i am looking for a vitamin supplement company called grow
international. they are the single purveyor of grown or food based
vitamins.

---

Request for Question Clarification by umiat-ga on 18 Mar 2004 08:27 PST

I have found no results for Grow International, but I have found other
manufacturers and suppliers of food-based vitamins. Would you be
interested in a list of other sources as an answer to your question?

umiat

---

Clarification of Question by spa1-ga on 19 Mar 2004 04:32 PST

I am only intereested in the Grow Company... i have a document which i
am sending which has their name listed...perhaps it will help.
thanks...



 



Nutraceuticals - Private Companies Report - Including Market Size,
Market Share and Demand Forecast

Private US nutraceutical firms are significant players in niche
markets, with one firm having a five percent market share in 1999. A
total of eight private firms had related sales of at least $100
million, with two of these topping $1 billion. This report profiles
over 140 privately-held US firms (e.g., Alticor, Boehringer Ingelheim,
Cargill, Global Health Services, Herballife, Leiner Health Products,
Pharmavite, Vitaquest). It also forecasts industry demand, reviews
recent acquisitions, and lists firms by product and location.

Purchase Options/View Brochure    



     TABLE OF CONTENTS
         INTRODUCTION
     I.  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
     II. MARKET OVERVIEW
           General
              Health Care Trends
              Nutritional Products Outlook
              Regulatory Considerations
           Nutraceuticals Demand
              Vitamins & Minerals
              Nutrients & Functional Additives
              Herbal & Related Extracts
              End-Use Applications
    III. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           General
           Consolidation Trends & Recent Acquisitions
           Market Share
           Private Company Characteristics
              Ingredients
                Vitamins & Minerals
                Nutrients & Functional Additives
                Herbal & Related Extracts
              End-Use Products
                Specialty Nutritional Products
                Dietary Supplements
                Fortified Foods & Beverages
           Regional Concentration
     IV. PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES
           AerChem Incorporated
           AIM International Incorporated
           Alacer Corporation
           Albi Imports
           All American Pharmaceuticals & Natural Foods Corporation
           Alticor Incorporated
           Ambix Laboratories Incorporated
           American Casein Company
           American International Chemical Incorporated
           American Laboratories Incorporated
           Amerifit Nutrition Incorporated
           Amerilab Technologies Incorporated
           Archon Vitamin Corporation
           Arista Industries Incorporated
           ATZ Chemical Incorporated
           The Austin Group
           B&C Nutritional Products Incorporated
           Barrington Chemical Corporation
           Berkeley Nutritional Manufacturing
           Bio-Botanica Incorporated
           Bio-Energy Systems
           Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation
           Buckton Scott USA
           Cambridge Nutraceuticals
           Cargill Incorporated
           Carlson (JR) Laboratories Incorporated
           Champion Nutrition Incorporated
           Chart Corporation Incorporated
           Chattem Chemicals Incorporated
           Chemins Company Incorporated
           Country Life Incorporated
           Crystals International Incorporated
           Cyvex Nutrition
           Dancing Willow Herbs
           Delavau (JWS) Company Incorporated  			
           Dews Research & Laboratories
           DNP International Company Incorporated
           Douglas Laboratories Incorporated
           Dynamic Health Products Incorporated
           Eclectic Institute Incorporated
           Enzymatic Therapy Incorporated
           ExtractsPlus Incorporated
           F&F Foods Incorporated
           Farmanatural Incorporated
           Flavine International Incorporated
           Flavor Specialties Incorporated
           Fortitech Incorporated
           Freeman Industries LLC
           Frontier Natural Products Co-Op
           Gallard-Schlesinger Industries Incorporated
           Garuda International Incorporated
           Generichem Corporation
           Global Health Sciences
           Global Vitality Incorporated
           GMP Laboratories of America Incorporated
           Golden Neo-Life Diamite International
           Graminex LLC
           Greeff (RW) & Company LLC
           Grow Company Incorporated
           Haldin International Incorporated
           Herbalife International Incorporated  		
           Herbco International Incorporated
           Highland Laboratories Incorporated
           ICC Industries Incorporated
           Indena USA
           Innovative Natural Products
           Innovite Incorporated
           InterHealth Nutraceuticals Incorporated
           International Sourcing Incorporated
           J&D Laboratories Incorporated
           JB Laboratories Incorporated
           JFC Technologies Incorporated
           K&K Laboratories Incorporated
           Kabco Incorporated
           Kelatron Corporation
           Kingchem Incorporated
           Leiner Health Products Incorporated
           Life Services Supplements Incorporated
           Marlyn Nutraceuticals Incorporated
           Mays Chemical Company Incorporated
           Melaleuca Incorporated
           Mericon Industries Incorporated
           Metabolic Maintenance Products Incorporated
           Metagenics Incorporated
           Micelle Laboratories Incorporated			
           Mineral Resources International
           MiniStar International Incorporated
           MLO Products Company
           Murdock Madaus Schwabe Group
           MW International Incorporated
           Nassmith Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
           National Vitamin Company Incorporated
           Natren Incorporated
           Natural Balance Incorporated
           Natural Organics Incorporated
           Nature's Best Incorporated
           Naturopathic Formulations Incorporated
           Neways International
           NHK Laboratories Incorporated
           Northridge Laboratories Incorporated
           Nutramax Laboratories Incorporated
           Omni Nutraceuticals Incorporated
           Parish Chemical Company
           Pharmachem Corporation
           Pharmavite Corporation
           Pharmline Incorporated
           Phillips (William E.) Incorporated			
           Plantation Botanicals Incorporated
           Premium Processing Incorporated
           Pro Form Laboratories
           Pro Pac Labs Incorporated
           Protein Research Associates
           Quality Botanical Ingredients
           Rainbow Light Nutrition Systems
           Randal Nutritional Products Incorporated
           Re-Vita Manufacturing Company
           Reilly Industries Incorporated
           Reliance Vitamin Company Incorporated
           Remington Health Products LLC
           RIA International LLC
           Rochem International Incorporated
           The Rockland Corporation
           Seltzer Chemicals Incorporated
           Sentry Supplement Company Incorporated
           SoyBiotics Soyfood Supplements
           Standard Homeopathic Company Incorporated
           Stony Mountain Botanicals Limited
           Thorne Research Incorporated
           Tishcon Corporation
           Todd (AM) Group of Companies
           Total Wellness Incorporated
           Triarco Industries Incorporated
           Tyson Nutraceuticals Incorporated
           Universal Nutrition Incorporated
           US Nutrition Incorporated
           USA Laboratories Incorporated
           Vitacorp
           Vitamin Power Incorporated
           Vitamin Research Products
           Vitamins Incorporated
           Vitaquest International Incorporated
           VitaTech International Incorporated
           VIVA Life Science Incorporated
           Watkins Incorporated
           Watson Foods Company Incorporated
           Wego Chemical & Mineral Corporation
           West Coast Laboratories Incorporated
           Whole Herb Company Incorporated
           Wright Enrichment Incorporated
           Your Vitamins Incorporated

Dear Spa, 

These are the details I could find on Grow Inc.

The #1 Natural Products business-to-business center lists their
address, key-contacts, phone, fax and email, and mentions: "Grow
Company, Inc., is born with the purpose of dedicating itself to
manufacturing of unique form of nutritional food nutrients coupled
with their biological and physiological evaluations. This young,
energetic and well-established company took its first".
You could view all details, including the contact details, on: NPI
Center, <http://www.npicenter.com/company.asp?ID=1929&type=rawm&DID=3351>

Dr. Massoud Arvanaghi is reportedly the Vice President of Operations
(as mentioned in the abovementioned source).
(Dr.) ANDREW SZALAY is the President, according to WorldTrade.org
<http://www.worldtrade.org/afb/business/details_biz-MAN-g.htm#7729>

You could find biographical details on them in: 
MegaFoods
<http://www.megafood.com/Technical%20Staff.htm> 

Dr. Szalay apparently developed FoodMatrix, a nutrient that claimed to
be better than any other. He was involved (and won) a court case
against Grow Company Inc., that claimed that this statement is false.
The court ruled, according to the site Diabetics Fight Back, that:
"FoodMatrix? nutrients are better than isolated USP nutrients. 
 
FoodMatrix? nutrients are better absorbed, retained and utilized than
USP nurtients.
 
FoodMatrix? nutrients are manufactured under an exclusive proprietary process." 
(Dream Team for Health, Diabetics Fight Back
<http://www.diabeticsfightback.com/court.html>). It should be
mentioned, that the site is a FoodMatrix/ Grow commercial site.

Aside from FoodMatrix (<http://www.diabeticsfightback.com>), they also
market the brands:
MegaFood <http://www.megafood.com/howwe.htm> 
FoodState (FoodState Nutrients:
<http://www.mannatech.com/content/usa/FoodState.pdf>).

According to the Kosher Mall, their products are Kosher. 
Kosher Organics
<http://www.koshercaterers.com/protected/kosher-orgs/kofkg_n.htm> 

I hope this answered your question. 

Search terms: 
"Grow Company" Szalay
<://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=%22Grow+Company%22+Szalay>
"Grow Company Inc" <://www.google.com/search?q=%22Grow+Company+Inc%22&num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off>

Please contact me if you need any further clarification on this answer
before you rate it.

thanx....