We use advanced processing technologies to make bioactive ingredients that are designed to improve specific physical functions, including muscle synthesis, sleep performance, and bone health.
Functional Beverages
Our deep understanding of beverage development and ingredients can make your beverages more functional and your brand more appealing.
With winning product ideas, functionally superior ingredients, formulation expertise and technical support, and other support, we help our customers stay ahead in a quickly evolving market.
Bioactive Ingredients
Our Solutions
AminoBlast® Technology – BCAAs & EAAs
Provides amino acids with enhanced capabilities, improving their functionality and application performance. An excellent solution for ready-to-drink beverages, powder drink mixes, bars and gel applications.
CreaBev®
A soluble and stable creatine monohydrate for superior performance beverages. Shown to provide improved short term and long term stability. An excellent solution for ready-to-drink beverages and powder drink mixes.
CuroWhite®
All of the benefits of curcumin but white for easier manufacturing. The lack of color and the milder taste and smell make it ideal for many applications such as tablets, capsules, powder drink mixes, functional foods, ready-to-drink beverages and gummies.
TruCal® Balanced Milk Mineral Complex
Balanced milk mineral complex for bone support. Scientifically shown to help improve bone density and strength. Excellent solution for ready-to-drink beverages, powder drink mixes, tablets, capsules, bars, snacks, yogurts and cheese.
Custom Premix Solutions
Our premix solutions are built around your specifications to achieve optimal nutritional, functional and operational performance.
Micronutrients
Our extensive portfolio of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and botanicals provides a wide spectrum of health benefits and are ideally suited for many different applications. Sourced from proven domestic and overseas manufacturing partners, all are carefully screened and quality assured.
Proteins
Our dairy-based proteins offer superior nutrition and functional properties—like flavour, solubility and stability—to help your beverages stand out in the market.
Our Solutions
BevWise™ Protein Systems
Protein fortification ingredient systems specifically for use in aseptic and hotfill processing, providing exceptional nutritional attributes and functional benefits to high acid beverages. Benefits include superior clarity, less astringency, improved processing with better dispersion, and reduced processing time/costs.
NutraSol® Functional Protein Fortification Systems
These milk protein ingredients fortify food and beverage systems with proteins that meet specific functionality requirements or claims (such as micellar casein). They’re an excellent solution for ready-to-drink beverages, powder drink mixes, yogurts and other dairy foods.
OptiSol® 1000 Series
A range of functional dairy protein ingredients that improve product processing and flavor, enhance creaminess and texture and support clean label initiatives. rBST free and Grade A options available. Our OptiSol 1005 and 1007 are advanced whey protein concentrates that allow for increased protein levels in high heat processed applications.
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Edible Films
Through decades of film processing experience, Glanbia Nutritionals has honed its expertise in the development of soluble and edible film technology.
Our Solution
EdiSparklz® Edible Glitter
EdiSparklz are colorful toppings and inclusions that can be used in a wide range of applications. 100% edible, EdiSparklz have no flavor, no sweetness and add no calories. They are available in a wide range of flakes or shapes, and are manufactured in a full spectrum of colors including standard, plant-based and metallic colors. EdiSparklz are a very cost-effective alternative to standard decorative options like sprinkles, and save customers an average of 20% by switching.
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