts, custom blends, vitamins, minerals and other specialty supplements. BI sources their materials from more than 20 countries worldwide and over the last 30 years has become one of the world’s leading suppliers of processed botanical raw materials.

Manufacturing Capabilities
BI offers the following services to customers worldwide:

Particle Engineering: ingredients are formulated to a consistency that is optimized for liquid, tablet, capsule or softgel applications

Drum to Hopper Formulas: ingredients are prepared for final use without the need for additional lubricants, binders, disintegrants or excipients

Roller Compaction: the densification process enhances granularity, flow and compressibility and is used for herbal extracts or nutritional supplements that cannot be exposed to water or heat

Wet Granulation: uses a binder to enhance compressibility, product flow and density while decreasing fine particulates

Blending: includes both low shear ribbon and low attrition rotary blending to incorporate a wide variety of combined ingredients

Milling: high capacity milling equipment allows for the delivery of a broad range of particle sizes

Sieving: provides specific particle size distributions while ensuring homogeneity and integrity