Nutripharm, Inc. is dedicated to innovation in the development of food and beverage products by creating whole food products that are not only convenient but incorporate functionality and health in the familiar and great tasting formats that today’s busy consumers demand. By focusing on utilizing its versatile whole food technology in familiar formats that appeal to both children and adults Nutripharm seeks to facilitate better nutritional choices and have an impact on lifelong health.


Innovation
The company has utilized its unique patented compositions to create a range of products including beverages, frozen confections and ingredient bases that enable consumers to incorporate more fiber, complex carbohydrates, and grain and vegetable nutrients throughout their diets in several different formats and in much more convenient and better tasting ways. The company's compositions have also created unique pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products as well as ingredient bases. The company has developed products that appeal to both very young children as well as senior citizens.

The company's compositions have also created unique pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products as well as ingredient bases. The company is involved in R&D, licensing and manufacturing strategic alliances with food and pharmaceutical companies as well as with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


Relevance
Utilizing its versatile technology platform that enables the incorporation of whole grains and whole vegetables in a number of drinkable and edible convenient formats the company is creating products that are not only heart healthy but ideal for attacking the twin threats of obesity and diabetes. Nutripharm's patented compositions deliver soluble and insoluble fiber along with phytonutrients and other functional elements present in the whole food source. Because Nutripharm has succeeded in developing nutritionally superior products for children, the company will have a positive effect on lifelong health and, therefore, healthcare cost containment. To this end, the company was tapped by the USDA to jointly develop healthier products for the School Lunch Program.

Founder
Denise L. Devine
Ms. Devine is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nutripharm, Inc. Ms. Devine has extensive professional experience in both consumer foods and consulting organizations. A licensed CPA, she began her career with Arthur Andersen & Co., where she was a member of the firm's national closely-held business team. She then held several management positions at Campbell Soup Company where she was responsible for negotiating, pricing and executing financings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Ms. Devine is a guest author and often quoted in trade and consumer publications. She has been frequently invited to speak at industry conferences, including Nutracon and the National Functional Foods & Beverage Conferences. Ms. Devine was honored by the Governor of Pennsylvania in 1999 with the “Best 50 Business Women in Pennsylvania” Award and was awarded the Year 2000 Villanova Alumni Gold Medal, the highest honor bestowed on a graduate of Villanova University. Ms. Devine is also a nationally recognized professional leader. She was elected to the American Institute of CPAs Board of Directors and appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania and chaired The State Board of Accountancy, the ethics and licensing Board for Pennsylvania's 20,000 CPAs. In 2004, she was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon Business Tax Reform Commission. Ms. Devine served as Entrepreneur in Residence at The Wharton School in 2003 and 2004. In 2007 she was honored by The Girls Scouts of America with the “Take the Lead” Award and is a named co-inventor on nineteen U.S. and international patents. Ms. Devine received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Taxation from Villanova Law School, and a B.S in Accounting from Villanova University, where she graduated first in her class.

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Company Story
Denise Devine was a busy professional. She also happened to be a working parent just like the majority of Americans. She was also frustrated like many busy working parents who wanted to feed their young children natural and healthy products that were also convenient to pack in the lunchbox for daycare or school or was nutritionally satisfying for car trips, or when on vacation. She found none. Being an executive at a large food company made her all the more discouraged. Convinced that big food companies simply were not going to genuinely address her needs and feeling that parents seemed to be thwarted at every turn by advertisers and promotional tie-ins bombarding kids with junk food, she set out to try to make a difference.

After researching every aspect of early childhood nutrition and consulting experts in the field, Denise set out with very specific goals and requirements for developing new products to address the unmet needs of parents and their young children. Although clear on the nutrition and ingredient profile of the innovative products she was contemplating, not being a food scientist she wanted to insure that the development and execution of these ideas would be commercially viable. She enlisted the help of food scientists at The International Food Network located in Cornell's Technology Park. After doggedly pursuing Denise's insistence on incorporating
whole grains in a drinkable format that would look and taste similar to juice, it
was determined that a technological breakthrough occurred in the
development process. A new technology was created and patents
were issued. Nutripharm was founded. The limits of the technology
were tested and versatility of the platform was validated. The
company has worked with many technical and commercial
partners and has executed the technology and resulting
products in several commercially viable ways. The
company has developed products that meet the needs of
many different consumer demographics ranging from very
young children to older adults.

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