ANKENY, Iowa—Embria Health Sciences, a provider of dietary supplement ingredients, and B&D Nutritional Ingredients, a distributor of ingredient technologies, announced an extension to their distribution agreement, granting exclusive rights to market and sell EpiCor throughout the United States. The extended distribution agreement builds on the existing collaboration of the two companies that resulted in the successful launch of EpiCor in the United States and previous extension of the  distribution agreement in 2010.

EpiCor  is a nutritional dietary ingredient that helps support a healthy immune system from Embria. It is composed of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other metabolites.

“As consumers of all ages increasingly desire a stronger immune system, our customers are looking for proven and consumer-focused ingredients to help their customers," said Bill Van Dyke, CEO and chairman of B&D Nutritional Ingredients. “EpiCor is clearly a one-of-a-kind, effective ingredient that consumers are adopting into their lifestyle every day and gives our customers an essential and profitable tool for achieving their goals in every environment."