CRN adds new voting members to board

WASHINGTON The Council for Responsible Nutrition earlier this month announced the addition of five voting members to its roster, including Alacer Corp., Atrium Innovations, Fluxome, FMC BioPolymer Corp. and Solazyme Health Sciences.

Alacer Corporation has been involved in developing, manufacturing and marketing dietary supplements for more than 35 years.  The company produces and sells more that 400 million packets of Emergen-C dietary supplements annually.

Atrium Innovations focuses primarily on growing segments of the health and nutrition markets which are benefiting from the trends towards healthy living and the ageing of the population.

Fluxome is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fluxome Sciences A/S and is a fast growing industrial biotechnology company established in 2002.  Fluxome’s business activities are focused around innovation, development, production and marketing of nutraceuticals ingredients.

FMC BioPolymer Corporation is an ingredient supplier of seaweed based nutritional ingredients for the human and animal nutrition markets. The company is one of the largest producers of carrageenan, alginates and Avicel MCC worldwide, and has headquarters in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Solazyme Health Sciences is a leading renewable oil and bioproducts company that uses algal biotechnology to renewably produce clean fuels, chemicals, foods and health science products. Solazyme's advanced and proprietary technology uses algae to produce oils and biomaterials in standard fermentation facilities quickly, cleanly, cost effectively and at large scale.