Thanks to the growing demand for vegetarian products in the nutraceuticals market and to the increasing consumer concern regarding beef-derived products, Algatechnologies has developed gelatin-free astaxanthin beadlets for tablets or hard shell capsules. This exciting nutrient is completely natural and free of animal products, and was developed recently for the dietary supplements market.

The new microencapsulated natural astaxanthin is extracted by using a Supercritical CO2 extraction technique, embedded in a matrix of alginate. The AstaPure line complies with very high standards of microbiology counts; it is kosher and GMO-free. Algatechnologies Ltd., Efrat Kat, office@algatech.com, www.algatech.com