Nutrition 21 licenses ingredient chromium picolinate to Church & Dwight

PURCHASE, N.Y. — Nutrition 21 on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a multi-year license agreement with Church & Dwight for the use of chromium picolinate in Church & Dwight’s dietary supplement products.  

"We believe that our patented chromium compositions and uses fit very well with Church & Dwight’s core mission of providing the marketplace with high-quality nutritional products with new and distinctive features," stated Michael Satow, Nutrition 21 president and CEO. "We believe this agreement reaffirms the strength of our strong clinical science and patent portfolio associated with chromium picolinate.” 

Under the terms of the agreement, Church & Dwight may use chromium picolinate in its portfolio of vitamin and mineral nutritional supplement products. Church & Dwight manufactures and markets Vitafusion and L'il Critters nutritional supplements.