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Chitinor AS is a company in the Seagarden Group, and a Norwegian manufacturer and supplier of high-quality chitosans. Our streamlined factory, build by GMP-principles, is among the first industrial chitosan plants established in the world. Our unique experience and competence ensure chitosans with stable and uniform quality, with an market leading purity.

Commited by nature.

Chitinor deeply cares about our harsh but fragile arctic backyard, known for its purity and clean waters. In our region, the sea and surrounding fjords have been the basis of life for thousands of years, and still are. We are committed to keep our footprint as low as possible, ensuring that the local land, air, and waters are kept as we found it – crisp and clear. As raw materials, we use residue materials (food-grade) from the local shrimp industry, where all our suppliers are MSC-certified. Did you know that Chitinor operates in a local circular bioeconomy, where several companies are utilizing the same catch?

Driven by science.

Competence ensures ability to, and mutual benefits by, partnering up with owners of complex and comprehensive products. Our knowhow and internal lab are appreciated by our collaboration partners. One of our goals is to be the world’s most competent chitosan producer, participating in numerous external projects and scientific publications. Did you know that our products have added value to over 100 scientific publications?

Passion for chitosan.

Chitinor believes that R&D and tailoring is the successful way of developing this complex and versitile polymer. Our team is highly educated in the marine biotechnology field and are working with complex chitosan-related topics on regular basis, ensuring optimal performance in your product. Our employees are here because they regards chitosan interesting and relevant due to personal interests and education.

Committed by nature. driven by science. passion for chitosan.

We are a leading manufacturer of resins, oleochemicals, and specialty products that collaborates with each customer to provide effective innovative solutions that enrich their business and deliver growth. Applying the latest in chemical technology, research, and development, while continually innovating to create coconut-based products and solutions to take part in a greener and smarter future.

With decades of research and experience behind us, we have unveiled the secrets underneath the skin

Technical Art of Science has been dedicated to building and expanding partnerships with leading manufacturers of biotechnological peptides and delivery systems, cosmetic bio-actives, multi-functional additives, natural emollient and emulsifiers and botanical ingredients since our inception in 1998.

These trusted and strategic partnerships enable us to provide our clients with functional, high-performance ingredients that have undergone careful clinical testing. Our on-trend formulations solutions are proof we understand the ever-changing desires of Beauty Care consumers.

For nearly 25 years, TAOS continues to go beyond one time projects and provides consistent value to our clients. Building long-term partnerships and supporting clients at every change of projects are priorities for us. In our search for the right solutions, we invest in close customer and partner relations grounded in a spirit of collaboration with high standard of quality and reliability.

Our product ingredient categories consist of anti-aging, skin brightening, moisturizing, hair care, color cosmetics and sun care actives.

Tagra Biotechnologies since its inception in 1998, focuses on developing and manufacturing microencapsulated ingredients such as actives, pigments, essential oils, UV filters, and highly water-soluble ingredients.

Tagra is the first to patent a unique innovative Release on Demand™ (RND™) Microencapsulation Technology. Tagra’s platform addresses industry challenges of stability, efficiency, and compatibility with other cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulation ingredients. The technology enables the masking, protecting, and releasing of more than 40 actives and pigments widely used in cosmetics and OTC preparations. Tagra’s microcapsules are friction released through consumer applications.

Tagra also owns and operates its own plant and state-of-the-art laboratory meeting all required regulations.

GARUDA INTERNATIONAL Inc., based in Exeter, CA (USA) has specialized in the development, manufacturing and the marketing of ingredients derived from natural sources for more than 45 years.

Garuda's products provide a specialized nutraceutical and functional benefits to foods, animal feed, beverages, dietary supplements, CBD/Hemp Oil Industries, cosmeceuticals and agriculture. GARUDA INTERNATIONAL Inc. is well known and globally recognized for the pioneering and development of natural milk calcium in the United States and the development and expansion of unique Quillaja saponaria extracts used by diverse industries across the globe.

Today Garuda International offers more than 60 products with a customer base spanning more than 30 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. Many include well-known multinational food, cosmetic, dietary supplement, agricultural and pharmaceutical companies.

Garuda was built on and continues a long tradition of providing the finest ingredients with caring and dedicated customer service and support. We are committed to making a contributing to the preservation of the soil, the planet and the environment to support well being for all. Garuda maintains memberships with the NPA, IFT, AHPA and the American Botanical Council.

Thank you for visiting our website. The entire GARUDA INTERNATIONAL team sincerely appreciates your trust in our products and we look forward to our continued successes together. Please contact us for any additional information, other technical documents, price quotations, samples or any other assistance you may require.