Bioriginal

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Bioriginal
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Manufacturing
Founded1993;31 years ago (1993)
FounderRick Kulow
Headquarters
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
,
Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shannon Sears
Parent Cooke Inc.
Subsidiaries
  • The Factory
  • Cana Corporation
Website bioriginal.com

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]

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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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