Green tea's popularity on the rise

Dairy Foods, Sept, 2004

Two of the global powerhouses in green tea innovation and processing technology have aligned, forming the world,s largest green tea extract manufacturer. Taiyo Green Power Co., is the new corporate entity resulting from the acquisition of Wuxi Green Power No-Product Ltd., in Jiangsu Province, China, by Taiyo Kagaku, Japan.

"Our successes in pioneering the development of green tea catechin extracts and the production of isomerically-pure L-theanine (Suntheanine[R]) over the past two decades are now magnified by acquiring Wuxi Green Power,[R] says Lekh Juneja, chairman of Taiyo Green Power and executive v.p. of Taiyo Kagaku.

Feng Gu, g.m. of Taiyo Green Power, adds, "The merger results in the formation of the world's largest green tea extract manufacturer, with an annual capacity of 2,500 metric tons and the first and only pharmaceutical cGMP FDA-certified facility to produce green tea extracts for the food, supplement and pharmaceutical industries."

For more information contact Taiyo International at 763/398-3003, or visit www.taiyokagaku.com.

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