Canadian manufacturing company
Bioriginal, also known as the Bioriginal Food & Science Corp, is a Canadian food and nutraceutical manufacturing company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[1][2] Founded in 1993,[3] it is a subsidiary company of Cooke Inc., based in New Brunswick.[2] Bioriginal supplies fatty acids globally,[4] and produces nutritional supplement oils.[5]
History
Bioriginal Food & Science Corp. was established in 1993, the result from two companies being merged.[6][7] It was founded by Rick Kulow and operations began in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[8]
In 2000, Bioriginal began operations in Europe through a Netherlands-based office.[4] In 2003, the company received the ABEX Business of the Year award.[9] On 8 September 2014, Bioriginal was fully acquired by Omega Protein for US$70.5 million.[10] That same year, the company received the STEP Exporter of the Year Award.[11] Bioriginal later became a subsidiary company of Cooke Inc., after they acquired Omega Protein in 2017.[12]
In September 2023, Bioriginal acquired Bodegraven, Netherlands-based company The Factory as well as Cana Corporation, an Asian Pacific distribution company based in Yokohama, Japan.[2][13]
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