“Active CoQ10” Supplement Helps Grow Product Line

Bluebonnet Nutrition Corp. is a premium manufacturer of high quality supplements including vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, fish and plant oils, protein powders and specialty supplements.

Bluebonnet sells exclusively to independent health food retailers. The company was founded in 1991 by the Barrows family, led by Bob Barrows, Sr., executive vice president; Joyce Barrows, secretary/treasurer; Gary Barrows, president; Bob Barrows, Jr., vice president sales and marketing; and Steve Barrows, vice president operations.

The company operates a 100,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and distribution facility located in Sugar Land, TX, the corporate headquarters. The company’s basic principles are to offer the cleanest, purest and most natural nutritional supplements sold exclusively to the independent health food retailer.

Educational Outreach
In 2007 Bluebonnet continues to lead the way with another first-to-market product called Ubiquinol, “the first state-of-the-art form of active CoQ10.” Bluebonnet believes this unique active material will prove to be an industry staple for many years. Additionally, another area Bluebonnet is leading the way is through the use of “live” retailer webinars. These free webinars are a tool that the retailer can use to educate themselves, (in the comfort of their store, home or office) by getting online to learn more about new cutting-edge products.

One of the first of its kind will be broadcast on the Internet on March 29, 2007 at 2:00 pm EDT. A retailer can register for the Bluebonnet free webinar “The Most Relevant Breakthrough in Baby-Boomer Nutrition Since Glucosamine: Ubiquinol—The Active Form of CoQ10” by logging on to www.nutrilearn.com.

KOF-K Certified
In 2006 Bluebonnet proudly celebrated its crystal anniversary—15 years in business. How appropriate, since crystal represents quality and clarity, two of the driving principles that have guided the company over the past 16 years. And in keeping with those driving principles, the company further enhanced product quality by rolling out a program that kosher certified its products through KOF-K Kosher Supervision—the epitome of quality, cleanliness and purity.

This pursuit of excellence—in nature, science quality, truth and knowledge—has always been the power behind Bluebonnet Nutrition. The company has stayed true to its roots, creating clean, wholesome dietary supplements with minimal fillers or binders, and all natural excipients, packaged in recyclable amber glass bottles.

Services
Bluebonnet provides direct shipments of its full product line exclusively to natural food retail stores. The company also provides technical services on its complete product line, which includes antioxidants, fish oils, multiples, protein powders, minerals, specialty supplements, plant oils, amino acids, enzymes, food supplements, herbs and a vegetarian kosher capsule line (Vcaps).

Quality Assurance
Bluebonnet boasts in-house, state-of-the-art analytical laboratories including: raw material identity microbe testing; high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC); thin layer chromatography; ultraviolet spectrophotometry; disintegration testing; friability testing and atomic absorption testing.

Products are manufactured in positive pressure, dust control, temperature-conditioned and humidity-controlled rooms under KOF-K kosher supervision.

In 2006, Bluebonnet added KOF-K Kosher supervision to its association support. Bluebonnet continues to support the Natural Products Association and the American Botanical Council.