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NEW ACAI INFORMATION WEB SITE DETAILS
NUTRITIONAL AND BOTANICAL PROPERTIES

The Super Berry.com Reveals Nutritional Composition Of Acai

Online Resource Traces Amazonian History As Energy Food

PORT MURRAY, NJ: A new informational Web site at www.TheSuperBerry.com from nutritional ingredient supplier Markan Global Enterprises, Port Murray, New Jersey provides a wealth of free information about acai, the edible berry coined the “Super Berry” on The Oprah Winfrey Show as one of the world’s top ten super foods. An invaluable resource for food engineers, product and brand managers, QA/QC managers and others involved in the development of functional foods, beverages and nutritional supplements, the Web site details the complete composition of the acai berry and provides macro and microscopic descriptions of the berry and its palm-like tree. Protein, calcium, sugars, vitamins, iron and other constituents are included as well as a complete profile of liposoluble components and an analysis of the berry’s antioxidant properties.

Tracing the purple berry’s history as a dietary staple in the Amazon basin for centuries, the Web site details how acai is grown, cultivated and processed into either a pulp or to maintain the berry’s complete nutritional value, into an extract. Information on the company’s acai extracts including ORAC test results, nutritional tables, material safety data sheets and other details are available on the Web site for free downloading.

NEW AEROSIL® 200 VV PHARMA EXCIPIENT
DELIVERS FREE FLOW AND ANTI-CAKING
IN LOW DUST, DENSIFIED FORM

New Low Bulk Density Cuts Weight, Packaging, Shipping And Storage Needs

Aerosil 200 VV Improves Powder Flow In Solid Dosage Forms

PORT MURRAY, NJ – The new Aerosil® 200 VV Pharma pharmaceutical excipient delivers free flow, anti-caking and compaction properties for strengthening tablet and capsule formulations. Produced by Degussa and offered in the United States by excipient distributor Markan Global Enterprises, Port Murray, New Jersey (www.markanglobal.com), the breakthrough Aerosil 200 VV Pharma is a colloidal silicon dioxide manufactured in a patented, vacuum-based densification process that increases the tapped density by nearly 140% to 120 g/L from 50-60g/L while reducing dusting during processing and handling. By packing the high performance excipients into half of the space, the densified fumed silica Aerosil 200 VV Pharma delivers powerful, tangible cost savings in freight, packaging, handling and storage.
 
Ideal for both FDA-approved pharmaceuticals and nutraceutical supplements, the Aerosil 200 VV Pharma complies with USP/NF Pharmacopeia monographs. Product samples, material safety data sheets and technical formulation assistance are available.

NUTRITIONAL INGREDIENT SUPPLIER
NAMED EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE FOR BRAZILIAN
HERBAL EXTRACTS IN NORTH AMERICA

Extract Line Features High Purity Acai, Artichoke, Guarana And Camu Camu

            PORT MURRAY, NJ – Nutritional ingredient supplier Markan Global Enterprises, Port Murray, New Jersey (www.MarkanGlobal.com), has been named by Laboratorio Catarinense S.A., Joinville, Brazil (www.labcat.com.br), to represent the phytotherapeutic medicine manufacturer’s line of natural herbal extracts in North America. In addition to providing sales, marketing and customer service, the agreement calls for Markan to offer product development assistance and nutritional information for the product line, which includes the ORAC-tested superberry acai, artichoke, guarana, camu camu, devils claw, watercress and other high purity extracts.

Markan Global selected Laboratorio Catarinense based on the purity and efficacy of the company’s acai and other extracts, its commitment to product research, testing and documentation and its track record in medicine and pharmaceutical research dating back to 1919, according to Markan CEO Ralph Sharma. “We invested several years of research to find a supplier that could meet our level of product quality and nutritional efficacy,” says Mr. Sharma. “We’re grateful for the opportunity to work with Lab Cat (Laboratorio Catarinense) and eager to bring these extracts to market.”

Markan is a family-owned and operated company offering a complete line of nutritional raw materials and pharmaceutical excipients. The company recently celebrated the unveiling of its new headquarters in Port Murray.

INGREDIENT SUPPLIER CELEBRATES RIBBON CUTTING OF NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

Thriving, Family-Owned Company Invests In Expansion
 
PORT MURRAY, NJ – Food, beverage and nutraceutical ingredient supplier Markan Global Enterprises, Port Murray, New Jersey (www.markanglobal.com), celebrated the unveiling of its new corporate headquarters with a ribbon cutting ceremony held last week. The new facility encompasses 4,300 square feet on nearly four acres of property and features a product formulation and test center as well as office space to accommodate the company’s current and anticipated staffing levels.

The ribbon cutting ceremony marks an important milestone for the family-owned and operated company founded by Kanwar Sharma, now company president, in 1978. “This is a proud moment for everyone who made this day possible,” said CEO Ralph Sharma at the ceremony. “Our new facility is an integral part of our long range strategic plan and we’re grateful for the support of the township as well as our staff, customers and suppliers.”

Formerly based in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Markan Global offers high quality botanical extracts including acai, guarana and camu camu from Laboratorio Catarinense, Joinville, Brazil; excipients from Degussa, Parsippany, New Jersey and JRS Pharma LP, Patterson, New York; and dietary fibers for the nutraceutical industry from J. Rettenmaier USA LP (JRS). Markan Global plans to continue aggressively expanding its product offerings.

AEROSIL®  LINE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENTS FEATURES NEW, PATENTED PRODUCTS

Four Fumed Silica Excipients Add Stability, Free Flow, Anti-Caking With Low Dusting

Formulated To Improve Solid, Semi-Solid And Liquid Dosage Forms

PORT MURRAY, NJ – The Aerosil® line of pharmaceutical excipients features four fumed silica products for adding stability, thickness, anti-caking and other properties to solid, semi-solid and liquid dosage forms. Produced by Degussa and offered in the United States by excipient distributor Markan Global Enterprises, Port Murray, New Jersey (www.markanglobal.com), the Aerosil line of excipients provides pharmaceutical chemists and others involved in pharmaceutical formulations with a menu of characteristics for improving their products and production processes and strengthening quality controls.

The Aerosil line of excipients boasts the patented, new Aerosil 200 VV Pharma, the Aerosil 200 Pharma, Aerosil 300 and Aerosil 380. In tablets and capsules, the chemically inert, hydrophilic excipients offer improved powder flow and compaction. In suppositories and transdermals, the high purity excipients promote and maintain uniform distribution of active ingredients while controlling viscosity. In gels, creams and suspensions, the versatile excipients aid in particle suspension and thickening.

The four products in the Aerosil line comply with USP/NF Pharmacopeia monographs. Product samples and technical formulation assistance are available.

For more information on Aerosil excipients, contact Ralph Sharma, Markan Global Enterprises, Inc., 435 Route 57, Port Murray, NJ 07865; 908.835.9008; Fax 908.835.8787; www.MarkanGlobal.com.