Recent scientific studies have indicated that low doses of Resveratrol, a natural constituent of red wine, may have significant heart health benefits.

The US-based company Inverness Medical now offers two new dietary supplement forms of its highly successful Grape Seed product, which contains today’s purest form of Resveratrol — resVida™ from DSM Nutritional Products. TruNature Grape Seed plus Resveratrol is now available in all Costco stores across the United States, while TruNature Resveratrol is now available at www.costco.com.

”We considered the unique safety package of resVida™ and its 99% purity to be important factors in launching these exciting new products,” said Rashid Abdul, Inverness Medical’s Vice President of Science and Product Development. ”Their safety and purity are guaranteed by the resVida™ logo featured on the side of the label and the accompanying information tag.”

”resVida™ is highly versatile and ideal for many types of supplement, food and beverage formulations,” said Reto Rieder, DSM’s Senior Marketing Manager for resVida™ in the US. ”It allows market leaders like Inverness Medical to meet consumers’ growing demand for safe and effective health products that help them maintain their active lifestyle.”

The world’s leading ingredient supplier to food, beverage and dietary supplement manufacturers, DSM Nutritional Products has an international network of technical service, production and distribution facilities and has a major sales and marketing presence in more than 100 countries. In addition to its vast ingredient portfolio, DSM provides unparalleled processing and manufacturing expertise in developing innovative formulations that provide optimum performance and health appeal.

To find out more about resVida™ and how your company can benefit from this success, please contact your local DSM Nutritional Products representative or visit booth 738 at Supply Expo West in Anaheim, from March 6 to 8, 2009. www.resvida.com.

Resveratrol occurs naturally in a number of plants, including grapes, mulberries, peanuts, giant knotweed and white hellebore. First isolated from the roots of white hellebore in Japan in 1940, Resveratrol attracted wider attention in the early 1990s, when its presence in wine was linked to the beneficial effects which wine can have on the heart. A polyphenol – a naturally occurring compound thought to combat the oxidative stress which can cause certain forms of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases – Resveratrol is found chiefly in the skin of grapes. Its concentration varies greatly from one grape variety to another and is also affected by differing cultivation and fermentation processes. Red wine contains higher concentrations of Resveratrol than white because red wine is fermented together with the skins, whereas the skins are removed from white wine varieties prior to fermentation. resVida™ is a highly purified form of Resveratrol with an extensive safety package. It is free from pesticides and herbicides and has superb application properties.

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